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County set to buy 6 new cruisers

Once again, our Board of Commissioners' actions fail to produce a positive reaction. (original story)

Brands Struggled With Social Media in '08

Facebook, Twitter, and other like services, enjoy a big year, but building brand awareness on these platforms has been tough. (original story)

French state TV says adieu to ads

The reform has been attacked as a power grab by Sarkozy and criticised for handing an advertising revenue boon to private broadcasters such as TF1, ow nedby Martin Bouygues, a friend of the president. (original story)

Don't throw those innards out with the trash

Go ahead, dream about getting my spleen. Just let me finish using it! (original story)

Court Dismisses Arkansas Suit Over Cold Pills

The court made the only decision that a thinking person could have made. To sue the maker of a legal product because the product may be used illegally is stupid. (original story)

This is your brain on D&M Publishers' books

The target audience of brainy readers surely don't mind working an extra beat to take in the ads' subtle message. (original story)

Marketing in social media not a success in 2008

Interesting article in Clickz, that says: creating campaigns for social platforms is hard work that frequently produces marginal results, and upbeat case studies are few and far between. “Not many marketers have really cracked the code,” said Amy Auerbach, SVP and director of digital at Initiative. “It’s such a utility for Web users.” Google is one firm whose efforts on social networking sites are “not monetizing as well as expected,” according to previous CFO George Reyes. Reyes and co-fo (original story)

Edge of the World TV and Web Spot

Design: Client: Newfoundland Tourism Date: 2008 What a stunning campaign…no longer running but this spot took my breath away and made me want to visit NFLD. Strong concept, well shot and cast and dripping with space and wonder. This spot feels right and fills the imagination of the viewer with powerful dreams of the rock. Ad as art. -Todd Falkowsky (original story)

Introducing: QCityMetro.com

Just ran across this site a few weeks ago and thought I’d share it with you guys: www.qcitymetro.com. The “About” section of the site describes QCityMetro like this: We are an independent, locally owned website offering news and information specific to Charlotte’s African American community. Sure, the city has the Charlotte Post, but QCity is a pure Internet play — not a product with a print arm. It was created by the husband-and-wife team of Glenn and Patsy Burkins. Glenn worked as busines (original story)

Konica Minolta Launches New magicolor Printer

Konica Minolta today unveiled the magicolor 7450 II grafx printer for outstanding color quality in creative work environments. Designers, advertising agencies and graphic artists can now shape ideas in confidence using a wide range of media. This system is based on the award-winning magicolor 7450,... (original story)

How to Insert an Image on Advertise on Craigslist

How to Insert an Image on Advertise on Craigslist In my ‘How to Advertise on Craigslist’ tips one of the biggest mistakes I see people do when advertising on craigslist is not including an image.  It is really important to include some sort of graphic or image as that will help separate you f... (original story)

Online Video Marketing: Clickable Links

There is an exciting new way to monetize your videos. Placing clickable links INSIDE the video itself.  These links can take your video viewers anywhere on the web you want…to your sales page or to your profile page on My Space.  Click-able links inside your video should prove to be a more effective way of advertising than commercials run before a video plays.  They are less obtrusive (obnoxious) than any other form of advertising yet provide detailed information to the viewer if they seek (original story)

Silicon Valley Turns Its Back On Green Energy

As President-elect Obama toots his green-energy horn, the smart money in Silicon Valley is reversing its position on the moneymaking potential of wind, solar and geothermal power sources. The pullback by Silicon Valley’s venture-capital elite is part of a complete overhaul of its investment criteria. The big surprise is that green investments are on the hit list along with other high-tech innovations — a reversal of the save-the-planet culture that has emerged in this Mecca of libertarian fund (original story)

2009 predictions and trends: sharing some good links

Image by gleonhard via Flickr I am using Twitter to share links pretty much on a daily basis. However, if you are not (yet) into Twitter and just want to follow what I write in my blog posts, here are a few links that I think are worth sharing as we move into the new year: Steve Rosenbaum at AO: 2... (original story)

Heroic Pugging… Why me, Lord?

Spent quite some time this last weekend pugging a lot of Heroics. I wanted to get in there and beat things up, and in our guild at the moment we just don’t have very many healers on and at 80 just yet. So, what the heck. I hate pugs, I really can’t stand them… but sometimes you pull the hand... (original story)





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