Monthly Archives: March 2010

Does it offend you? Or make you think?

Written by . Posted on March 29, 2010. Filed under Advertising, Print. Tagged , , , . 5 Comments.
Humans for Animals-TBWA Paris

There is always controversy when it comes to animal rights advertising. In the United States PETA is responsible for creating some pretty attention grabbing campaigns. Most of the time they feature a naked celebrity, claiming they’d “rather go naked than…

A visit to Red Tettemer

Written by . Posted on March 26, 2010. Filed under Events, Philadelphia Events. Tagged , , . No comments.
Michelle

We all know that joining TAC has many benefits. One of the main benefits is getting to visit real, and prominent ad agencies. Recently, TAC visited Red Tettemer, a mid-sized agency located right outside of Philadelphia. I got to talk…

Sharing a common goal: 88% fewer beverage calories

Written by . Posted on March 24, 2010. Filed under Issues in Advertising, TV. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
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It’s rare to see long standing rivals unite under any circumstance, but I believe it’s a step in the right direction. I wonder if there will be more spots to come. I saw this one for the first time about…

We Changed Everything About the Name!

Written by . Posted on March 24, 2010. Filed under Issues in Advertising, TV. Tagged , , , , . No comments.

I just saw this Verizon commercial and I had a pretty good laugh. I had seen Xfinity commercials, but I didn’t put “2 and 2″ together. The ad for it even mentioned Comcast and it went right over my head.…

DEC vs. an Internship

Written by . Posted on March 24, 2010. Filed under Career Scoop. Tagged , , , , , . 1 Comment.
Roger

Recently, I’ve heard a lot of students contemplating whether to do DEC, or an internship to fulfill necessary credits. Personally, I did an internship, and I know a lot of others who went the same road as I did. I…

Secur-O-Slax: Everything happens on the inside

Written by . Posted on March 22, 2010. Filed under Print, Vintage Ads. Tagged , , , . No comments.
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There seems to be no shortage of these “cool guy” images from this time period. It must be a pulp art thing. Look closely and notice the “cool guy” relaxing in the logo… how cool is that?
Ebony Magazine, September…

Why should YOU be a TAC member? What does it have to offer?

Written by . Posted on March 19, 2010. Filed under Events. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
Lindsay

Hi everybody! This week I got an inside perspective on what it’s like to be a member of TAC, and learned about some of the great things they do. Since I am not in TAC, I thought it would be…

A veteran in the industry shares his experience

Written by . Posted on March 19, 2010. Filed under Career Scoop. Tagged , . 1 Comment.
Michelle

A few of us from the blog team just left a room from listening to a fabulous guest speaker here at Temple. His name is Ted Regan, and he’s had a successful career in the advertising industry for over 30…

The current perspective of advertising. How YOU can help fix it.

Written by . Posted on March 16, 2010. Filed under Issues in Advertising. Tagged , , , , , . 1 Comment.

I got word that TAC was having a guest speaker, so I went today to check it out. The speaker was Tom Czajkowski, who is an associate creative director at Carton Donofrio Partners in Baltimore. He had an interesting take…

Peta: Human Meat…

Written by . Posted on March 15, 2010. Filed under Advertising. Tagged , , , . 2 Comments.
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While this isn’t a new campaign, it’s still worth a mention. Last year Peta did a number of “demonstrations” using “human meat” with the slogan “meat is murder.” It’s definitely attention-getting. I’ve seen a couple of films about the truth…