There is a traditionally held belief within our industry that the best products or services to use humor to promote are things that don’t cost a lot of money or require a lot of thought like; beer, candy bars, soft drinks or fast food but, an insurance selling duck (which looks more like Goose)…
Humor in Advertising Part 2
Abduction, homicide, conspiracy to conceal a capital crime, fecal incontinence (involuntary defecation) and angry, overly-taxed colonials, just a few of the themes one might hear in the course of listening to an Ideal Positions radio ad. It is with caution, creativity, and courage that a company must proceed when undertaking such a risky enterprise.…
Humor in Advertising Part 1
No matter how you feel about the use of humor in advertising, I’m guessing that you can still point to at least one t.v., radio, print or digital ad over the years that tickled your funny bone. Personally, my favorite humorous ad campaign was one that Sprite ran many years ago where they made fun…
This May, Google invited Ideal Positions to enter the First Annual Premier Partners Awards. This contest of the best advertisers in the world would be segmented into several different categories, and go through several rounds of judging to find the Best of the Best. We pushed hard to meet the deadline- staff members pitched in…
SMX Advanced Conference 2017 Recap
Josh, Mara I got back from SMX Advanced in Seattle, WA last week. It was a very fun and educational experience. After 2 full days of knowledge flooding your brain there’s nothing quite like recovering from all that, but the knowledge learned there is incredible and very useful! The Year Of Mobile (Been there…