Pay Attention To This Advertising Robot, Or Get Run Over

Yeah, it’s cute now ’cause this is the first one, but unlike a super annoying person, you can’t necessarily just tell a super annoying robot to leave you alone and rely on it to a.) understand you and b.) care. ‘There’s no getting away from an offer this good,’ huh? You fill me with dread, Alpha Romeo.

Pay Attention To This Advertising Robot, Or Get Run Over

Backlink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Botjunkie/~3/638ii4-HUI0/

Advertising: Laundry Products Put Into Yet Another Form

Dial hopes its new product, fabric softener in crystal form, can follow up on the success of its antistatic laundry sheet with detergent and softener.

Advertising: Laundry Products Put Into Yet Another Form

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8071d4f93f4658d00d974689fda42c4a

Advertising: Don’t Call It a Cracker: Wheat Thins Prefers to Be Billed as a Snack

A marketing campaign for Wheat Thins surprises fans of the product, which is shunning the term “cracker” in favor of “snack.”

Advertising: Don’t Call It a Cracker: Wheat Thins Prefers to Be Billed as a Snack

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=feec843052546181faa89c74a2b99898

Advertising: Pepsi to Sponsor ‘American Idol’ Rival

Fox will announce that Pepsi is the sole season-long sponsor for “The X Factor,” a competition Simon Cowell is bringing to the United States.

Advertising: Pepsi to Sponsor ‘American Idol’ Rival

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=523407e4a045adf2257c4e1fb98abcd1

Advertising: After Two Slow Years, an Industry Rebound Begins

Several factors indicate that the advertising industry will enjoy a robust rebound in 2011, especially in marketing online.

Advertising: After Two Slow Years, an Industry Rebound Begins

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=b77db48450b619f50d659d9bd10c9a69

Advertising: Seventh Generation Highlights Its Chemical Free Detergent

The laundry detergent company is teaching consumers about optical brighteners, which leave chemicals on fabrics.

Advertising: Seventh Generation Highlights Its Chemical Free Detergent

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=d954ec954c4661c5014b6000d97bed12

Advertising: Going Green While Pursuing Whiter Whites

The laundry detergent company is teaching consumers about optical brighteners, which leave chemicals on fabrics.

Advertising: Going Green While Pursuing Whiter Whites

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=d954ec954c4661c5014b6000d97bed12

Advertising: Selling the World on Russia (Leaving Out the Spies)

Adore Creative and other Western agencies work closely with the inner circle of Russia’s government — a blending of “Mad Men” and Kremlin apparatchiks.

Advertising: Selling the World on Russia (Leaving Out the Spies)

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=cbd83231a686ed5d43828e3218074cf1

Advertising: Companies Promote Health and Brands, Making Playgrounds

Major companies are building playgrounds to publicize their names, improve their images, encourage employees to volunteer and to promote fitness.

Advertising: Companies Promote Health and Brands, Making Playgrounds

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=cda68a3373ed2f90a81bbeab1f2de471

Advertising: For Liqueur, Fashionable Approach to Reach Women

A blend of French vodka, white wine and fruit nectar packaged in a pink bottle and promoted as “the ultimate accessory” for women has also become popular with men.

Advertising: For Liqueur, Fashionable Approach to Reach Women

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=2f6ac2735ba0bd64979ee8efbb6c8f87

Advertising: Collecting Humiliations of Life to Sell Comfort in Shoes

The 160-year-old shoe brand is stressing the comfort of its new line by comparing it to stories of uncomfortable moments in life submitted by users of the Web.

Advertising: Collecting Humiliations of Life to Sell Comfort in Shoes

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e9113c5f14314f8278fa30da929e6ca4

Advertising: Lots of Laughs, and Even More Sales

Allstar Products said it had sold 25 million Snuggies, the blanket with arms, and there were no signs that sales were waning.

Advertising: Lots of Laughs, and Even More Sales

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e33ae827d1529559889cbd94b95d938c

Advertising: The Myth of Fast-Forwarding Past the Ads

A study by the Nielsen company showed that ratings for commercials rose if the show was played back within three days, especially for 18- to 49-year-olds.

Advertising: The Myth of Fast-Forwarding Past the Ads

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8aa54904ef213169942661d618fed5fa

Advertising: The Impulse to Buy Can Start Anywhere

Two agencies owned by WPP have formed a joint venture to help marketers and retailers guide consumers on the so-called path to purchase.

Advertising: The Impulse to Buy Can Start Anywhere

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=32c7a2102180bcc603ebf7aadb6374b3

Advertising: France Says Google May Have Misused Its Search Advantage

But regulators proposed “targeted responses,” rather than new rules, as a remedy.

Advertising: France Says Google May Have Misused Its Search Advantage

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=44a1dde1e671a77c439ba10762baabda

Advertising: For New Year’s Eve, the Tie-Ins Erupt

Kissing, shredding paper and riding a bicycle are among the activities linked to the annual celebration in Times Square by marketers like Nivea, Duracell, GetMarried.com and MasterCard.

Advertising: For New Year’s Eve, the Tie-Ins Erupt

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c7963f7a00ab62715e78936cdb5f36be

Advertising: Buick Underwrites MSN Travel Show ‘Re: Discover’

The deal is an example of branded entertainment, and the company’s cars appear only incidentally in the videos.

Advertising: Buick Underwrites MSN Travel Show ‘Re: Discover’

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a8809180e04138a699a5d4de3791fd7a

Advertising: Grey New York to Be Led by Its Chief Creative Officer

Tor Myhren’s promotion is the first time Grey New York will be led by its chief creative officer, a position he will keep.

Advertising: Grey New York to Be Led by Its Chief Creative Officer

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=94aec79a9d3075236acce22267c5d146

Advertising: Fujifilm Ads for a 3-D Camera Aim at Moviegoing Families

The digital camera maker is advertising a 3-D camera to parents at showings of movies intended for families, like “Harry Potter” and “Tangled.”

Advertising: Fujifilm Ads for a 3-D Camera Aim at Moviegoing Families

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=3d9bfe0cfcf229e590aa95f4a1d9df4d

Advertising: Still Counting on the Power of Television

The television ad sector is experiencing robust demand, signaling that the overall advertising industry will recover faster from the recession than expected.

Advertising: Still Counting on the Power of Television

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f69edabdc0ed8f7311ab6fc33b86429d