Squeak of the Week

Entries from February 2007

You Ain’t Gotta A Thing

February 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Unless you got that Ning.
In case you are unfamiliar, Ning gives anyone the ability to create, customize, and share their own social network, based around whatever topic you want (this, for example), in a matter of minutes. For FREE. And unlike MySpace, Ning actually looks good.
Let’s say you are a fan of Microbrewed beer and [...]

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Tags: Advertising

Indoor Outdoor

February 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Look out Lamar… Be careful Clear Channel… Here comes BrightGIS.
Following Fortune500 companies’ increasing desire to advertise in new, non-traditional places, BrightGIS is ready to sell you prime billboard space all over the planet… in Google Earth.
All ads will be place on one or more of our beautifully rendered 3-D virtual billboards. All of these boards [...]

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Tags: Advertising

links for 2007-02-27

February 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Soda Promotion Backfires in Boston
Another guerrilla marketing campaign has backfired in Boston, but this time it involved coins, not cartoons. Note to self: Do not advertise anything in Boston.
(tags: advertising boston drpepper softdrinks sodas cartoonnetwork terrorism)

VIDEO: Ads for Equal Marriage
Interesting campaign for EqualMarriage.org. The tagline is, “Gay marriage is just like yours. Only gayer.” (((squeezed [...]

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Tags: Seeds of Inspiration

links for 2007-02-26

February 26th, 2007 · No Comments

An Ad Upstart Forces Google to Open Up a Little
Quigo offers transparency and control in what can often be an opaque business… giving advertisers the list of specific sites and the opportunity to buy only on specific Web sites or particular pages on those sites.
(tags: advertising Blog web blog online)

Beer Launching Fridge
Have you ever gotten [...]

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Tags: Seeds of Inspiration

Funny Ad: Moo & Oink

February 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Ad for Chicago-based grocery store chain and wholesaler, Moo & Oink.

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/zz8fTbLjo9c" width="360" height="296" wmode="transparent" /]
(((squeezed by)))

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Tags: Advertising