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It’s about time! Honey Maid is the latest, since Cheerios and Coke blazed the trail over this past year, on prime time with commercials that feature an honest portrayal of what is becoming the true traditional make-up of the American family. The commercial shows gay, minority and tattooed families as [...]

A few months back, Trish and I were contacted by a writer, Stephanie Orma, who was working on an article for Communication Arts on virtual agencies. She asked if she could interview us and, of course, we said yes. We were excited to get her Tweet last week that the [...]

Who says advertising doesn’t work? Patagonia, maker of high-end outdoors apparel, has proven that a creative campaign can work wonders. (And that the wonders of reverse psychology still work!) After launching a campaign last year, which ran for nine months, pleading with consumers to “Buy Less” their sales actually increased [...]

Smartphone users in for a new treat. Several gas station chains in Florida are testing an antennae called iSign that can detect smartphones within a certain perimeter of their stores and send targeted offerings to hopefully draw them to the store. If successful in Florida, they could roll it out [...]