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Sep26	I won't be long!!! George Parker September 26, 2006 Know More: Blogging Hey… I’m off again. This time to Taos, New Mexico. We’re going to see our son who builds and lives in an EarthShip!!! If you don’t know what that is, check out the company he works for here… Very cool stuff. So, I won’t be posting ‘till Saturday, when I’m back. You’ll just have to make do with the other inferior ad blogs. Promise to make it up to ya when I get back. Cheers/George Neat!!! Posted at 6:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep26	Is MySpace is going NoSpace? George Parker September 26, 2006 I know I’ve been on about this for a while, but a recent article on sense.psfk.com reinforces what I am sure is about to happen to the most heavily trafficked social networking sites… And MySpace in particular. As the writer,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep25	What's next... The Cone of Silence? George Parker September 25, 2006 OK, so I use a cell phone. But I use it simply to make and receive phone calls! How weird is that, I mean I know you can now use your cell phone to buy cans of soda, check out... Continue Reading Posted at 5:07 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Wake me up when this TV spot is over!!! George Parker September 25, 2006 So, what is it with all this boring voice over crap on just about every TV spot I’ve watched in the last six months? I mean, OK, I didn’t exactly enjoy the pimply voiced “Dell Dude” freaking out over the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep24	TV still rules... For now! George Parker September 24, 2006 Don’t you find it interesting that in spite of all the chit chat about “New Media” according to a report in AdAge last week, spending on broadcast TV advertising, including online advertising, is projected to rise 8.3% to $46.36 billion... Continue Reading Posted at 9:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Congratulations. You've just won the worst car dealership advertising in the world award!!! George Parker September 24, 2006 I’ve always said that car dealers are the dumbest people in the world who invariably produce some of the world’s dumbest advertising. News just in from Ohio proves it. An outfit by the name of Dennis Mitsubishi in Columbus is... Continue Reading Posted at 9:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep23	MySpace becomes AdSpace!!! George Parker September 23, 2006 The MySpace rot has begun with the launch of its first branded UK community based on Lynx deodorant. MySpace said that the Lynx profile would feature downloadable movies and games based on Towel Boy, a character from Lynx's latest marketing... Continue Reading Posted at 6:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Strawberry Frog jumped over the Red Brick Road into the Kingdom of Dumbness!!! George Parker September 23, 2006 Why is it that Ad agencies seem to think everyone out there is as dumb as they are. When Sir Frank Lowe’s Red Brick Road in London (With a name like that, there’s the first hint of dumbness) recently picked... Continue Reading Posted at 6:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep22	Miller High Life gives Wieden & Kennedy the "No Life!" George Parker September 22, 2006 Yet another beer account is on the move with the news that Miller is splitting with Wieden & Kennedy ending a ten year relationship. W&K had recently been agency of record for Miller High Life and was responsible for the... Continue Reading Posted at 7:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How much for facetime with Facebook... How about a couple of billion dollars? George Parker September 22, 2006 The Social Networking frenzy continues apace with the news that Facebook, the start-up popular with high school and college students, is about to be purchased by Yahoo. Rumors about this which first appeared in the Wall Street Journal, would represent... Continue Reading Posted at 1:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The pen is mightier than the Rove! George Parker September 22, 2006 Anyone paying attention to the news will know that Hugo Chavez delivered a speech at the UN the other day. OK, everyone got worked up about him referring to Bush as the devil, and how the podium still smelled of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why Starbucks will conquer the world! George Parker September 22, 2006 When I lived in New York, yeah, I would buy coffee at Starbucks, but just regular Columbian or whatever was the brew of the day. It cost me three or four dollars. But what always amazed me was the price... Continue Reading Posted at 12:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep21	Heeesss Baaaaccckkk!!! George Parker September 21, 2006 I know you’ve all missed me terribly, but hey… I’m back. Even though after four glorious days on the Oregon Pacific coast, eating tons of great food… Mostly fish and shellfish, ‘cos in Idaho, that stuff might “KillYa!” and drowning... Continue Reading Posted at 8:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep17	AdHurl takes a mini-vacation!!! George Parker September 17, 2006 Just so you know... I'm off to Oregon for four days... No laptop, no cellphone, nothing except peace and quiet... And some good food and lots of wine. Back on Thursday... People suffering from AdHurl withdrawl synptoms will have to make... Continue Reading Posted at 8:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep16	A neat Segway into Segway! George Parker September 16, 2006 Remember when the Segway rolled out and everyone and his uncle raved on and on about how this was going to be bigger than cold fusion? Was it just five years ago that inventor Dean Kamen was forecasting they would... Continue Reading Posted at 5:41 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ford's "Bold Moves." Getting weaker by the day! George Parker September 16, 2006 I just posted a comment over on Easton Ellsworth’s Business Blogwire site, which is definitely a recommended read. He’s talking about the current state of Ford’s "Bold Moves" blog, which I posted about a couple of weeks ago. It was... Continue Reading Posted at 10:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Is "user generated content" all about "buzz," rather than "bucks?" George Parker September 16, 2006 I couldn’t agree more with the piece in this week’s BrandWeek about how the marketing industry’s obsessions seem to change every couple of years. In 2004, everyone went on and on about product placement and branded entertainment. Now, the “next... Continue Reading Posted at 10:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep15	Bath & Body Works scrubs review, flushing six agencies down the tubes! George Parker September 15, 2006 Today’s news that Bath & Body Works has cancelled its account review is yet another example of how screwed up this business is. According to the questionnaire Search consultant Joanne Davis sent to agencies in August, Bath & Body sought... Continue Reading Posted at 8:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep14	FunkySexyCool.com - Or how to run up the world's largest phone bill! George Parker September 14, 2006 Guess what’s the center of attention at the big LA wireless show this week… That’s right, Social Networking. But now it’s all about doing it over Cell phones. And the star of the show? FunkySexyCool.com An Australian-born social Web site... Continue Reading Posted at 5:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	AdAge has another offer you'll definitely refuse! George Parker September 14, 2006 Hey, I just got another email from AdAge inviting me to another of their wonderful conferences. Having declined their last one, which for a few hundred dollars, allowed me to listen for three hours to a bunch of people I... Continue Reading Posted at 9:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Vote for me... I need the money! George Parker September 14, 2006 News in today’s AdAge, that even though everyone talks up a storm about multiple media choices and the power of the Internet when it comes to political blogs and websites, in the next seven weeks or so we can expect... Continue Reading Posted at 7:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep13	Hey, just put that bankruptcy on my American Express Platinum!!! George Parker September 13, 2006 Advertising broke today for American Express and The Moinian Group in New York announcing a plan that will allow you to use your AmEx card for the down payment if you’d like to purchase one of the condos in Moinian’s... Continue Reading Posted at 6:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Product placement with a vengance!!! George Parker September 13, 2006 I’m sure you’ve all heard of notorious “guerrilla artist” Banksy from the . Well, after filling record stores all over the western world with fake CD’s of Paris Hilton’s indescribably bad attempt at singing, he’s now gone a giant step... Continue Reading Posted at 6:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	S**t happens. Only it happens more often in the ad biz!!! George Parker September 13, 2006 As a further example of what a joke the advertising business is becoming, at the first day of today’s Association of National Advertisers' forum, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York which concentrated on client-agency relationship, Campbell’s VP of... Continue Reading Posted at 5:08 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep12	Come back Carly Fiorina... All is fogiven! George Parker September 12, 2006 In the “No surprises there” department Hewlett-Packard's chairman, Patricia Dunn, apologized today for what she described as "inappropriate techniques'' (BoardSpeak for wiretapping!) used in an investigation of boardroom leaks and will step down as chairman effective Jan. 18, but will... Continue Reading Posted at 7:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	This is either the world's dumbest idea, or the most brilliant! George Parker September 12, 2006 Pardon me if I sound stupid (it wouldn’t be the first time) but the news today that Former ad agency executive Fred Smith is launching a media company that will target consumers as they work out at their health clubs,... Continue Reading Posted at 7:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep11	This gas is no laughing matter! George Parker September 11, 2006 If part of your “viral” marketing strategy involves throwing monster parties where at a certain time of the evening thousands of helium filled balloons are released to the joy of all, you may have to do a bit of re-thinking.... Continue Reading Posted at 7:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Give me a dozen mocha, gazumba, sprinkle glaze and a cup of coffee that tastes like week old mud!!! George Parker September 11, 2006 I have to admit that I haven’t yet seen the new TV spots from Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos for its "America runs on Dunkin'" campaign for Dunkin' Donuts. But as they say it consists of everyday occurrences that touch consumers' lives,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Great Gossage. Now with an offer you can't refuse! George Parker September 11, 2006 Quite possibly the best book on advertising ever, until the publication of MadScam on December 1st, is The Book of Gossage. Unfortunately, it went out of print a few years ago and the only way you could get it was... Continue Reading Posted at 6:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep10	Sticky stuff in Silicon Valley! George Parker September 10, 2006 Patriciagate (That would be the current Hewlett Packard ruckus about tapping the phones of various board members) is starting to get even weirder. Apparently the California Attorney General’s office has now disclosed that HP’s private eyes were targeting the personal... Continue Reading Posted at 6:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 9	YouTube for the first ten years… Kinda sounds like Amazon! George Parker September 9, 2006 So, the less than two years old site dishes up 100 million daily videos, and everyone and his uncle is trying to get into the video-sharing market. Right now it’s Microsoft developing its own service. And by fall, Skype and... Continue Reading Posted at 3:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 8	Paris Hilton's undiscriminating palette! George Parker September 8, 2006 One of the interesting aspects of Paris Hilton’s D.U.I. incident the other night when she was pulled over after leaving a charity function was her claim to KIIS-FM radio later in the day that “I had one margarita and was... Continue Reading Posted at 5:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Another breakthrough in office bulls**t! George Parker September 8, 2006 Anyone want to make a guess how many years people have been talking about the “Paperless Office?” Well, now it seems Xerox may have come up with the “Less Paper Office!” They have just announced something called “Transient Documents,” that... Continue Reading Posted at 5:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cell phone radio... Give me a break! George Parker September 8, 2006 With the news that Clear Channel is now streaming radio programs to cell phones, I have to ask what’s next. Pizza delivered to your ear. I mean c’mon, I’m getting very tired of being almost run over by people driving... Continue Reading Posted at 11:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 7	Why your kids are getting old before their time! George Parker September 7, 2006 I just read a very disturbing interview with Fox Interactive President Ross Levinsohn on AlwaysOn.com and what he is hoping to achieve with his company's MySpace acquisition. It isn’t so much about what his plans are for the multi-million dollar... Continue Reading Posted at 7:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Olympic sponsorship... It's all about the Gold! George Parker September 7, 2006 Having been involved in ad campaigns for clients who were major Olympic sponsors, I can tell you, the preparation starts really early. So the news today that the organizing committee for the London 2012 Olympic Games, is close to finalizing... Continue Reading Posted at 10:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 6	Whenever it was in the news... You can now find it on Google! George Parker September 6, 2006 Have you tried the new “Archive” section on Google online news index yet? It only started this week and I have to say, I’m pretty darned impressed. The news archive includes old articles provided by a long list of media,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	It's free... It's rubbish, but it's free!!! George Parker September 6, 2006 There’s been a ton of publicity recently in The UK About the launch of the latest free daily newspaper “thelondonpaper” on Monday. Published by The Wizened of Oz’s News International and edited by Stefano Hatfield - who cut his teeth... Continue Reading Posted at 6:04 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Absolutely the last Intel Post!!! George Parker September 6, 2006 OK, I know I promised yesterday would be the last post on the Intel bloodbath, but humor me here, ‘cos there’s a great piece entitled “Intel announces employee surplus:” on SiliconValley.com. As they put it, cost cutting is a sign... Continue Reading Posted at 4:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 5	The final Intel post! George Parker September 5, 2006 So, at the end of the day, it was a mere 10,500 layoffs announced by Intel. That, plus the 1,000 management jobs announced last week, adds up to about 6% of the total workforce. Intel hopes this will save them... Continue Reading Posted at 6:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	"Lovemarks." The closest thing you can get to tripe without visiting an abattoir! George Parker September 5, 2006 Further proof that in the world of advertising, far too often bullshit wins out over common sense, was provided by today’s news that Saatchi & Saatchi has just picked up the $430 million J.C.Penney account. Apparently this came about because... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Image is not exactly everything!!! George Parker September 5, 2006 Has anyone out there wondered what the hell has happened to Karen Hughes? Talk about slipping off the radar screen. Remember how, with a great deal of fanfare, she was appointed “Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs” in... Continue Reading Posted at 9:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A penultimate post on Intel! George Parker September 5, 2006 At the time of posting (10.45 AM East Coast) it seems like the stock market is not too thrilled with the expected announcement of 20,000 layoffs later in the day. The stock is trading down. Not a good sign. Usually... Continue Reading Posted at 8:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 4	Sackcloth and ashes... Again George Parker September 4, 2006 Something weird happened yesterday. I posted to say that I had screwed up with my post on Saturday… “More on the Hewlett Packard Bloodbath.” As “Anonymous” pointed out in his comment… I meant to say Intel instead of HP. It’s... Continue Reading Posted at 10:25 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What's next... Poland? George Parker September 4, 2006 There’s a funny story in the current Spiegel magazine that demonstrates how in this Internet Age you can’t get away with anything. Apparently a bunch of German right-wing nuts in Cologne created a magazine aimed at teenagers. So, they ran... Continue Reading Posted at 10:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 2	More on the Hewlett Packard bloodbath! George Parker September 2, 2006 My old pal “The Cartoonist” who has a very splendid European blog you should immediately check out, was kind enough to forward me a link to a poor bugger in who just got laid off from HP. If you remember... Continue Reading Posted at 4:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Apple blows millions trying to convince PC users they are too stupid to appreciate the Mac. So who are they talking to? George Parker September 2, 2006 I’ve often wondered what it is that drives the Mac bigots to be so… Bigoted! OK, they are all invariably art directors, so they can’t help it. But, it makes you wonder about the current Apple TV campaign. You know,... Continue Reading Posted at 3:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 1	If you're "Inside Intel" you might be outside it next week! George Parker September 1, 2006 If you’re working for Intel, you’d better make the most of the holiday weekend, ‘cos it might be the last you enjoy while in their employ. The long holiday weekend could end up being a permanent one for thousands of... Continue Reading Posted at 7:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Will Bach for music! George Parker September 1, 2006 Brandweek had a funny item on a company called PetMusic.com which is dedicated to reducing “pet stress” through the soothing power of music! All you have to do is cough up $15 a pop for CD’s with such awesome titles... Continue Reading Posted at 7:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Sep26	I won't be long!!! George Parker September 26, 2006 Know More: Blogging Hey… I’m off again. This time to Taos, New Mexico. We’re going to see our son who builds and lives in an EarthShip!!! If you don’t know what that is, check out the company he works for here… Very cool stuff. So, I won’t be posting ‘till Saturday, when I’m back. You’ll just have to make do with the other inferior ad blogs. Promise to make it up to ya when I get back. Cheers/George Neat!!! Posted at 6:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep26	Is MySpace is going NoSpace? George Parker September 26, 2006 I know I’ve been on about this for a while, but a recent article on sense.psfk.com reinforces what I am sure is about to happen to the most heavily trafficked social networking sites… And MySpace in particular. As the writer,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep25	What's next... The Cone of Silence? George Parker September 25, 2006 OK, so I use a cell phone. But I use it simply to make and receive phone calls! How weird is that, I mean I know you can now use your cell phone to buy cans of soda, check out... Continue Reading Posted at 5:07 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Wake me up when this TV spot is over!!! George Parker September 25, 2006 So, what is it with all this boring voice over crap on just about every TV spot I’ve watched in the last six months? I mean, OK, I didn’t exactly enjoy the pimply voiced “Dell Dude” freaking out over the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep24	TV still rules... For now! George Parker September 24, 2006 Don’t you find it interesting that in spite of all the chit chat about “New Media” according to a report in AdAge last week, spending on broadcast TV advertising, including online advertising, is projected to rise 8.3% to $46.36 billion... Continue Reading Posted at 9:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Congratulations. You've just won the worst car dealership advertising in the world award!!! George Parker September 24, 2006 I’ve always said that car dealers are the dumbest people in the world who invariably produce some of the world’s dumbest advertising. News just in from Ohio proves it. An outfit by the name of Dennis Mitsubishi in Columbus is... Continue Reading Posted at 9:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep23	MySpace becomes AdSpace!!! George Parker September 23, 2006 The MySpace rot has begun with the launch of its first branded UK community based on Lynx deodorant. MySpace said that the Lynx profile would feature downloadable movies and games based on Towel Boy, a character from Lynx's latest marketing... Continue Reading Posted at 6:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Strawberry Frog jumped over the Red Brick Road into the Kingdom of Dumbness!!! George Parker September 23, 2006 Why is it that Ad agencies seem to think everyone out there is as dumb as they are. When Sir Frank Lowe’s Red Brick Road in London (With a name like that, there’s the first hint of dumbness) recently picked... Continue Reading Posted at 6:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep22	Miller High Life gives Wieden & Kennedy the "No Life!" George Parker September 22, 2006 Yet another beer account is on the move with the news that Miller is splitting with Wieden & Kennedy ending a ten year relationship. W&K had recently been agency of record for Miller High Life and was responsible for the... Continue Reading Posted at 7:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How much for facetime with Facebook... How about a couple of billion dollars? George Parker September 22, 2006 The Social Networking frenzy continues apace with the news that Facebook, the start-up popular with high school and college students, is about to be purchased by Yahoo. Rumors about this which first appeared in the Wall Street Journal, would represent... Continue Reading Posted at 1:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The pen is mightier than the Rove! George Parker September 22, 2006 Anyone paying attention to the news will know that Hugo Chavez delivered a speech at the UN the other day. OK, everyone got worked up about him referring to Bush as the devil, and how the podium still smelled of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why Starbucks will conquer the world! George Parker September 22, 2006 When I lived in New York, yeah, I would buy coffee at Starbucks, but just regular Columbian or whatever was the brew of the day. It cost me three or four dollars. But what always amazed me was the price... Continue Reading Posted at 12:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep21	Heeesss Baaaaccckkk!!! George Parker September 21, 2006 I know you’ve all missed me terribly, but hey… I’m back. Even though after four glorious days on the Oregon Pacific coast, eating tons of great food… Mostly fish and shellfish, ‘cos in Idaho, that stuff might “KillYa!” and drowning... Continue Reading Posted at 8:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep17	AdHurl takes a mini-vacation!!! George Parker September 17, 2006 Just so you know... I'm off to Oregon for four days... No laptop, no cellphone, nothing except peace and quiet... And some good food and lots of wine. Back on Thursday... People suffering from AdHurl withdrawl synptoms will have to make... Continue Reading Posted at 8:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep16	A neat Segway into Segway! George Parker September 16, 2006 Remember when the Segway rolled out and everyone and his uncle raved on and on about how this was going to be bigger than cold fusion? Was it just five years ago that inventor Dean Kamen was forecasting they would... Continue Reading Posted at 5:41 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ford's "Bold Moves." Getting weaker by the day! George Parker September 16, 2006 I just posted a comment over on Easton Ellsworth’s Business Blogwire site, which is definitely a recommended read. He’s talking about the current state of Ford’s "Bold Moves" blog, which I posted about a couple of weeks ago. It was... Continue Reading Posted at 10:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Is "user generated content" all about "buzz," rather than "bucks?" George Parker September 16, 2006 I couldn’t agree more with the piece in this week’s BrandWeek about how the marketing industry’s obsessions seem to change every couple of years. In 2004, everyone went on and on about product placement and branded entertainment. Now, the “next... Continue Reading Posted at 10:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep15	Bath & Body Works scrubs review, flushing six agencies down the tubes! George Parker September 15, 2006 Today’s news that Bath & Body Works has cancelled its account review is yet another example of how screwed up this business is. According to the questionnaire Search consultant Joanne Davis sent to agencies in August, Bath & Body sought... Continue Reading Posted at 8:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep14	FunkySexyCool.com - Or how to run up the world's largest phone bill! George Parker September 14, 2006 Guess what’s the center of attention at the big LA wireless show this week… That’s right, Social Networking. But now it’s all about doing it over Cell phones. And the star of the show? FunkySexyCool.com An Australian-born social Web site... Continue Reading Posted at 5:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	AdAge has another offer you'll definitely refuse! George Parker September 14, 2006 Hey, I just got another email from AdAge inviting me to another of their wonderful conferences. Having declined their last one, which for a few hundred dollars, allowed me to listen for three hours to a bunch of people I... Continue Reading Posted at 9:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Vote for me... I need the money! George Parker September 14, 2006 News in today’s AdAge, that even though everyone talks up a storm about multiple media choices and the power of the Internet when it comes to political blogs and websites, in the next seven weeks or so we can expect... Continue Reading Posted at 7:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep13	Hey, just put that bankruptcy on my American Express Platinum!!! George Parker September 13, 2006 Advertising broke today for American Express and The Moinian Group in New York announcing a plan that will allow you to use your AmEx card for the down payment if you’d like to purchase one of the condos in Moinian’s... Continue Reading Posted at 6:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Product placement with a vengance!!! George Parker September 13, 2006 I’m sure you’ve all heard of notorious “guerrilla artist” Banksy from the . Well, after filling record stores all over the western world with fake CD’s of Paris Hilton’s indescribably bad attempt at singing, he’s now gone a giant step... Continue Reading Posted at 6:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	S**t happens. Only it happens more often in the ad biz!!! George Parker September 13, 2006 As a further example of what a joke the advertising business is becoming, at the first day of today’s Association of National Advertisers' forum, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York which concentrated on client-agency relationship, Campbell’s VP of... Continue Reading Posted at 5:08 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep12	Come back Carly Fiorina... All is fogiven! George Parker September 12, 2006 In the “No surprises there” department Hewlett-Packard's chairman, Patricia Dunn, apologized today for what she described as "inappropriate techniques'' (BoardSpeak for wiretapping!) used in an investigation of boardroom leaks and will step down as chairman effective Jan. 18, but will... Continue Reading Posted at 7:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	This is either the world's dumbest idea, or the most brilliant! George Parker September 12, 2006 Pardon me if I sound stupid (it wouldn’t be the first time) but the news today that Former ad agency executive Fred Smith is launching a media company that will target consumers as they work out at their health clubs,... Continue Reading Posted at 7:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep11	This gas is no laughing matter! George Parker September 11, 2006 If part of your “viral” marketing strategy involves throwing monster parties where at a certain time of the evening thousands of helium filled balloons are released to the joy of all, you may have to do a bit of re-thinking.... Continue Reading Posted at 7:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Give me a dozen mocha, gazumba, sprinkle glaze and a cup of coffee that tastes like week old mud!!! George Parker September 11, 2006 I have to admit that I haven’t yet seen the new TV spots from Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos for its "America runs on Dunkin'" campaign for Dunkin' Donuts. But as they say it consists of everyday occurrences that touch consumers' lives,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Great Gossage. Now with an offer you can't refuse! George Parker September 11, 2006 Quite possibly the best book on advertising ever, until the publication of MadScam on December 1st, is The Book of Gossage. Unfortunately, it went out of print a few years ago and the only way you could get it was... Continue Reading Posted at 6:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep10	Sticky stuff in Silicon Valley! George Parker September 10, 2006 Patriciagate (That would be the current Hewlett Packard ruckus about tapping the phones of various board members) is starting to get even weirder. Apparently the California Attorney General’s office has now disclosed that HP’s private eyes were targeting the personal... Continue Reading Posted at 6:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 9	YouTube for the first ten years… Kinda sounds like Amazon! George Parker September 9, 2006 So, the less than two years old site dishes up 100 million daily videos, and everyone and his uncle is trying to get into the video-sharing market. Right now it’s Microsoft developing its own service. And by fall, Skype and... Continue Reading Posted at 3:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 8	Paris Hilton's undiscriminating palette! George Parker September 8, 2006 One of the interesting aspects of Paris Hilton’s D.U.I. incident the other night when she was pulled over after leaving a charity function was her claim to KIIS-FM radio later in the day that “I had one margarita and was... Continue Reading Posted at 5:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Another breakthrough in office bulls**t! George Parker September 8, 2006 Anyone want to make a guess how many years people have been talking about the “Paperless Office?” Well, now it seems Xerox may have come up with the “Less Paper Office!” They have just announced something called “Transient Documents,” that... Continue Reading Posted at 5:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cell phone radio... Give me a break! George Parker September 8, 2006 With the news that Clear Channel is now streaming radio programs to cell phones, I have to ask what’s next. Pizza delivered to your ear. I mean c’mon, I’m getting very tired of being almost run over by people driving... Continue Reading Posted at 11:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 7	Why your kids are getting old before their time! George Parker September 7, 2006 I just read a very disturbing interview with Fox Interactive President Ross Levinsohn on AlwaysOn.com and what he is hoping to achieve with his company's MySpace acquisition. It isn’t so much about what his plans are for the multi-million dollar... Continue Reading Posted at 7:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Olympic sponsorship... It's all about the Gold! George Parker September 7, 2006 Having been involved in ad campaigns for clients who were major Olympic sponsors, I can tell you, the preparation starts really early. So the news today that the organizing committee for the London 2012 Olympic Games, is close to finalizing... Continue Reading Posted at 10:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 6	Whenever it was in the news... You can now find it on Google! George Parker September 6, 2006 Have you tried the new “Archive” section on Google online news index yet? It only started this week and I have to say, I’m pretty darned impressed. The news archive includes old articles provided by a long list of media,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	It's free... It's rubbish, but it's free!!! George Parker September 6, 2006 There’s been a ton of publicity recently in The UK About the launch of the latest free daily newspaper “thelondonpaper” on Monday. Published by The Wizened of Oz’s News International and edited by Stefano Hatfield - who cut his teeth... Continue Reading Posted at 6:04 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Absolutely the last Intel Post!!! George Parker September 6, 2006 OK, I know I promised yesterday would be the last post on the Intel bloodbath, but humor me here, ‘cos there’s a great piece entitled “Intel announces employee surplus:” on SiliconValley.com. As they put it, cost cutting is a sign... Continue Reading Posted at 4:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 5	The final Intel post! George Parker September 5, 2006 So, at the end of the day, it was a mere 10,500 layoffs announced by Intel. That, plus the 1,000 management jobs announced last week, adds up to about 6% of the total workforce. Intel hopes this will save them... Continue Reading Posted at 6:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	"Lovemarks." The closest thing you can get to tripe without visiting an abattoir! George Parker September 5, 2006 Further proof that in the world of advertising, far too often bullshit wins out over common sense, was provided by today’s news that Saatchi & Saatchi has just picked up the $430 million J.C.Penney account. Apparently this came about because... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Image is not exactly everything!!! George Parker September 5, 2006 Has anyone out there wondered what the hell has happened to Karen Hughes? Talk about slipping off the radar screen. Remember how, with a great deal of fanfare, she was appointed “Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs” in... Continue Reading Posted at 9:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A penultimate post on Intel! George Parker September 5, 2006 At the time of posting (10.45 AM East Coast) it seems like the stock market is not too thrilled with the expected announcement of 20,000 layoffs later in the day. The stock is trading down. Not a good sign. Usually... Continue Reading Posted at 8:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 4	Sackcloth and ashes... Again George Parker September 4, 2006 Something weird happened yesterday. I posted to say that I had screwed up with my post on Saturday… “More on the Hewlett Packard Bloodbath.” As “Anonymous” pointed out in his comment… I meant to say Intel instead of HP. It’s... Continue Reading Posted at 10:25 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What's next... Poland? George Parker September 4, 2006 There’s a funny story in the current Spiegel magazine that demonstrates how in this Internet Age you can’t get away with anything. Apparently a bunch of German right-wing nuts in Cologne created a magazine aimed at teenagers. So, they ran... Continue Reading Posted at 10:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 2	More on the Hewlett Packard bloodbath! George Parker September 2, 2006 My old pal “The Cartoonist” who has a very splendid European blog you should immediately check out, was kind enough to forward me a link to a poor bugger in who just got laid off from HP. If you remember... Continue Reading Posted at 4:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Apple blows millions trying to convince PC users they are too stupid to appreciate the Mac. So who are they talking to? George Parker September 2, 2006 I’ve often wondered what it is that drives the Mac bigots to be so… Bigoted! OK, they are all invariably art directors, so they can’t help it. But, it makes you wonder about the current Apple TV campaign. You know,... Continue Reading Posted at 3:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 1	If you're "Inside Intel" you might be outside it next week! George Parker September 1, 2006 If you’re working for Intel, you’d better make the most of the holiday weekend, ‘cos it might be the last you enjoy while in their employ. The long holiday weekend could end up being a permanent one for thousands of... Continue Reading Posted at 7:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Will Bach for music! George Parker September 1, 2006 Brandweek had a funny item on a company called PetMusic.com which is dedicated to reducing “pet stress” through the soothing power of music! All you have to do is cough up $15 a pop for CD’s with such awesome titles... Continue Reading Posted at 7:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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