This fall 7-Eleven will be rolling out a nationwide promotion featuring Japan’s favorite stop-animation monster, Domo. Everything from cups, to straws, to hot dog cases, even Domo-themed merchandise will be available at 7-Eleven.
It literally looks like Domo came inside of 7-Eleven’s vag and reproduced a bunch of little Domo/7-Eleven offspring. The depth of this promotion is pure madness.
This is a potential game-changer. In a real stunner, Microsoft and Yahoo! have announced an agreement which will attach Microsoft search engine Bing will now power Yahoo! In return, Microsoft will receive advertising and sales power from Yahoo! in their Bing and Yahoo! search results. The agreement will last at least 10 years.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the agreement will provide “the scale necessary to more effectively compete, attracting more users and advertisers, which in turn will lead to more relevant ads and search results.” Can this agreement take down the Google machine? Probably not, but it can surely cause a dent in their revenue. Hit the jump for the BNO press release.
Twitter is causing a hubbub across the globe as the next step in communication and social interaction. Your Twitter URL is now considered to be as sacred as YourName.com. For many, this is totally justifiable. Creating and promoting your online “personal brand” on Twitter is quickly becoming the modus operandi of the modern business man.
Can you really and truly be one with your brand if you don’t advertise your online lifestyle during your offline time? StickyTwits Bumper Stickers allows users to stick their Twitter URL right on the bumper of their cars for the world to see during their daily commute. Choose your own color scheme from their four varieties and order your own for $14.95.
Gillette has finally realized they have been missing a key demographic with their marketing. Zamboni enthusiasts! The totally souped-up Zamboni features a snazzy ad campaign for the Gillette Fusion Power razor.
Now I know what your momma shaves her ass with. I kid. But no really, your mother is huge and hairy.
I was much more of a Milky Way fan when I was a kid. Not exactly sure why. These days I’m more of a Reese’s or Snickers guy. Perhaps the geniuses over in the Milky Way advertising department were utilizing my soft child-like brain to bend my consciousness to their will, forcing me to favor their candy bar with their creative marketing ploys.
For real, just look at this caramel-stretching campaign that Milky Way has launched using taxi seat belts. I mean, what the hell? Children can only take so much coercion! Leave my brain alone, Milky Way! More pic love after the jumperoni. (more…)
Oh yes. The United States is most certainly in a recession right now. Times are tough and everyone is going broke. Teachers, in particular, are feeling the heat as they look for a way to offset the cost of items for their students. School budgets can’t cover everything, after all.
In comes San Diego, CA-based teacher Tom Farber. He teaches calculus at Rancho Bernardo High School and needed more paper for his students’ practice exams and tests. Instead of bitching about costs, Tom decided he’d be better off selling ad space on his tests. 75 people have emailed him about ads already and he’s made $300 on it so far. Costs range from $10 for a quiz to $20 for a chapter test, all the way up to $30 for the final exam of the semester. All the sponsors are companies that want to target children, so there’s no ad for a Big Mac on the bottom of a test. I think it’s a fine idea and a great way to generate money for a school that seems way overstretched. Nice work, Tom.
Barack Obama is taking his campaign to the virtual space that is gaming in an attempt to appeal to gamers everywhere. The Obama campaign has purchased space in Madden NFL ‘09 and nine other titles from Electronic Arts. Only ten states will be able to see the ads (once updated through Xbox’s Internet service): Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio and Wisconsin, which all happen to be swing states.The ads will be running until November 3rd.
Apparently, there aren’t enough advertisements being raped into the eyes of gamers everywhere. So, where’s McCain? I heard through the grapevine that he’ll be throwing his face in all of the games Obama hasn’t, which only leaves the lame leftovers no one will buy. Just don’t quote me on that.
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Dubai is a cool city and all, but have you ever gotten the feeling that it’s just flaunting its endless wealth? That’s because it is. Dubai is rich, filthy rich and they aren’t afraid of letting the world know it by dropping billions of dollars on over-elaborate fountains and animated skyscrapers.
Now, Dubai is “WOWing” the world once again by having the UAE development company, Tameer Holding, develop the world’s largest LED screen to be embedded on an intended commercial tower in the Majan district of Dubailand. That’s 33 stories of advertising. It might seem a little excessive, but this is Dubai. It’s got money and it’s not afraid to flaunt it.
