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AdWeek.com

October 25th, 2011 by jamiegrassby

For this week’s blog, I looked at the blogs recommended readings to give inspiration for something to write about. After checking most of them out, I stumbled across AdWeek. A website that introduces advertising and promotion from everything from TV commercials to new technology advances. I absolutely loved the site. As I researched it a little bit closer, I found AdFreak,a page within AdWeek, that emphasizes advertisement in television, on the web, and anywhere else.

For a guy who loves watching different commercials and then the idea of compiling and sorting these commercials into different lists, this site was ideal. I spent a few hours doing “research” on the site and found out that that the best list of advertisements was this. I can honestly say that this will not be the only time I will visit the site and I sincerely wish I would have known about it sooner. Before taking Comm296, I, as many others feel, hated the idea of commercials cutting into Tv time. But as I grasp a better idea and knowledge of how advertising and promotion work, I focus a lot harder on commercials to see what message, the marketers try to convey. It’s a field of work that I am really interested in and hope to some day pursue a job within this field.

A few days ago, I saw this commercial:

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I am a huge fan of it. One of the reasons I enjoy it so much is because it has a nice balance of comedy and sending the message across. Personally this balance makes the best commercials.

 

 

 

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