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If You're Tweeting For Money, Expect To Lose Some Friends
Getting paid to Tweet or post on Facebook sounds like an incredibly easy side hustle. But whether it's worth the cost of our friendships is a lesson consumers might learn have to the hard way. We...
View ArticleOne Kings Lane Will Start Running TV Ads Sunday Night (DIS)
On Sunday, One Kings Lane will launch a national television-ad campaign for its online home-furnishings store. The ads will run on ABC's Revenge in primetime. The company didn't reveal its budget, but...
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In Old Nike Ads, Lance Armstrong Talks About Doping But Doesn't Actually Deny...
A couple of Lance Armstrong's old Nike ads from years ago look extremely strange in light of the recent U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report, which alleges that the cyclist did indeed take banned...
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Incredible 'Photoshopped' Images From Before Photoshop Even Existed
Manipulating a picture is pretty easy to do nowadays. A sepia filter is just a push of a button away on Instagram. Scores of iPhone apps let you do things like make people look old, get rid of red...
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15 Ads That Changed The Way We Think About Gays And Lesbians
Thursday, October 11, was National Coming-Out Day. The holiday celebrates the first coming-out day, back in 1988, when 500,000 people participated in a march on Washington, D.C. for gay rights....
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Why Facebook Has Banned Some People From Seeing The 'Want' Button
Even though Facebook is actively and openly testing a "Want" button, chances are you won't be able to see it. Intrigued since rumors flooded the internet earlier this summer, I wanted to see what the...
View ArticleWhat The 'Charlie Bit My Finger' Brothers Look Like 5 Years Later
VH1 has "Behind the Music." Ragu has "Behind the ridiculous viral video." One-year-old Charlie famously bit his 3-year-old brother's finger in a 2007 YouTube video that reached more than 480 million...
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Pizza Hut Calls Off Its Presidential Debate Stunt, After Huge Backlash
Well, that PR stunt didn't work. Pizza Hut had offered free pizzas for life to the person who asked President Obama of Gov. Romney the question: sausage or pepperoni? Pizza Hut got slammed near...
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Dunkin' Donuts Has Filed For A Trademark That Should Concern Einstein Bros...
Dunkin' Donuts has seen a ton of success with its branding of Munchkins — its donut holes. Now, it appears that it'll be trying to do the same with bagels. Dunkin' is trying to trademark the name...
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Here's Where Glenn Beck Got The Idea For His New Line Of American-Made Jeans
Glenn Beck recently announced the launch of 1791 Denim, his new line of "100% made in America" jeans. Where did he get the idea? It was from a Levi's ad that he strongly denounced last year. Susan...
View ArticleThis Brad Pitt Chanel Commercial Is Too Awkward For Words — Today's Ad Brief
Brad Pitt is the first-ever man to shill Chanel No. 5 in an advertising campaign. He also stars in what is one of the most awkward ads we've ever seen. He spouts koan-like truisms such as "every...
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Here Is The 'Next Frontier' For KFC
During the summer, KFC starting selling Original Recipe Bites. Then came Chicken Littles. Now, KFC's going with Dip'ems — a repackaged version of the fast food brand's Extra Crispy chicken tenders....
View ArticleWhy Microsoft's First TV Ad For Its iPad-Killer, The Surface, Is A Mistake...
Microsoft debuted its first ad for the Surface, its tablet that's supposed to slow down the rise of the iPad. It puts a heavy emphasis on the clicking sound of the touch keyboard clicking into the...
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ADLAND WEEPS: Scarlett Johansson Splits With Nate Naylor
Scarlett Johansson, 27, has moved on from New York adman/boyfriend, Nate Naylor, 38, according to People. As Business Insider previously noted the two have been quietly dating since mid-2011. Though,...
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Business Insider Is Hiring A Sales Development Planner
Business Insider is looking for a proactive, articulate and energetic Sales Development Planner to join our sales organization in New York. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of...
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Needed: Director of Business Insider Studios
Business Insider is searching for a dynamic, self-motivated person to lead a new division within the ad product group called BI Studios. What is BI Studios? This new group within Business Insider's...
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Here's Everything Glenn Beck Gets Wrong About America In His New Jeans Ad
Glenn Beck is selling a new line of denim, called "1791," and he created this 60-second commercial (below) to promote his "American jean." The spot is a melange of images and phrases about the role of...
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Why Abercrombie Is Getting Creamed By Its Two Biggest Rivals (ANF, AEO, ARO)
Abercrombie & Fitch has had a rough year, while rival teen retailers American Eagle and Aeropostale are doing great. The latest sign of trouble at Abercrombie is that stores are heavily...
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This Chart Shows What's Stopping Omnicom's Revenue Growth (OMC)
Omnicom's Q3 2012 revenues grew only 0.8% to $3.4 billion — pretty feeble, for the holding company that owns ad agencies such as BBDO, TBWA, and DDB. Investors didn't like that mews, and the stock...
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Microsoft Snubs CP+B — Again — For New Surface Ad (MSFT)
Microsoft has once again ignored Crispin Porter + Bogusky, its official agency, to do a major ad for its new Surface tablet. The new "launch" commercial for Surface was created by Jon M. Chu, director...
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