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These Are The Best (And Worst) Ad Agency Twitter Accounts
Advertising agencies constantly stress the importance of a social media presence to their clients.Whether it be Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Pinterest, agencies hope their clients realize the...
View ArticleVictoria's Secret Christmas Ad Shows The Models Are Horrible At Singing
The Victoria's Secret Christmas commercial is pretty much what you think it's going to be -- the angels pretend to decorate a tree while dressed in red and white lingerie. The twist this year is that...
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McDonald's Wants Its Stores Open On Christmas Day [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Ad Age reports that an internal McDonald's memo from USA COO Jim Johannesen urges franchises to stay open during Christmas to boost sales...
View ArticleSamsung's New Ad Has Mrs. Claus Sending Santa A Sex Video
Someone's making the naughty list this Christmas.A new holiday-themed Samsung Galaxy spot touting the phone's wireless transfer service implies that Mrs. Claus made making Santa some naughty videos to...
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Amazon Launches An Ad Exchange To Rival Facebook And Google (FB, GOOG, AMZN)
Amazon has created a real-time bidding ad exchange, according to Adweek, putting it in a head-to-head battle with Facebook and Google for so called retargeting dollars.Here's how it will work: If...
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Newspaper Runs Huge Gun Ad Next To Newtown Shooting Coverage
Readers who opened the pages of South Carolina's Rock Hill Herald were in for a shock. (Photo below.)Embedded in coverage of the Sandy Hook shooting, which took the lives of 20 children under the age...
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How Facebook Gave Walmart A Mobile Ad Monopoly On Thanksgiving (FB, WMT)
If you were wondering why you only saw ads for Walmart on Facebook's mobile app over the Black Friday weekend, here's the answer: Walmart pre-purchased a "road block" of 50 million Facebook mobile ads...
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An In-Depth Look At The Most Impressive People of 2012
Felix BaumgartnerChris ChristieHillary ClintonR.A. DickeyGabrielle DouglasMario DraghiLena DunhamTony HsiehLeBron JamesJoe LhotaMars Curiosity RoverMarissa MayerJim MessinaElon MuskPussy RiotJohn...
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Pepsi Is Quietly Working To Defeat Diet Coke
Diet Pepsi executives quietly changed its sweeteners so it would taste better for longer. "In addition to aspartame, cans of Diet Pepsi found in New York, Omaha, Neb., and the Bay Area now list...
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Here's The Giant Inflatable Rat That's Picketing Tumblr's HQ Today
We told you earlier today that Tumblr's office in Manhattan is being picketed by the New York City District Council of Carpenters, who believe the blogging platform isn't using union labor.Now we have...
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How Bushmaster Advertised The Semiautomatic Weapon Used In The Connecticut...
Adam Lanza's violent shooting spree — in which he took three legally obtained guns from his mother's home to kill 27 women and small children — has launched Americans into a heated debate on gun...
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Here's What A Toys 'R' Us Catalog Looked Like In 1996
A scan of a Toys 'R' Us holiday catalog from back in 1996 recently popped up on Neogaf and Reddit, and it's a nostalgic look at the glory days of video games — and Toys 'R' Us, for that matter.Toys 'R'...
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Ugg Needs To Realize Boots Are Going Out Of Style
Sales are down at Ugg, and executives are desperate to figure out why and fix the problem.The company blames the decline on unseasonably warm winters, but some analysts say there's a bigger problem at...
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Business Insider Employees Model What You Should (And Shouldn't) Wear To Work...
Just because the weather's getting colder doesn't give you an excuse to neglect your fashion sense. Although the workplace has become more casual, your ensemble still plays a role in the way you're...
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BII REPORT: The Mobile Advertising Ecosystem Explained
We are in the post-PC era, and soon billions of consumers will be carrying around Internet-connected mobile devices for up to 16 hours a day. Mobile audiences have exploded as a result.Mobile...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: Everything Important That Happened In 2012 — In Under 3 Minutes
Google recently released its annual zeitgeist spot, which looks back on the year through the lens of the most dominant search terms. The spot, beautifully done as always, features the Olympics, Honey...
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Starbucks' Latest Twitter Campaign Got Hijacked In Embarrassing Fashion
Starbucks had a Twitter campaign using the hashtag #spreadthecheer to promote itself during the holidays.People used the hashtag to bash Starbucks for how it dealt with its taxes in the U.K., and...
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The Unconventional Business Model Behind Amazon's Massive Success
In a recent Economist article, “Taking the Long View,” arguments are made that perhaps the non-stop pursuit of short term shareholder value, rather than long term results might, in essence, be self...
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Everyone Is Freaking Out About Instagram's New Terms Of Service (FB)
If you want to stop social networking services from exploiting your likeness for advertising, you've got to start paying up.Instagram is changing its terms of use in January. Included in the new...
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Facebook Says Instagram Users Won't Always Be Told When They're Looking At...
Newly announced changes to Instagram's terms and conditions give the Facebook -owned photo-sharing site 'perpetual' rights to all images uploaded, and allow Instagram to use them for commercial...
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