Announcing Dogpatch Labs San Francisco Roster
May 10, 2010 – 4:59 pm | View Comments

We are excited to announce the newest Dogpatch Labs class here in San Francisco. It includes entrepreneurs and companies that have been part of the lab over the last few months and those that just …

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Doodle Jump’s iPhone App Warns: “Insanely Addictive”
January 18, 2010 – 5:38 pm | View Comments
Doodle Jump’s iPhone App Warns: “Insanely Addictive”

Most iPhone apps do not come with warnings – but Doodle Jump, the #2 paid application by Lima Sky, has built an advertising campaign around the addictive gameplay: Be warned: this game is insanely addictive!” …

Dear John, The Facebook Ad Campaign With Everything
January 16, 2010 – 11:24 am | View Comments
Dear John, The Facebook Ad Campaign With Everything

Earlier in the week, I got a lot of flack on Facebook for becoming a fan of the movie Dear John. I noted that it was for a purpose: my usual Facebook advertising and brand …

SoBe Lifewater Spills Zero Calorie Drinks Over SportsIllustrated.com
January 12, 2010 – 11:50 am | View Comments
SoBe Lifewater Spills Zero Calorie Drinks Over SportsIllustrated.com

Aggressive ad campaign by SoBe Lifewater on SportsIllustrated.com that takes over almost all of the visible screen… but it is clever and unique enough that I can stomach the takeover (at least once or twice). …

NBC’s Chuck Season Premier Tonight, Did You RSVP on Facebook?
January 10, 2010 – 7:27 pm | View Comments
NBC’s Chuck Season Premier Tonight, Did You RSVP on Facebook?

NBC has been running ads on Facebook to promote the upcoming season of Chuck – airing tonight at 9pm. The ad use Facebook’s event units: you can RSVP to ‘attend’ the event. That RSVP then …

Zendough’s Rich Ad Campaign Hits Gizmodo
January 7, 2010 – 5:33 pm | View Comments
Zendough’s Rich Ad Campaign Hits Gizmodo

Gizmodo continues to be a great example of cutting-edge rich advertising units. As I have written before, they do a great job of laying out the site in a way that gives advertisers large, interactive …

Google’s Nexus One Product Page & Tour Are Terrific
January 5, 2010 – 6:01 pm | View Comments
Google’s Nexus One Product Page & Tour Are Terrific

Since when did Google become such a UI / UE powerhouse? From Chrome to their Extensions to the Android branding / packaging to their holiday cards, it seems like everything coming out of Google is …

Apple’s iPod Nano Takes Over ESPN Homepage
January 1, 2010 – 12:49 pm | View Comments
Apple’s iPod Nano Takes Over ESPN Homepage

There are a handful of websites that push the edge on rich ad units: the New York Times, Gizmodo, Yahoo and ESPN (to name a few). There are also a handful of brands that create …

Living Proof Uses Facebook to Distribute 15,000 No Frizz Samples
December 29, 2009 – 1:52 pm | View Comments
Living Proof Uses Facebook to Distribute 15,000 No Frizz Samples

This will be the first of a few short Facebook related posts – my apologies!
InsideFacebook has a nice write up the recent Living Proof sampling campaign they ran on Facebook.
Using Facebook’s sampling ad unit …

eBay’s “Come to Think of It” Campaign Arrives on Gizmodo
December 16, 2009 – 4:21 pm | View Comments
eBay’s “Come to Think of It” Campaign Arrives on Gizmodo

eBay’s “Come to Think of It” advertising campaign is all over television… and is now making its way across the internet as well. The below screenshots are of a matching campaign on Gizmodo. The ad …

Verizon & AT&T: Second & Third Largest Advertisers
December 1, 2009 – 1:05 pm | View Comments
Verizon & AT&T: Second & Third Largest Advertisers

If you’re reading this blog:
you likely either own an iPhone or an Android device
… and you’ve likely read my coverage of the marketing blitzes around Droid and around Apple’s iPhone
… and you’ve probably seen the …

Apple’s Latest iPhone Advertisement: All About Big Brands
November 22, 2009 – 1:08 pm | View Comments
Apple’s Latest iPhone Advertisement: All About Big Brands

In March, I wrote about Apple’s full page advertisement in the New York Times touting the iPhone as a weekend tool: “Getting the most out of your weekend, one app at a time.”
In yesterday’s New …