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Advertising that’s “Just Ducky.”

Mike Bawden — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:54:23 +0000

Ever have a burning desire to win a Quackie? Me neither.

But Steve Hall at AdRants ran this post summarizing the advertising awards show known as the Golden Ducks – a show dedicated to “the weird, the strange and the head-scratchers in advertising.”

You can see some of the award nominees here.

Heaven knows we’ve all seen enough of that (ref. the Tiddy Bear, a Quackie nominee if there ever was one).

Microsoft to Fallon?

Mike Bawden — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:12:00 +0000

Sounds like Minneapolis-based Fallon may be the big winner of the Microsoft business currently under review. They were up against a very hot Crispin, Porter + Bogusky for the business.

AdRant’s Steve Hall provided his own, unique perspective on not just the possibility of a Fallon win but also on a CP+B loss.

AKQA’s bus ad campaign is going places

Mike Bawden — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:26:00 +0000

Steve Hall and his team at AdRants has a brief review of AKQA’s campaign for Yell.com. The out-of-home campaign consists of creative messages on 25 buses.

So, what’s the big deal?

The creative uses GPS to identify where each bus is and then the creative changes based on its location. The execution reinforces Yell.com’s USP of providing localized information.

Very cool stuff. Check out the AdRants item to learn more.