Images are worth a thousand words, but oftentimes, those thousand words are left up to the interpretation of the viewer. When I need to get a solid message across, I trust pen over Photoshop.
So today, I’d like to introduce a great resource that I use on a regular basis: Copyblogger.
Authored by Brian Clark, […]

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Carrot? Yard stick? Japanese bullet train?
No matter what it is, whenever you need to get that extra boost, shave everywhere.
Phillips hits their target market hard with this campaign. The benefits are tied in perfectly with the off-color humor.
I won’t say much as this is something you should definitely see for […]

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Oftentimes, cover songs are the way for musicians find their way into the limelight.
Do you know how many people have searched for Rhianna’s Umbrella? Or how about Linkin Park’s What I’ve Done? Enough to land “independent” talent Marié Digby 2.3 million views on YouTube.
Marié’s popularity is a testament to the value of cover […]

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Ik zie, ik zie, wat jij niet ziet - I see, I see, what you don’t see.
My heart sunk as I watched SIRE’s Ikzieikziewatjijnietziet.nl campaign. In a few words, it is brilliant, and painfully revealing. It’s frightening what goes around us. We’re unaware of so much, but there’s so much pain and […]

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To commemorate the launch of Marketing Ruined My Life on our new server (graciously provided by web development firm Outcome3), I’d like to share an ad with you.

Creative folk are often split when it comes to humor; one camp fears it, and the other reveres it. It depends a lot on the brand, but […]

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