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August 30, 2010

I don’t know what to call this, a bargain, a steal? Either way, I’m pretty sure that $0.33 CPM is rather cheap for either a 468×60 upper right corner header banner ad or a 160×600 skyscraper middle right banner ad, am I right? Let’s be honest here, I’m new to this whole advertisement business but [...]

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Three New iPhone Ads – Backpacker, Dog Lover & Family Man

April 22, 2010

Three new iPhone ads have come from Apple this past week, “Backpacker”, “Dog Lover” and “Family Man”. Backpacker The “Backpacker” ad shows a college graduate making a trip to Spain and we get to see how iPhone apps assist him on his trip. The app that translates spoken English into spoken Spanish seems very cool, [...]

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Apple Releases Thre New iPhone Ads: “Commute”, “Concert” & “Shopper”

April 7, 2010

Apple has released two three new iPhone ads. Last week, we saw “Commute” and this week a new one has aired, called “Concert” (and yet another one, “Shopper”). The girl in the “Concert”-ad has some serious impulsive buying issues – going from listening to a good song to instantly buy their entire album and go [...]

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First Windows Phone 7 Ad (+ Fun Bonus Video)

March 22, 2010

I don’t watch that many Microsoft TV ads. Maybe because they’re mostly shown in the US or UK? I rarely see them where I watch TV, but every now and then, Microsoft release an ad that’s so bad it’s a must-see. Like the one with Microsoft Songsmith. If you haven’t seen it yet, you can [...]

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Funny Commercials – Images

August 23, 2009

I’m sure you have seen one or two of those images already, but I received those in my e-mail and found most of them so funny that I just had to share them with you all… I don’t know if they are photoshopped by some creative people or if they are actual commercials from the [...]

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Do You Want Facebook To Use Your Photos In Ads?

July 27, 2009

Chances are that with your current privacy settings, you’re allowing Facebook and it’s partners to use YOUR PHOTOS in their advertising material, i.e. some of the ads you see in the right column of Facebook. There’s two things you can do about it, unless you don’t care: 1) Add a watermark to all your pictures, [...]

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