5 facts you didn't know about Jake from State Farm. — According to the one fan of this blog (shout out Josue) I need to chill out with the insurance talk. But here’s the thing Jo, insurance is more than a boring contract. In the world of advertising, it is a well-respected, often hilarious saga of great ads. So I issued…

Find out where the minds of young creatives are drawing inspiration from for their next big projects. — Want to know what the next trends in advertising might be? Just ask a young creative what their favorite commercial is. Looking at these spots is like looking into a crystal ball of the industry’s future. …

The General Insurance is losing its jingle, but did it lose its spark? — For a great low rate, you can get online, go to the General to save some time. Is a jingle I find myself humming more than I’d like to admit. …

Ryan Reynolds Satan mascot may be building brand recognition for him, not his client. — Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds is a comedic genius and a hungry new player in the advertising world. His production company Maximum Effort (ME) launched in January 2018, and according to their site they make “movies, tv-series, content, and cocktails for the personal amusement of Hollywood Star Ryan Reynolds.”

KFC has suspended its famous tagline. — Finger Licking Good? In the time of covid? Unacceptable. At least that’s what 164 people took time out of their day to complain about last year. Although, I will admit its nice to know people still watch TV ads. Mother London and fast food restaurant KFC, released this commercial…

These glorified JPEGS are drawing in millions and grabbing the attention of some of your favorite brands. — I'm not great with technology. As a humanities major, I explicitly planned against having to care about Crypto-anything; but art directors know no bounds, so here we are. From my understanding, non-fungible-tokens (NFT’s) are just really expensive URLs masquerading as Mona Lisas. …

Meet the copy writer who hates advertisements. — Most of you wont. Some of you might pridefully declare it is the 2002 McDonald’s Recycles campaign. If you are in the latter group, you should be awfully embarrassed that you let a 21 year old and 5 minutes in Indesign cost you your pride. If you haven’t caught on…