Marketing Guy – Arlington, MA
Ever since Greek-style yogurt skyrocketed to popularity among U.S. consumers a few years ago, Yoplait has been struggling to maintain its niche in the market. Now, in an effort to circle the wagons, Yoplait is doubling down on a demographic it still has a firm handle on: the kids. Yoplait has just launched a rebranded […]
Coldwell Banker has launched a new film festival centered on the idea of “home” and what it means to people. The real estate giant plans to solicit short films from around the world and is offering a $25,000 grand prize to the top rated video. So far, the competition has already received entries from India, […]
Marketers know that you need a certain amount of masculine cache as a guy to talk about guy stuff. Think about it: George W. Bush could talk about war all he wanted because he cut brush and had a Texas twang. And then there’s Michael Dukakis riding in a tank…not so much. It doesn’t always […]
Just for Men signed on this year to sponsor the National Beard and Mustache Championship, which is being held at the House of Blues in New Orleans. The Competition has been around for 17 years, but this is the first time the vaunted hair-coloring company has lent its support – and it seems the once-discreet […]
Advertising is getting into the reality TV kick, and I don’t mean those “We’ve secretly replaced Mary Holgrom’s coffee with Folgers Crystals,” spots, either. Ad agencies are hitting up prankvertising fear factor style. No, marketers are staging high-octane scenes with seemingly unwitting participants, a technique called “prankvertising”. It puts unsuspecting folks in heart-stopping situations where […]
Creative destruction is a staple of the free market, but somehow I just never considered the possibility that gum would ever be at risk of becoming unpopular. After all, it’s been a staple of American life for more than a century now. But these days, millennial apathy is chewing into gum profits at Wrigley. But […]
Lucasfilm has let Nissan borrow the iconic Star Wars Stormtroopers for a spot touting the carmarker’s Juke. There’s little to the ad except Stormtroopers getting Juke envy when they spy the car, which sports red paint and a white racing stripe. By the end, the Stormtroopers have adopted the Juke’s individualized color scheme. It’s all […]
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