Hello, my name is Aldo and I am and addict. I accept it. And chances are, you are too. You just haven’t reached to the level (pun intended) of acceptance. Trying to get something positive from endless hours invested in said activity, I will share with you these nuggets of wisdom I found along the … Continue reading
Consumers are kings. And they also go to the movies.
There’s nothing new about the fact that people now control marketing and advertising, and even determine the launching of new products. Mt. Dew did it more that five years ago. Frito Lay just did too. Their new flavors were voted on by consumers. It’s a great way to make a lot of noise about their brand, … Continue reading
#697 When chopsticks come apart perfectly.
Originally posted on 1000 Awesome Things:
Crack it clean when you split those sticks because nobody likes eating with splintery daggers. AWESOME! (Wow, over 4000 comments on The Top 1000 page. Thanks, everybody!) Photo from: here
How JetBlue Deals with Social Media Whiners.
I just loved this article by Giselle Abramovich on Digiday.com so much that I wanted to share it. “If you are going to do something for one person be prepared to do it for everyone, whether they have a lot of followers or not.” Welcome to the Age of The Empowered Consumer. Read it here.
Mexican Barbie Is Documented; Comes with Passport
Originally posted on MI BLOG ES TU BLOG:
The folks over at Mattel are so smart, that not only they have come up with a Mexican Barbie, but they have given her all the possible tools to go around the U.S. the world undisturbed. In addition to a “wonderfully bright pink dress with ribbon accents,”…
Who said Advertising can’t make the world a better place?
This is one of those things that should really inspire the entire industry to look for different ways to create ideas. In Advertising, our objective is to communicate unique benefits from a brand of service, so people can connect and prefer them over the competition. But this idea from MayoDraftFCB in Peru takes creativity to … Continue reading
Happy New Year. I hope we all find balance in 2013.
Originally posted on TwistedSifter:
Michael Grab is an artist that has been ‘rock balancing‘ since 2008. Much of his recent work has been done around the Boulder, Colorado area. Grab finds the process both spiritual and therapeutic. On his site gravityglue.com, Grab explains: “The most fundamental element of balancing in a physical sense is…
2012: The Year in Silhouettes
An amazing job by Time Magazine. If your are like me, you won’t be able to stop watching. 2012 in pictures. One a day.
Lego is building a hotel in California.
First, there was the LEGOLAND hotel in Windsor, U.K. But now they will have one in the U.S. I guess this is one of those building that they could bring piece by piece from Europe, just like in the old days, eh? Wouldn’t it be great if they really used Legos to make it? Just talking … Continue reading
What Bugs Can Teach You About Marketing
Originally posted on nottherebeijing:
There are millions of different kinds of bugs. How do they survive? They differentiate. Most bugs are very good at one thing and they don’t face stiff competition from other bugs. In business jargon, their core competencies don’t over-lap. Think like a bug and figure out how you’re different.