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Was Advertising Week Disjointed or a Great Event?

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KFC Craves, Smirnoff Mixes, CPB Rolled, Kiplingers Tours

In a bid to woo former CP+B client Pearl Izumi, Boulder agency Karsh/Hagan launched a poster campaign slamming agencies that drop smaller clients for bigger ones.

Bigger, Fuller, Bouncier ... Double-Breasted Burgers.

Nobody ever tires of a transparent double entendre, right?

'Sarah Palin's Glasses are a Maverick'

The Swift Kids for Truth, a group of weebies that can't form complete sentences without lisping adorably, take the piss out of Sarah Palin in a video called "Maverick."

Miniature Women Apply Kiwi Shoe Polish

In an odd approach to selling shoe polish that's not unlike methods used to sell cars by draping a woman across the hood of a vehicle, Kiwi has crafted a print campaign that's clearly designed to elicit a collective "huh?"

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Nearest City: Boston

State/Province: Massachusetts

Personal Site/Blog: http://www.adrants.com/resume

Interests: Advertising, Marketing, Communication, Public Relations, Publishing

About Me: I'm an ad guy. Or, at least, I was before I got fired for wasting too much time on the job writing Adrants, now my full time obsession which, thankfully, pays all the bills. Somewhere along that path of goofing off at work, I co-founded the online marketing site MarketingVOX. I also publish the ad:tech weblog and founded AdGabber, a social networking site for the advertising industry.

Areas of Expertise: Journalism, weblog management, publishing, media buying and planning, account management, brand managemen

Current Company: Adrants

Position: Publisher

Position Responsibilities: Managing the overall publishing and editorial responsibilities of Adrants.

Industry: Advertising

Company Description: Adrants provides marketing and advertising news with attitude in the form of a website and daily email newsletter. Written by current and former industry practitioners, it provides insightful, informed, experiential, no holds barred commentary on the state of the advertising and media industries. Editorial covers emerging marketing and advertising trends, cultural and demographic shifts affecting advertising strategies, new campaign launches, viral and buzz marketing, useful industry research and the examination of the industry's shift from old paradigms to new.

Company Website: http://www.adrants.com

College Degree: Advertising/Journalism

Graduation Year: 1984

Academic Institution: University of Maine Orono

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At 1:58pm on September 29th, 2008, Lela said…: Thanks for the advice, Steve. Copyblogger.com is actually one of my favorite sites. If you know of any other sites let me know!

At 12:36am on September 12th, 2008, Erik Choi said…: Thank you for the advice

At 11:44pm on August 30th, 2008, Ryan Cole said…: Thanks Steve. Great use of Ning.

At 10:42am on August 29th, 2008, Richie said…: Good Job, Good Idea, I couldnt have imagined!

At 12:29pm on August 7th, 2008, El B said…: Joined and already made my first contribution... Social media is a beautiful thing...

At 2:19pm on July 30th, 2008, Georgina Taylor said…: Thank you Steve! I love your site and look forward to your updates every day. Great information, extremely entertaining. :)

At 7:04am on May 25th, 2008, DJ_cool said…: how did you got your own domain name .please tell me.thankyou.....

At 9:46pm on May 16th, 2008, DOROTHY MALM said…: You wrote: Steve Hall has sent you a message on AdGabber.

the video you were trying to view may have been set to private so even if you joined, you wouldn't be able to view. Would you still like your account deleted?

My reply: I was trying to view "That's Most Definitely a %$*#ing Saturn, All Right!" and when I couldn't see it, I thought maybe I needed to sign in. But it still wasn't viewable for me. (I have the latest Adobe Flash version 9,0,115,0 installed.)

So, yes, I would like my account deleted. You have an excellent site, but I don't plan on visiting - it's not really my interest.

At 10:34am on April 28th, 2008, Kristen Kane said…: Hey Steve,

I am glad to be here too. BTW - I love Adrants. Since I am just a baby in this AdGabber world I'm not too sure about how to use it. Thank you for the warm welcome as always.
Have a Faboo week.

Kristen