Archive for December, 2009

Zappos uses advertising in the right place at the right moment

Every day we see millions of ads, but this one was brought to my attention by another blogger as brilliant for getting out your brand name in a very unlikely spot. The bins at the Airport terminal security checkpoint *Note [...]

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Ex-Microsoft CFO Resigns and Receives 1.9 million

According to a a posting on Techflash Chris Liddell, who resigned last month as Microsoft’s chief financial officer, will receive a total of $1.9 million under a “resignation agreement” disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Microsoft will pay [...]

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Droid Ad Looks Vastly Similar to Iconic iPhone Photo

What’s wrong with this new ad from Verizon & Google for the new Droid? Looks remarkably similar to the iconic photograph of the first iPhone at Macworld 2007 that was shot by James Duncan Davidson and I’m pretty sure he [...]

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Fred Hutch Wins $55.4 Million Contract and Adds Jobs in Seattle

In a press release this morning, The National Cancer Institute has awarded a $55.4 million, multiple-year contract to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to become the nation’s sole operator of its Cancer Information Service Contact Center. Since Fred Hutchinson is [...]

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