Tweet Even in today’s world of advanced technology, the business card is still king. It is the first impression someone has of your business. A cheap business card design usually translates to a cheap business in the mind of the person receiving the card. A quality card will take you far in face-to-face networking. Yellow Dogg Designs is offering visitors to The Dogg Blogg the opportunity to win free business card design. Giveaway Details 1 [...]

Tweet In the film Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner’s character, Ray, hears a voice that says “If you build it, (they) will come”. While this may be true about a lot of things, it is not entirely true in the world of web design. A good website can lie dormant and untouched if nothing is done to announce its presence. It is not automatic that if good content occupies webspace people will come view it. [...]

Tweet What’s more disgusting than knowing that pests are running all through where you sleep and eat? If you aren’t thinking about it, Orkin will make you think about it. In the Orkin television ads the pests not only try to invade their home, but infiltrate their lives. From blind dates, to playing Guitar Hero while the family is on vacation, these rodents and six legged nuisances are determined to make the life of the [...]

Tweet In this fast paced world it seems that technology changes at a blink of an eye. Before you can get the packaging off  that brand new phone and finally learn how to use it there is a newer and better version hitting the stores. Best Buy has capitalized on this by offering its customers the opportunity to sell their old version to Best Buy and receive credit to purchase the new version from them. [...]

Tweet PSA’s will never go out of style. Where they make their biggest impact is still by way of television ads. Television is the one method the unsuspecting individual can be introduced to a visual lesson in life in the middle of zoning out to something mindless. Above The Influence has created a series of televisions spots focused on deterring teens and young adults from drug use and abuse. The Above The Influence ad campaign  was [...]

Tweet Since 2009 the Big Three (GMC, Chrysler and Ford) have been trying to recover from decreased sales and competition from foreign auto makers. As a result, Detroit’s economy took a direct hit. In response Chrysler created a commercial that centers around reestablishing pride in home-grown auto-making. The commercial features Eminen driving through the streets of Detroit in a black Chrysler 200 with his track “Lose Yourself” slowly building in the background. It ends with [...]

Tweet What Superbowl advertisers  packed the biggest punch leading up to the Superbowl? The infographic below (courtesy of the Meltwater Group) gives a graphic display of which brands got the most Twitter pre-Superbowl buzz between January 31-Febuary 4. Image courtesy Meltwater Group

Tweet Even though players prepare all year round in hopes of making it to the Superbowl the real competition is in the advertising game. Millions of dollars go into making that perfect commercial to air during the Superbowl. Advertisers know that the largest viewing audience of the year will be available on February 6th so this is prime time to capitalize on capturing their attention. This commercial for the 2012 Volkswagon Pasat made its debut [...]

Tweet As strong as the internet can be, nothing beats the marketing power of television advertisement. A good ad campaigne can instantly become water cooler talk and part of a viral web searche. Sometimes the commercials can be more entertaining than the shows themselves. I have compiled a list of my personal top ten favorite television commercials and ad campaigns. 10. M&M’s Pretzel 9. Geico: Mistaken Identity 8. Nike Basketbll: Lebron Rise 7. Logitech Revue [...]

Tweet State Farm features a series of commercials where after an accident the characters sing the State Farm jingle and an insurance agent shows up. While the State Farm agent analyzes the damage the characters have a little fun with the power and add their own individual request. In the one featured below the characters use the power to change their partners into their ideal boyfriend and ideal girlfriend. I have noticed that insurance companies [...]