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Industry Specialization

Added by Lisa Schardein on February 20th, 2009, filed under Marketing, Miscellaneous

Almost a year ago, two of our owners attended an industry seminar that focused on the topic of specialization. They came back from the trip and as part of the recap, started a discussion on how…or even should this idea of specialization…apply to CurrentMarketing. At the time, I was still living with the old school [...]

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Hyperbole Year II: 4th Quarter Wraps Up with lots of Ugly

Added by Anthony Bouvier on February 11th, 2009, filed under Marketing, Media, Miscellaneous

It may just be that I was tired.  It may just be that I was upset with commercials getting in the way of an exciting 4th quarter (that was awesome wasn’t it?).  Or it may just be that I’m spot on, and the 4th quarter commercials seemed to have almost nothing redeeming about them. Did [...]

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Hyperbole Year II: 3rd quarter, was that John Elway or a Clydesdale?

Added by Jim Deweese on February 10th, 2009, filed under Culture, Marketing, Media, Miscellaneous

For me, the third quarter ads were a hit-and-miss bunch this year. Coming off the Springsteen half time show, I was in a great mood and my wager (for entertainment purposes only) was still in play, so maybe that was why the “Heroes” spot featuring NFL stars played so well in my mind, even though [...]

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Hyperbole Year II: 2nd quarter, chock full of Fake Punts

Added by Katy Miller on February 6th, 2009, filed under Marketing, Media, Miscellaneous

Thanks, Nick. You stay classy. The second quarter sounds like it was a little better than the first. I agree completely with Nick that movie trailers don’t count – big budgets and existing banks of footage don’t present any challenges for a Super Bowl ad. Nonetheless, I will see Star Trek and Up based on [...]

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Hyperbole Year II: First quarter brand blahs

Added by Nick Ising on February 5th, 2009, filed under Culture, Media, Miscellaneous

Believe it or not, I completely missed this year’s Super Bowl.  Looked like a classic Super Bowl ending, but with the ice storm, my cable and Internet were out for a more than a week.  And I just wasn’t in the mood to venture out on a winter night, not having a dog in that [...]

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