"Philly's Future" Scholarship Winner From Temple

We’d like to offer our congratulations to Mr. Jason Kaminsky for being a “Philly’s Future” scholarship winner. Here’s Jason’s take on what advertising means to him. I can definitely relate to what he’s saying. I started out graphic designing also, but I’d like to remain a “creative.” I’m not sure if creatives have a need for jackets and ties, but I’d be all for it. See the other winners here. Here’s a blurb about the scholarship taken from The Philly Ad Club: Philly Ad Club, the largest professional advertising organization in Philadelphia and a member of the American Advertising Federation,…

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Robin Neifield to Present at the Temple Advertising Department Awards (TADA Awards)

On April 22 2010, Temple University’s Advertising Department will host the 6th Annual TADA awards. The invite only event was founded in 2004 to acknowledge the excellence of Temple University Student advertising majors for their work in the advertising field and has boasted guest speakers from top local and national agencies. This year’s keynote speaker is Robin Neifield, CEO and cofounder of NetPlus Marketing and one of Pennsylvania’s Top 50 Women in Business. Robin has successfully helped build NetPlus Marketing into a top 50 interactive agency serving clients such as ConAgra Foods, Deb Shops, Aon Insurance, Independence Blue Cross Blue…

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Bob Garfield retires

Bob Garfield, a prominent writer for Ad Age, has decided to retire. He writes the column, Ad Review on the website, and is highly respected in the industry. He recently posted a fair well write up, entitled, “Garfield Says Adieu“. It is extremely well written and insightful. He tells his own story of how he got to be where he is today. He also discusses some of the worst ads he has seen throughout his career. And as a highly respected ad critic, his opinion could make or break some companies. He said that one of the most offensive ads…

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Vintage Beer Ads

Today, there are many regulations in the advertising of alcohol. Before these laws were put into place, there were many ads put out that seem shocking today. Perhaps the most shocking I came across is an ad for Blatz Beer. It features a mother with her baby, and tries to promote Blatz Beer as a nourishing, essential drink for mothers and babies. It claims to provide benefits for the mother, which the baby will in turn feel as well. It just seems so shocking; I cannot believe this was ever a real advertisement. You would never see anything like this…

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The Flintstones sell cigarettes?

Looking at vintage ads can be a very fun activity. Just like ads for alcohol, it is astonishing what they could get away with when advertising cigarettes back in the day. Advertising cigarettes has so many restrictions now. It is especially illegal to market cigarettes toward children. A vintage ad for Winston Cigarettes does exactly that. It features the Flintstones, a cartoon directed towards children, selling the product. It is very interesting to see how the advertising industry has evolved to where it is today. Flintstones Winston Cigarettes Ad

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The Axe Effect

Many people are familiar with the Axe brand of body spray. Their latest commercial features thousands of women running through trees, and jumping over rocks to get to a man on the beach who is spraying himself with Axe. These women are literally coming at him in every direction, and of course, each one of them is gorgeous and wearing a bikini. Obviously there is a sense of humor in this advertisement. But is it giving off a bad message about women? This is showing that a man can spray on Axe, and a woman will do anything to be…

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