Monthly Archives: November 2012

Music everywhere

Today there are so many different ways to listen to music that I find it overwhelming. There’s iTunes, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Grooveshark, tons of other online sites, and the AM/FM radio of course. You can even listen to songs

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Working in Excel

For our second campaign project, I’ve been doing a lot of work with the budget in Excel. I really enjoy working with numbers and formulas, and I like organizing data in ways that make sense. At first we were overwhelmed

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Unethical ad

Mexx International is a fashion company offering a wide range of clothing for adults and children. Recently, the campaign for their youth store Mexx Kids has received criticism for its questionable depiction of young children. Print and poster ads feature

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Making money with AdSense

Several years ago, my YouTube channel received enough views to become eligible for monetization via Google AdSense. I opted-in and allowed Google to place ads on my videos. This was in late 2009. I didn’t think much of it at

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A picture is worth a thousand words, and a tagline.

Today I Googled “interesting advertising” and came across an article called 52 Most Interesting and Creative Advertisements. It had some great print and guerrilla ads that really reminded me how powerful images can be in advertising. Here are a few

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Starting things off

Alright, it’s 11:11 on a Wednesday night and I’m blogging. Something new for me. I never thought I’d get a Twitter either but it I actually really enjoy using it. It’s nice to have an outlet for my thoughts. I

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