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6 Sep 2009The commercial for the new video game for The Beatles…the CGI is a BIT wonky in places, but I’m NOT complaining.
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16 Jun 2009Thank you Miracle Whip, for providing me with my biggest no-brainer entry since I started blogging.
In their latest commercial, Miracle Whip manages to embarrass, entertain and absolutely confound me with their approach to selling product. I will let the spot speak for itself (forgive the lack of sync with audio and video):
We will not be [...]
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9 Jun 2009This post is a curmudgeonly continuation of this one from @TremendousNews. I just had to get in on the fun…
So here we have, seven MORE types of profile images on Twitter.
1) The ‘Glamour shot’
Look at her. Her posture - confident and bold. Her eyes - challenging the camera. Her pink suede blazer and blouse - [...]
A lot of the talk surrounding Social Media has involved the asking of questions, namely: How can we (as corporations or individuals) leverage Social Media into financial gain?
Heck, there are hundreds/thousands/millions of opportunistic scammers out there offering Twitter follow schemes, ‘magic traffic driving solutions,’ and every other worn out get-rich-quick trick known to man. [...]
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14 May 2009Angels & Demons & Point Guards…..oh my.
In what is by far the oddest example of a cross-promotion mash-up I have ever seen, this spot is running during the NBA playoffs this week.
First off, very well edited. You can tell they hired a pro and allocated a decent budget for this one. Also, it actually shows [...]
This is a duplicate entry of a blog I contributed to www.MyTwitterExperiment.com. Read it there, or below.
A lot of people who join Twitter follow this 3 step pattern:
1) Begin following people and hope that somehow people will begin following them
2) Realize that Twitter is not the equivalent to the holy grail or an uncashed lottery [...]
The first site up: Qwitter.
A simple service, Qwitter shoots you an email when someone stops following you and accompanies that email with the last Tweet of yours that person received.
I signed up to Qwitter about a week ago. Since then I have checked my follower count often, keeping abreast of any of my [...]
Let’s take a decidedly unCurmudgeonly look at some of my favorite Twitter related sites (subject to change with zero notice):
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Visibletweets.com - A beautifully made site that allows you to search any keyword, then get rewarded with lovely animations in your choice of 3 types: letter by letter, tag cloud, or rotation. All are soothing and [...]
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26 Apr 2009I love this new Sprint spot:
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26 Apr 2009I recently took a curmudgeonly look back at this year’s Superbowl ads and noticed an unfortunate trend. For the majority of the commercials aired there appears to be no story, no brand tie-in, no statement of benefits…no anything. Wait, there is SOMETHING in these ads. Typically, it involves random acts of violence resulting in extreme [...]
Mike Frizzi is a self-proclaimed curmudgeon. He is also a perceptive, curious and difficult to impress fellow who enjoys criticizing elements of advertising, marketing, social media and anything else he decides is worthy of his attention.