If you ventured out on the internet today there’s probably two things that popped up in your feeds, namely Kony 2012 and the Dollar Shave Club. I first heard about the Dollar Shave Club through a tweet: Well I had to click didn’t I? Needless to say I wasn’t disappointed. It’s the combination of a [...]
Tags: Creativity·Humor·Video
I love seeing creativity. Mixing creativity with humor to poke fun at an institution is better again. It’s why I love the Santa Brand Book. Serious kudos to Quiet Room on their magnificent work in support of one of the world’s truly enduring mega-brands. I will never use unapproved Santa® related vocabulary again. *I [...]
Sorcha and Anna (my 20 month old daughter) were walking through a store this morning. There were loads of Halloween costumes on display. My daughter stops, sees the mask pictured below, points at it, and says: "Daddy". Nice. Funnily enough Sorcha thought it was rather funny. Tweet This Post
You’re faced with an “old” brand (which interestingly – to me at any rate - was originally created for women in 1937) launched in 1938. It’s a brand with a lot of baggage, particularly in a world of glossy competitors. Rather than go the usual route, they took an alternative approach, which certainly appears to [...]
Funny take on the effectiveness of the PR embargo (adult language warning)… Tweet This Post
Tags: Humor·Humour·Public Relations
So you won’t be surprised to find out I’ve been a little behind on my RSS feed reading. It’s been busy recently. Slipping through the (PR) feeds, it’s interesting to note that probably 90+% of “PR” posts are actually about social media. Now social media is clearly very important, but to me, the intersection of [...]
During my recent trip to Cairo I saw something in the airport which made me stop and and think. Public Relations next to the toilets… Photo courtesy of the ever vigilant Katherine Clouse. Tweet This Post
Tags: Humor·Public Relations