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Australia Honda Commercials Featuring YouTube Sensation Bangs
Australian Honda jazzpacking ads cross international borders with recognizable YouTube sensation Bangs
Honda in Australia came out with a series of Honda Jazz commercials that I liked so much, I had to watch them all. The series pokes fun at hipsters, rappers, ninjas and weight-lifting meat heads. And while they may have offended some segments of [...]
Five Years In: Advice for Young Marketing Communications Professionals
Five years ago, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, I entered the corporate work force on a marketing communications team filled with experienced professionals.
In addition to countless side-conversations with my fellow intern at work, I used the internet to read and learn more about how other young professionals have dealt with a variety of situations.
With five years experience [...]
Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg
Hey Mark,
It’s your boy from Minneapolis and North Dakota State who created a website with profiles for his dorm mates in 2002.
There are some “social media experts” asking you to step down from Facebook. Don’t worry about it. They are just old bloggers who jumped on the bandwagon about three years after you started it.
Facebook [...]
The Next Stage in Social Media Marketing
Long before my professional career started, websites were built and controlled by high school students and information technology departments.
A decade later, when those same high school students became college students, they started an internet revolution called social media. The movement led to many companies to rely on interns and recent graduates for navigation through this [...]
Happy Mother’s Day Commercial
Even thought I am not a mom, I had a nice Mother’s day. I had lunch with my mother and two grandmothers. I had to getting going because I was finishing up putting together a shed in my back yard, but upon winding down I saw a nice Mother’s day commercial by Proctor & Gamble. [...]