How did brand social do on the CEO Kiss Cam Scandal?
Schadenfreude (noun, scha·den·freu·de): enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others So, the CEO and HR head of Astronomer decided to go on a date to a Coldplay concert with a …
The Most Egregious Product Placements Ever, Part 2: Hold On to Your Butts
Last week, we introduced you to bad product placement — like, egregiously bad product placement, like “pass me those delicious Pizzeria Pretzel Combos so I can cheese my hunger away” …
The Most Egregious Product Placements Ever, Part 1: Just the Cars
There’s a phrase you might hear from time to time in my house, essentially at random: My Yaris gets awesome gas mileage, but it’s not getting us to the North …
The 10 Most Upvoted Ads on r/CommercialsIHate
Like… what it says on the tin. I generally try to keep things positive around here. Even when I get critical of campaigns and stuff, I like to keep it …
The First Super Bowl Commercial (No, Not That One)
This Sunday is, of course, Super Bowl XIL, the annual national championship of pro football that more than 40 percent of viewers will be watching for the commercials. In anticipation …
Three Football-Adjacent Campaigns That Have Maybe Outstayed Their Welcome
So, ‘round about six weeks ago, in honor of UGA’s then-upcoming appearance (and, ultimately, victory) in the SEC Championship, I offered a celebration of three football and football-adjacent ad campaigns …
ACTUALLY RELATED TO ADVERTISING: Two Olympic ads are big losers
WE’RE BACK, BABY. I do not know WHAT was going on a couple of weeks ago, but it’s over, or at least over enough to let the grumpy, negative side …
Egad! Bad ad: The Apple iPad Pro ad
Last Tuesday, Apple released an ad for its new, improved iPad Pro — a video once, but no longer, destined for TV — and it was… controversial. And in the …
INAPPROPRIATE: Y’all, car ads used to be WRONG.
Note: The following post is more-or-less SFW, I’m pretty sure, but do consider the sensitivity level of nearby colleagues and/or your HR department before reading further.) It’s always been said …
Who’s Afraid of AI Copywriting?
I’m a freelance copywriter. I’m an in-house copywriter. All of my moneymaking endeavors, in fact, are writing-related. And now a fancy new AI has emerged that writes, I gotta say, …