April 23, 2010 • 12:38 pm • POSTED BY stephen penning
I’ve written before about the NFL’s ability to expand what is essentially a four month season into a year long engagement. This past Tuesday they again managed to turn coal into diamonds and they didn’t have to squeeze that hard. In the midst of the NBA and NHL playoffs the NFL managed to get two [...]
February 9, 2010 • 12:57 am • POSTED BY Jim Walls
When Trump trots out a CEO of some has-been company like Sears on Celebrity Apprentice, we don’t bat an eye as the suit launches into some canned speech about how Craftsman has always stood for quality and value and blah-blah-blah while Larry Wilcox and Dr. Ruth run off to write a commercial about crescent wrenches. [...]
December 28, 2009 • 1:07 pm • POSTED BY tim beitz
It’s the last week of December, and if you’re reading this, you’re probably at work. Looking for something to get you thru? If that’s a hell yeah, I’d like to introduce you to Frank & Erik. They’re Internet Famous, and you can too!
December 10, 2009 • 2:00 pm • POSTED BY Dan Giroux
Several years ago we worked with Wilkes University to launch a unique, award winning advertising campaign focused on demonstrating personal attention to prospective undergraduate students and their influencers. We selected specific markets and a high school senior from each that best represented the ideal Wilkes student, got to know them through a series of interviews, [...]
October 29, 2009 • 6:32 pm • POSTED BY Ryan Brown
What began as mere Facebook boasting between two coworkers about tie collections quickly escalated into a daily style duel to run the full month of October. Perhaps it was NBC that told the story best during their live interview with the Tie Or Die guys this week.
October 14, 2009 • 11:56 pm • POSTED BY Jim Walls
So on the eve of my beloved Phillies kicking off their second straight NLCS against Larry King’s Dodgers tomorrow night, I thought I’d share a little viewing tip for fans who—like me—find the TBS announcers to be a little, well, limp: run the hometown audio feed from your iPhone’s MLB app through some speakers while [...]