Sneak Peek at SuperBowl 2009 Advertisers

Posted by tobysturgill in Uncategorized, advertising on January 30, 2009

Despite a deep recession, advertisers are paying more than ever for 30 seconds of time during the biggest game of the year. The entry price for a 2009 Super Bowl 30-second ad will be $3 million. Here’s a sneak peek at the big spendahs.

CareerBuilder.com

If you hate going to work, nobody respects you, wish you were somewhere else, and daydream of punching small animals, check out this commercial for CareerBuilder.

Cars.com

David Abernathy can do a lot of things, but he can’t haggle with a car salesmen. Cars.com offers hope for him, and you.

Coca-Cola Avatar

Coca-Cola brings your internet self into the real world with much less disturbing results than how it would actually turn out if they did that.

Coca-Cola Heist

Coke takes the insect world and Ocean’s 11, and makes them have a baby. Here’s that baby.

Pedagree-Crazy Pets

Pedigree knows what a jungle it is out there for some pet owners.

Pepsi Max- “I’m Good”

Pepsi knows that a man’s manliness is almost as important as a palatable diet soda.  Almost.

Be sure to watch all the commercials live on NBC Sunday!

will it blend? featuring iphone

Posted by tobysturgill in advertising on January 22, 2009

Here’s the lastest and greatest in a viral marketing campaign from Blendtec. A high-powered blender manufacturer.

Tom Dickson asks the famous question: “Will it blend?” and then shows that, yes, the blendtec blender will blend anything. Everything from a garden rake to the iPhone gets tested. Pretty smart, eh?

While I’m happy to see their website URL consistant with the campaign (www.willitblend.com), I’m a little dissapointed in how outdated it looks. If you want to order a blendtec blender it links you back to the corporate sales site which looks… well, corporate and doesn’t fit the marketing of Will It Blend.

Hmmm…a little disjointed and perhaps a bit out of touch with today’s ever changing market, but smart videos.

Ad space now avally!

Posted by tobysturgill in advertising on January 6, 2009

I’m excited to announce that I’m now offering premium ad space for those interested. I think you’ll find they’re very competitive and a great investment.

ADVERTISING RATES: Each ad is $25/month on a month-to-month basis or $250 for a year’s commitment (that’s two months FREE if you sign up for a year). Ads will be shown on all pages and posts throughout the website. There is no price difference between top and bottom ads as they all rotate every time the site is refreshed or a new page is accessed.

ADVERTISING SPECS: Please submit a 125×125 jpg (dimensions are in pixels) and the URL of your site to me at toby@tobysturgill.com. Ads that do not follow the above specs will not be placed on the site.

Creative Directors of America Network

Posted by tobysturgill in advertising, business on January 5, 2009

A few weeks ago I used Ning.com to create the first-ever social network for like-minded creatives that want to influence culture and change the world. We’re all from different walks of life and professions but have some commonalities: that we’re creative and want to use culture to change the world.

Membership is free. Come join the conversation and invite your friends and colleagues. It’s open to everyone.

Pomegranate Phone too good to be true

Posted by tobysturgill in advertising on December 22, 2008

This new all-in-one device makes the iPhone look like the Zack Morris brick phone. It’s got a sweet website that’s worth the loading time to check out.

(too bad the phone’s a fake and it’s really an ad for Nova Scotia. No really.)