It has come to my attention that many of the Craft Beer Bars in Houston, including The Petrol Station, Flying Saucer, Hay Merchant, and Mongoose versus Cobra are removing some wonderful craft beers from their menus… for the time being. These local establishments are now boycotting the distributor Silver Eagle (“The Budweiser Distributor”). This means that…
Ads and Brands
Etsy pulled a Facebook
ETSY pulled a Facebook and made a significant change that wasn’t needed, without warning, and has left many shop owners confused and upset. Having run and ETSY shop for over 3 years, I have seen a lot of “improvements.” Most have been quite helpful. But today I find myself miffed/borderline angry. <center> <a href=”//www.etsy.com/shop/InMyLife?ref=offsite_badges&utm_source=sellers&utm_medium=badges&utm_campaign=en_isell_1″><img width=”200″…
Using Social Media As Resource, Not a Distraction
How do you judge the stressfulness of a website? A standard in the online advertising industry is to view how much “traffic” a website receives. This is how many unique computer users are choosing to view a website, and how many are choosing to return. The goal for website owners, from individual bloggers to multinational…
You’re gonna go far kid…
I’m rolling my eyes… serisouly, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING MR. PHELPS?! Advertising Age: Kellogg to Drop Olympian Phelps We originally built the relationship with Michael, as well as the other Olympic athletes, to support our association with the U.S. Olympic team,” a Kellogg spokeswoman said in a statement. “Michael’s most recent behavior is not consistent…
A Great Find: Titos Handmade Vodka
World’s smoothest vodka is from Texas… правда? http://www.titos-vodka.com/ I was I was watching the Food Network this morning, and Giada DeLaurentiis was touring/eating her way around Austin Texas. It was amusing to see her fascination with Chicken Fried Steak and real BBQ that doesn’t have sauce on it. She also enjoyed a “Batini” while watching…
Wear Pants. Get Free Airfare.
This is not a joke! Between now and Saturday (6/9/07), if you spend at least $125 on Dockers® for Men at JC Penny, you will get 1 free round-trip airfare. Dockers® are on sale at JC Penny at the moment too… so for the price of 3-5 pairs of pants, you get a voucher for…
Meet The Simpsons
A simple movie poster is just ssoooo yesterday. If you want to draw in the summer movie going crowd, you need a BIG idea… like, life sized! Not that I think The Simpsons Movie will have a hard time drawing crowds… but this was just a cool idea on their part: This display was at…
First Power Lunch
A few months back I went to AWNY’s VIP Auction. It was an awesome event and I give myself a pat on the back for going all by myself, networking and meeting many other friendly Young Executives. I walked away with an awesome gift bag of goodies, my Barbara K! Tool Kit (raffle prize… still…
Cuisinart to FDR
So the email at work is down at the moment… which means our life line is basically cut off… all of my creative info is stored in my email account… lovely. Here is something cool I found in the mean time. Incentive magazine made a list of the 100 Top Motivators … it’s a very…
Tisk Tisk, Ogilvy
You should following the world of advertising, it can get very dramatic and soap opera like… what fun! Breaking News: Thomas Early, a former finance director at Ogilvy & Mather’s New York office, was sentenced to 14 months in prison and a $10,000 fine for his part in a plot to defraud the government on…