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Amateur Commercial Beats Agency Ads in Superbowl

ByNalts

It’s not the first year a Superbowl ad was produced by an amateur (source: Advertising Age report on USAToday poll). But this year’s $2000.00 commercial featuring a crystal ball getting tossed into a Doritos machine beat many of the Madison-created commercials. It’s a good day for companies like Poptent/Xlntads, which contract with amateurs to produce…

Like Knife in Gun Fight, Subway Sends Lawyer to Dominos PR Fight

ByNalts

Never bring a knife to a gun fight, or an attorney to a PR/advertising battle. That’s the lesson in the “2009 Battle of the Toasted Sandwiches.” Here’s a quick blow-by-blow recap (see Adweek for more): Dominos issues an independent taste test comparing its oven-baked sandwiches to Subway’s. Since they couldn’t obviously test every variation, they…

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YouTube on Murder & Rape Threats: Send In McGruff!

ByNalts

I spent 30 minutes tonight removing about 200 hate comments on my most-recent video… most from one user account (flamingAJ1213). The little fellow must have sat there for hours typing. Most likely he missed the sarcasm when I pretended to believe Nixon and Clinton were telling the truth, but Obama was lying when he said…