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Waaasssuuuppp!

I appreciate this blog is getting fairly Obama heavy, but I just couldn’t ignore this one.  A spoof on the…

Bud, Budweiser, obama, political advertising, True

Obama’s 30 Minute Advert

Here in full, the Barack Obama 30 minute informercial that screened across three national broadcast channels last night.  It features…

obama 30 minute, politcal advertising

Measuring the Hype

Measuring the success of one’s campaign is, obviously, rather an important aspect of advertising.  A company called MotiveQuest has developed…

brand advocacy, effectiveness, motive quest, online promoter

Vote Hour

  Google have recruited a host of high powered CEO’s to encourage their employees to take an hour out of their working…

google, mccain, obama, politcal advertising, vote hour

Terry Tate v Sarah Palin

A fantastic ‘get out the vote’ advert.  It’s an extension of the Reebok campaign which used Terry Tate as a…

political advertising, Reebok, Sarah Palin, Terry Tate

The Great Schlep

  This is absolutely hilarious.  The momentum that Obama’s campaign has generated is unbelievable.  There seems to be a never-ending…

election, obama, political advertising, Sarah Silverman, The Great Schlep

7-Election

Picked up on this brilliant attempt by 7-Eleven to cash in the US Presidential Election on ‘Boy meets digital world’. Coffee…

7-Election, 7-eleven, coffee, election, mccain, obama, president

Setting the Standard

For my debut post on this blog I thought I’d post THE iconic piece of political advertising. It was produced…

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