A little esoteric rant inspired by Joseph Thornley.
Archive for August, 2007
Dancing Schoolgirls from CT Moore and Vimeo.
If you haven’t read No Logo, you’ve probably heard about it. And if you’ve haven’t heard about it, then you’ve probably heard or thought about how silly it is that we’ll pay big bucks to wear someone else’s advertising (logo).
Well, my co-worker shot this footage at a neighborhood mall. It’s a dance school using its students to advertise the school. Not only did they probably not get paid for this, they probably didn’t even get a discount on their lessons. In fact, the costumes were probably manufactured at their parents’ expense, and I wouldn’t be surprised if students had to compete for a chance to represent the school– but that’s purely speculation.
Talk about turning costs into revenues. It makes me think how the tradition of school sports teams are the perfect example of how we don’t just pay to brandish logos, but will actually compete for the privilege.
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This is a clip produced by the guys at Quiet Library. It’s calling out Coca-Cola for blatant hypocrisy when it recently tried to identify its brand Black History Month.
Now here’s the original Coca-Cola ad. Bear in mind, I didn’t go looking for the original ad. No, I actually found it in the related videos sidebar on the page that featured the above Quiet Library clip.
In all seriousness, someone in Coke’s communications department really f**ked up when they okayed this spot. Not having a stellar record in some area of the prevailing public ethos is one thing. Trying to give consumers the impression that you somehow do is a f**king insult, and in the age of user generated content, when someone notices, they’re going to make sure that a lot of other people do to. Continue reading ‘Crisis Management 2.0′
As a search engine marketer for SearchAnyway, I care about traffic. So I made this video for the SearchAnyway Blog last week. I hope it ties you over until I get to a camera later tonight.
I’ve been doing some thinking, and well…
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This is not the first time I filmed a haircut, but this time I’ve totally upped the ante ShoeMoney….
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