As brands are becoming increasingly clever in their digital strategy, it’s becoming harder to tell between the content created strictly for entertainment’s sake and the content that’s been cleverly developed to sell a product. The digital continues to blur the lines between sales, entertainment and editorial content, and the future of advertising lies in the […]
Tag: Halloween
Funny Advertising Halloween Costumes for Friday
Care to guess how much Americans will spend on celebrating Halloween this year? Between the candy, costumes and decorations, Americans will spend $7.4 billion on today’s holiday. While this doesn’t come nearly as close to what analysts predict Americans will spend on Christmas this year, Halloween is a huge holiday for retailers. On costumes alone, consumers […]
Throwback Thursday: Spooky and Silly Halloween Songs
The holiday season kicks off tomorrow, some might say. With National Retail Federation predicting Americans will spend a whopping $7.4 billion this Halloween, that statement isn’t too far off. By this time tomorrow, people all over the US will be headed to Halloween celebrations (weather they be parties or trick-or-treating traditions), but no successful festivities can happen […]
Trending News Monday: Horrifying Headlines
This weekend’s headlines hint that Halloween must be approaching, because some of the news is absolutely horrifying. From scary clowns terrorizing a California town to the most recent photo hack, check out two of the creepiest stories trending on social media. Clowning Around In Wasco, California, clowns–the ones with the painted faces, red noses, wacky wigs and […]
Wednesdays with Will: Kimmel and Children “Losing Their Minds!!”
It has been a hot minute, my followers! I’m sure most of you out there in cyberspace have seen this video of Jimmy Kimmel obliterating the psyche of small children for the third year in a row. My personal favorite is the little Cinderella girl at 3:35 calling her mother fat. Can […]
Funny Friday: Halloween YouTube Essentials
The crisp winds, bare branches and festive pumpkins mean one thing: Halloween is almost here. While the season tends to bring out the fright, this Funny Friday will make light in finding hilarity among horror. Andy and Amy’s Haunted House Ellen sent her writer, Amy, and executive, Andy, to the Universal Studios […]
Throwback Thursday: Five Awesomely Strange Unforgettable Halloween Movies
Halloween is one week away! In celebration, I’d like to share five of the most unforgettable (strange) Halloween movies for this Throwback Thursday and inspire some last-minute costume ideas. 5. The Addams Family (1991) The dark comedic award winning film starring Raul Julia (Gomez) and Anjelica Huston (Morticia) features a bizarre family unlike any other. The movie is about […]
Two for Tuesday: Simple ads that Speak
Anyone who has spent five minutes on BuzzFeed in his or her life knows that people find value in simplicity: simple humor, simple tips and reminiscing on simpler times. The KISS method (Keep It Simple, Stupid) doesn’t hinder creativity; it cuts out the unnecessary complexity. As both a consumer and advertiser, I find that much […]
Dangerously Funny Friday the 13th
Finally, today feels like a fall day. Guess what that means? Halloween is approaching, and today just so happens to be Friday the 13th! For many people around the world, today is a very scary day. Although, today is one of my favorite days – the creepiest. Bring on the weirdness. It’s Friday the 13th, […]
Barbies on the Barbie
I recently came across a magazine—not just any old magazine, the Holiday Edition Barbie Collector’s magazine. As you can guess, I read this all the time (aka I didn’t know it existed and am wondering why it does). Barbie, as it seems, has some stiff competition. These dolls are no joke, and Mattel has gone to the extreme. Their vast variety […]
Batman, Candy and Pumpkin Pie
For roughly 2000 years, people around the world have celebrated October 31, All Hallows Eve: the night before All Saints’ Day when spirits can walk the Earth. While traditions, perceptions and focuses of the holiday may have changed (moving from prayer to mischief and candy, candy, candy), Halloween is one of the biggest holidays in […]