Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Hell Beer - Need Some Slogans






















This beer is just begging for some funny slogans.

My Dad makes these suggestions:

" When you have guest, give em Hell"

" Have a Hell of a party"

Please comment with your suggestions.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Advertising and Marketing Jobs 6-28-09

Senior Manager, Web Analytics and Metrics - Versata - Austin, TX

Online Marketing Manager - ACT Conferencing - Denver, CO

Senior Producer - Digital Brand Marketing Agency - Liquid Agency - Portland, OR

Pitch Man Dies

TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Florida home

Friday, June 26, 2009

Great Pringles Interactive Banner Ad

Pringles Can Hands

Austin Ad Agency Reviews

I'm starting a new series where I'll do brief posts on each of the ad agencies in Austin. My list is based on the Austin Business Journal's 2009 Book of Lists "Advertising Agency" report.

Here's the list in totality based on gross income as reported by ABJ:
1. GSD&M Idea City
2. T3 - The Think Tank
3. LatinWorks
4. NFusion Group
5. Kolar
6. McGarrah Jessee
7. Avenue A/Razorfish
8. ThinkStreet
9. HC&B Healthcare Communications
10. GamePlan Marketing & Events
11. Lee Tillford
12. IF Marketing & Advertisng
13. MQ&C
14. Sentient Services
15. Door Number 3
16. Persidea Inc
17. Cartis Group
18. The Ampersand Agency
19. Russell/Shaw
20. EnviroMedia
21. Corder Marketing
22. Steel Adverting & Interactive
23. JH&A Advertising
24. DeLaune & Associate
25. Amy Wick Marketing & Communications

Here are the 2008-listed agencies that didn't make the cut in 2009:

7. Intra-Focus
12. Ad Ventures
13. MDS
21. Makos
23. Lyon Advertising

Here are a few that didn't make either list, but weren't sent to me by readers:

Sherry Matthews
Tocquigny
Decoder Ring
Apogee Search

(Thanks to my "traditional media" friend for sending me the 2009 list.)

3 Pop Icons Exit

Ed McMahon - arguably the most famous right hand man in entertainment and the name/face of one of the most prolific direct marketing campaigns ever.

Farrah Fawcett - fought the Hollywood machine before indie films were cool and who (at least of us dudes) could ever forget the iconic pin-up poster.

Michael Jackson - self-professed "King of Pop". Let Nike use a Beatles song in a commercial. Whether you like what he did on the personal side of his life or not, there is no denying the impact he made on music and entertainment (and even advertising) over the last 40 years.

RIP. Our thoughts are with your love ones.

Adomatica Blogger in Austin Business Journal

Dell may lose more ground to HP

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

UI Design Tips

Here are some great best-practices to keep in mind when messing with your UI:

10 UI Design Patterns You Should Be Paying Attention To

Austin-based Socialware Gets $300K

Socialware raises $300,000 in funding round so far

This Austin-based stealth company was founded by CEO Chris Richter and CTO Cameron Cooper. Both Richter and Cooper were previously with Bazaarvoice.

Advertising and Marketing Jobs 6-24-09

Web developer job at austin agency. php or .net exp required (1-2 yr). html/css/javascript also required (1 yr). inquire w/ @jimmy0x52

Copywriter at SpringBox - Austin

Internships at GSD&M
- Austin

Multiple Online Marketing, Merchandising, and Ecommerce Spots at Sears Holdings
- Chicago

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

New Tag-line for Adomatica Late June 09





Enough said.

Please Feed The Animals

A Facebook page for the recently unemployed advertising professional.

Please Feed The Animals

Austin's GamePlan - Ad Industry Innovator

Austin and New York based GamePlan, an experiential marketing firm, ran by CEO Tim Hayden was recently named by MarketingHitch.com as an "Ad Industry Innovator". Congrats to Tim and the GamePlan team!

Ad Industry Innovator # 10: GamePlan

Nice Swag


A moleskine notebook and a usb car charger from email service provider Exact Target, might be the nicest items of swag I've gotten all year. Honorable mentions go to Front Gate Tickets for a cool nalgene bottle and to BazaarVoice for a swag bag containing a stainless steal bottle, a knockoff Muleskine notebook and a copy of "Taming the Search and Switch Customer". Ok, what put Exact Target over the top was the fact that the swag was a total surprise.

What's the best swag item you've gotten recently?