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Entries Tagged as 'Blatant Advertising'

Save Money and Save Time: Two Of the Engineering Three Ain’t Bad

May 16th, 2012 · 4 Comments

With this difficult economy the whole world is trying to contend with, it’s no wonder penny-pinching has become a way of life. Online resources suggesting ways on how to save money on this and that have become valuable tools for a lot of entities – individuals and businesses alike. And then came the emergence of [...]

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A review of PickyDomains: crowdsourcing your domain name and slogan

April 1st, 2012 · 1 Comment

Okay, you’ve now come up with a brilliant idea for a website. All you have to do is think of a domain name and/or slogan that would best describe your website, something a potential client or reader wouldn’t have trouble remembering, and you’re ready to set up shop. Problem is, the ones you come up [...]

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The reality of Baywatch: Sponsored Video

February 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment

Or, if you prefer, of the Hof’s ability to make a TV show out of sharks, rip currents and crushing waves . Or, if you really want to know what’s going on here, this is what the reality of being a lifeguard on the SoCal Coast is all about….rather than, you know, that TV show [...]

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Tyres and stuff: Sponsored video

February 13th, 2012 · 2 Comments

No, I don’t know either. On the subject of tyres, cross country cars, Atlas Mountain rallies, I am fully in touch with my feminine side. Don’t know a sausage about this sorta stuff.

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Sponsored video: The reserves or the TA?

February 13th, 2012 · 3 Comments

I know that we have those around here who will know the difference between the Reserves and the TA. Myself, no, I don’t. So, tell me.

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Today’s blatant advertisement

December 7th, 2011 · 5 Comments

Apparently there’s a new movie called Puss in Boots coming out. Isn’t that a variation on Dick Whittington? So it’s about Boris again?

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Today’s blatant advertising

December 6th, 2011 · No Comments

Something about recycling in London I believe. Boris on other peoples’ wives maybe?

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Ad of the day

December 4th, 2011 · 3 Comments

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Today’s Advertisement

November 1st, 2011 · No Comments

Is brought to you from Lloyds OTR Drumbeat. What that is I have no idea at all.

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Introducing the double take

October 13th, 2011 · 3 Comments

Or if you prefer, removing the fourth wall. As part of their ongoing campaign to get us all drinking their beer, especially their Light version, Heineken have once more hired this blog to point you at a video. Point: In it we get taken behind the scenes of a video shoot . You know the [...]

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Apparently this is the game

October 5th, 2011 · No Comments

An ad sparking off the current world cup……

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Occasionally Perfect

September 30th, 2011 · No Comments

So there’s this beer, right? Running an advertising campaign, see? And the advertising campaign is about how billboards become occasionally perfect, see? Just like the beer, always pretty good, but occasionally, just perfect? And my, my, aren’t parts of Chicago just occasionally perfect stand ins for the arse end of South London sometimes?

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Baggy Trousers

September 13th, 2011 · 4 Comments

Apparently Madness have sold out. Or is putting past hits into beer adverts not selling out but carefully extracting full value from a back catalogue?

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Heineken Handlebars!

August 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment

This is an interesting marketing angle to take. Heineken Light is (as well as being this blog post’s sponsor) a form of that well known American phenomenon, the light beer. All the great taste of the original beer but without all those calories to go with it isn’t it? Which means that advertising the stuff [...]

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Lloyds OTR Drumbeat

August 19th, 2011 · 6 Comments

Apparently this is the cunning new way of getting you to watch video ads on this blog. I’m told something happens if you wave the mouse over it.

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Heineken Light: Occasionally perfect

August 19th, 2011 · 7 Comments

Those nice people at Unruly Media have asked me to alert you to this new campaign for Heineken Light. It’s all modern and stuff because not only have we got beer being advertised on TV and radio and blogs’n’ things, we’ve even got a brand new hashtag as well. #occasionallyperfect. N’ here’s the video. There [...]

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Something to do with phones I believe

July 6th, 2011 · 2 Comments

        I’m sure there is a connection between two highly paid young men, fast cars and mobile phones. Not entirely sure what it is but there we go.

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Tired of tyres?

May 25th, 2011 · No Comments

This may or may not work. Don’t really understand this tech stuff.

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So they still make Audis then?

May 25th, 2011 · No Comments

Must do if there can be an advert about a day in the life of an Audi driver.

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No to AV video

May 5th, 2011 · 19 Comments

It could be that I’m just late to the party Or it could be that they’re late getting the ad agencies to tell everyone the video’s available. Whichever, here’s the AV sports day video

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