by Luke Sullivan | Feb 4, 2013 | Advertising, Commentary, General Crankiness
Everybody’s got their faves from the commercials on the Super Bowl. But let’s talk about the bottom feeders. (Okay, fine. As for favorites, mine happened to end up pretty far down the list of the infamous USA Today Ad Meter: the spot for Oreos (“Whispering in the...
by Luke Sullivan | Jan 30, 2013 | Advertising, Commentary, Creativity
Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile. Cardinal sin of bloggers, not to create new content. That, and sucking. But anyhoo, here’s an interview I did a while back with some nice folks in Romania. Here was their very nice intro. (I promise, the...
by Luke Sullivan | Dec 18, 2012 | Advertising, Commentary, General Crankiness
TO: Luke Sullivan, Creative Director FROM: Communications Manager Please move the 56th pixel on the 233rd row about a 64th of a inch to the left. Also, the dot in the “I” should come down one font size, but not the lower vertical slash of the i, just the little dot on...
by Luke Sullivan | Nov 29, 2012 | Advertising, Social Media
I am not a huge NBA fan, but when Kobe Bryant’s agent calls and says “Mr. Bryant would like to speak with you,” you take the call. He’d read my advertising book Hey Whipple, Squeeze This and just wanted some advice about some marketing stuff. Turns out he’s as nice...
by Luke Sullivan | Nov 4, 2012 | Advertising, Commentary, Creativity, General Crankiness
Several years ago, I wrote an article for Adweek about the addiction some clients have to promotions at the expense of their branding. “Should we throw out promotions and go cold turkey?” I asked. “Of course not. In the retail world, promotions are an essential part...
by Luke Sullivan | Oct 24, 2012 | Advertising, General Crankiness
Most of us grow up with pretty finely tuned bullshit detectors. The thing is, this technology is getting better every day. In fact, over the years, I think bullshit-detection technology has more than kept pace with computer technology, to the degree that kids today...