Category Archives: Branded Content

Those McConaughey Lincoln Commercials: Perplexity Solved

One of the great pleasures of watching this MLB postseason has been the incessant airing of the McConaughey™ Lincoln commercials. And I think I’ve finally figured out the larger play. The ads actually feature the oft-unrecognizable Christian Bale, playing McConaugheynow, in the first biopic … Continue reading

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Apples to Oranges: Brands Finding Safety in Boring Social

Coincidentally, @adage retweeted this shortly after I’d been having a related conversation with a coworker today: https://twitter.com/#!/aeffik/status/136472966933385216 I totally agree with the statement, but I don’t think it’s happening. The conversation my colleague and I had stemmed from a mental … Continue reading

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Sweet Gig: Head of Mountain Dew (Pakistan)

http://twitter.com/#!/mtn_dew/status/126719983177838594 Ah, wow? Head of Mountain Dew Pakistan has gotta be, like, the best gig ever and most certainly crushes previous best gig ever: head of Mello Yello Afghanistan. Guessing head DEW Dude (or Dudette) Pakistan got a (super) sweet … Continue reading

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Beware In Handing Over Social Media Keys

Click here to read my Marketing Daily “My Turn” commentary about Chrysler’s social F-bomb drop and a cold sweat social moment I experience while behind the Dunkin’ tweet wheel. Brands can’t bat a thousand in social media engagement… Cross-posted on … Continue reading

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Sheen’s First Micro Endorsement? Duh.

I just read this Portfolio story revealing Ad.ly as the Adonis DNA behind Charlie Sheen’s record breaking twitter account. From a gawking standpoint, it’ll sure be interesting when some brand becomes the first to link itself to the Sheen micro … Continue reading

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Does Coke Want To Be More Than Liked?

Just took a look on Facebook and saw this curious update from Coca-Cola at the top of my news feed: Not to state the obvious, but the update is asking 22.5 million Facebook users who have already “Liked” Coke to … Continue reading

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Infinite Like? The T-Pain Facebook “Like” Button Tattoo

This has been making the rounds today: First off, is it ironic to lead with a tweet about a Facebook “Like” button tattoo? It’s a social networking ecosystem, after all… Anywho, here’s the tattoo: I’m not sure I like the … Continue reading

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Fortune Cookie Tweeting

Brands are better served differentiating themselves in social media by ensuring their social media copy is less fortune cookie copy; more sharp, conversational copywriting. A quick scroll of the Coca-Cola tweet stream, reveals they are sparing with broadcast tweets (the … Continue reading

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Bacon Wrapped in Google TV Bacon, Inside Film Bacon

Last night I stopped the DVR, mid-fast forward, mid-program interruption, to watch a commercial. Yup. It was a short version of this Logitech spot featuring Kevin Bacon playing an unlikely (or likely, as the case may be) Kevin Bacon devotee. … Continue reading

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Good Afternoon!!! Did You Have a Good Morning?!?

Interesting piece by Matthew Creamer in Ad Age regarding brand relevance within social media (Facebook, in particular), but I contend that banal is not social media engagement strategy that will work for most brands as an ongoing effort. There’s nothing … Continue reading

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