Comments on HPC: Advertising: The Life of Trade*

The revolving door ad gave me the chills. But I gu...

2008-07-01T13:24:00.000+08:00

The revolving door ad gave me the chills. But I guess that was the effect they were aiming for.

You don't see ads like these in the Philippines because we don't have the money to make Cannes-worthy ads. We're all about profits and not so much on social redeeming value.

I also like Adidas ads. ^__^

Advertisers: you are the ruiner of all things good...

2008-06-30T21:21:00.000+08:00

Advertisers: you are the ruiner of all things good. You are filling the world with vibrant garbage. Rid the world of your evil machinations. I know what you marketing people are thinking: "he's going for the anti-marketing dollar" -- I'm not doing that you scumbags! Quit putting a damn dollar sign on everything! I bet you sleep like babies at night. - Bill Hicks

What Bill said is true even today.

@joyfulchicken: Mwahahaha! I said it was a creativ...

2008-05-27T01:30:00.000+08:00

@joyfulchicken: Mwahahaha! I said it was a creative idea, not exactly an effective ad, but you get my point about the ambient advertising thing. LOL!

@Juice: This is one thing we have in common! And its so cool we see things the same way!

It's amazing how advertisements get better and mor...

2008-05-27T01:20:00.000+08:00

It's amazing how advertisements get better and more innovative with time :) I totally understand your point of view! Being a Marketing student myself :D

I know squat about advertising, but associating yo...

2008-05-27T01:01:00.000+08:00

I know squat about advertising, but associating your coffee brand with sewage doesn't sound like a great idea to me :-D