Does anyone really have to point this out? Is there truly no one surrounding or advising Rick Wagoner, Alan Mulally or Bob Nardelli who can say, “Look fellas, if you’re going to to Washington and beg Congress for billions of dollars in bailout loans, maybe flying there on huge, lavish, expensive private jets isn’t exactly [...]

Our friends at small-agency network Second Wind examine the beauty and the brains behind BlendTec’s popular Will It Blend campaign.  (If you are among the uninitiated, Google BlendTec or Will it Blend. You will not be disappointed.) Second Wind’s goal is to break down the campaign and see what, exactly, made Will It Blend such [...]

If you’ve watched even a smattering of football over the past couple of weeks, odds are you’ve seen Toyota’s incredibly annoying “Saved by Zero” ad. If, like us, you’ve watched A LOT of football over the past couple of weeks, then odds are you’ve seen that incredibly annoying ad at least 50,000 times. (As a [...]

Sears resorts to buying itself some friends.