- Talking retirement, 401ks and other forms of financial planning can be a daunting task. Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards launched an eye-opening TV campaign on why it's important your financial advisor is CFP-certified.
- This colorful ad for Sherwin-Williams is helping me break through this winter funk. "Kaleidoscope" has a '60s music vibe as color chips morph from boring to extraordinary, turning into pinwheels and flowers bursting with colors.
- Bad things happen to a Canadian couple when they purchase their new home without using a realtor -- SWAT-team bad -- in "Raid" from The Canadian Real Estate Association.
- Bubba Watson stars in the latest 'This is SportsCenter' ads. Would you take financial advice from an actor/DJ? Let's launch!
- StubHub's Ticket Oak is back in a new TV campaign targeting music lovers and frequent concertgoers. Ticket Oak is rich with leaves, which in reality are extra concert tickets he has readily available. In the first ad, a diehard sports fan is sulking because his team is done for the season, leaving him bored and restless. Ticket Oak reminds the man that it's always concert season and to get buying. See it here. In the second ad, a woman calls Ticket Oak to see if he has tickets for a concert …
- As we approach the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, Hill Holliday created a lovely 50-ft wall installation with some of the 50,000 letters, artwork and hand-written messages the One Fund received along with donations. Then it invited the survivors affected by the bombings to see the letters for the first time. The One Fund has raised more than $60 million that was distributed to the victims' families and survivors without any money spent on overhead. On the One Fund Boston site is a series of survivor reactions to seeing …
- PGA golfer Bubba Watson visits ESPN's Bristol, CT headquarters before heading to the Masters Tournament in the latest pair of "This is SportsCenter" ads.
- CARFAX is like TMZ when it comes to researching the history of used cars.
- Wheat Thins launched "Air Chase," a TV ad promoting its Wheat Thins Popped crackers.
- Tillamook cheese has revamped its Web site to offer brand loyalists product information, cheese factory tours and recipes. Recipes from local chefs will be featured, according to the time of day and day of the week visitors view the site. If someone visits Tillamook.com at 5 p.m. on a Tuesday, the recipe will have a Taco Tuesday theme. Weather will also play a role in what recipes are shown. If the forecast is cold and raining in your area, the site will offer grilled cheese and tomato soup recipes. Another site …
