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Ads From Around the World!, Marketing, Out of Home

Whirlwind Paris Ad Tour, Part 1

Patti Combs Brownsord

My Partner-In-Crime and I spent Memorial Day weekend on a whirl-wind tour of Paris.  And while he was snapping photos of iconic landscapes and architectural structures, of course, in Media Nerd fashion, I took pics of interesting ads and media. I wanted to see what kinds of commercials I'd see so while he was in… Continue reading Whirlwind Paris Ad Tour, Part 1

Ads From Around the World!, Out of Home

Ads on the Road to Rishikesh

Patti Combs Brownsord

From Delhi we traveled four hours to Rishikesh, and along the way, we saw interesting transportation and interesting ads.  🙂 Here are some pictures of the kinds of transportation we came across while driving the highways and inside of the small towns: As we were taking pictures of all of the billboards we started to wonder how… Continue reading Ads on the Road to Rishikesh

Ads From Around the World!, Out of Home

London! Part Two: Really Neat Ads, Of Course

Patti Combs Brownsord

So back to London!  Here were some really out of the box ads that creative directors had to put their thinking caps on for.  How do you use all that space, or not a whole lot of space, to get your message across? And is it memorable enough to stick out? How do you get… Continue reading London! Part Two: Really Neat Ads, Of Course

Ads From Around the World!, Out of Home

London! Part One: Neat ads, of course

Patti Combs Brownsord

Of course I was going to start posting some of the ads I took while traveling around the world, wasn't I? After landing in Gatwick, we had hired a driver to pick us up and give us a whirlwind tour of London for the day, and then he would drop us off at Heathrow.  We… Continue reading London! Part One: Neat ads, of course

Around The Town, Marketing, Out of Home

Kung Hei Fat Choy and Community/Brand Involvement

Patti Combs Brownsord

Today was the third annual Lunar New Year Festival in Orlando, FL.  It was a great time with a parade, exhibitions, and companies/organizations supporting the Asian culture in the Mills50 District.  Some companies/organizations make total sense.  Others seemed, not like a stretch, but like an interesting way for them to support niche communities and build… Continue reading Kung Hei Fat Choy and Community/Brand Involvement

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Advertising that helps and advertising that made me “SMH”

Patti Combs Brownsord

Random post. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I volunteered with the United Way to pass out door tags to lower income apartment communities in south Orlando.  All in all, the organization passed out 10,000 of these tags which will hopefully help put money back in families pockets.  I'm really glad we did it that… Continue reading Advertising that helps and advertising that made me “SMH”

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Compilation of South of the Border Billboards (i.e. Getting the Parents to Play With the Cameras on Their Phones)

Patti Combs Brownsord

So I thought that it would be a great idea (a great Media Nerdy idea) to try to take as many pictures of the South of the Border billboards on our drive up to North Carolina to visit my aunt and uncle.  And I thought it would be a really funny idea (a really kid-laughing-as-parents-embrace-technology… Continue reading Compilation of South of the Border Billboards (i.e. Getting the Parents to Play With the Cameras on Their Phones)

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Media Nerd Goes to a Solar Bears Game…

Patti Combs Brownsord

...and is a little confused about some of the promotions. The game, I mostly got.  I didn't understand how while players were in the penalty box could be switched out so there would be five players still on the ice... Is there a rule that players must be switched out after so many minutes?  I… Continue reading Media Nerd Goes to a Solar Bears Game…