Author Archives: BobG

Tweet week!

Posted on May 20, 2012 by BobG

Trains, automobiles. No planes on this run. http://t.co/oHGqcDsW # We won't let boehner take us to the brink again – http://t.co/aXdSyi4S #exposeboehner # Advertisers love scale – http://t.co/pMKnvCp6 # That's rich: Frenemies @Ford & GM in a mild Twitter fight … Continue reading →

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Tweet week!

Posted on May 13, 2012 by BobG

Goodale Park Cinco de Mayo casualty. http://t.co/grCGEqUu # My pals @CafeBrioso are in Forbes today: http://t.co/i2HFopb1 # Nike MKTG boss: "Don't force old metrics on new channels" – http://t.co/OVFIYUtP #digital # “@SaraMcLachlan: I just build a mystery inside my toilet.” … Continue reading →

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Tweet week!

Posted on May 6, 2012 by BobG

Bacon flavored vodka – you can't give it away: http://t.co/Z747o2ig #booze #inbadtaste # Wow. Bill Clinton reviews Robert Caro's "Passage of Power" – http://t.co/wyUfX0Wd # Uh oh. CNN Express is in town. What did The Guv do now? @cnnbrk http://t.co/kO4JncKd … Continue reading →

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Homero Aridjis on Walmart

Posted on May 1, 2012 by BobG

In his op-ed in The New York Times today, former ambassador and poet Homero Aridjis sums up nicely the problem with corruption in Mexico. He basically posits that corruption is so ingrained in the culture of Mexico that it should … Continue reading →

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Tweet week!

Posted on April 29, 2012 by BobG

@YouTube gets into the AdWords game: http://t.co/YX7K9Grw # #hashtags to replace URLs in ads you say? http://t.co/8EiW7Gfk # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Classy Pop Up Ad for the James

Posted on April 25, 2012 by BobG

Apologies for the snark, but if I’m not mistaken, the James cancer center is a reputable, first-class facility. It is also an operation that people come to in times of great need, crisis and worry. If the people that need … Continue reading →

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The Paradox of Walmart, Google and the FCPA

Posted on April 24, 2012 by BobG

So, over the weekend, the New York Times published a report that tore a hole in Walmart de Mexico and its longstanding and continued commitment to bribery in Mexico. The article surfaced seven years late, as the result of an … Continue reading →

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Tweet week!

Posted on April 22, 2012 by BobG

Euro alcohol advertisers seek standards pact: http://t.co/1dbtAvG3 # #Skyfall and @Heineken are getting beaucoup #PR for a simple product placement: http://t.co/dHHIiOQW # $1.6B spent on #mobile ads last year, up 150% year on year: http://t.co/vmue1fze # via / @NYTimes – … Continue reading →

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Strong Piece of Reportage

Posted on April 20, 2012 by BobG

I found this to be a particularly nice piece of prose from this Rolling Stone dispatch by Matt Taibbi: “Bank of America should have gone out of business back in 2008. Just as the mortgage market was crashing, it made … Continue reading →

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Digital overtakes cable TV ad spend

Posted on April 19, 2012 by BobG

In a report published yesterday by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, digital ad revenue climbed to nearly $32 billion in the US for 2011, up 22% from 2010. What’s more, that puts digital second in spending only to broadcast TV, moving … Continue reading →

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