National Marketing in the USA

SUMMARY: Running a TV ad during Super Bowl can cost a mint. True, tens of millions will see your commercial, but will they act on it?

Don’t have a super-sized budget? No worries. Read on to find out how you can still use the tactics that Denny’s used in their Super Bowl media buy. Hint: they include an exciting, easily communicated offer with broad appeal. Also, see how they pulled off the PR blitz to support the ad, and follow their example on how to use a multichannel approach to stretch the impact. read the complete article

SUMMARY: The MarketingSherpa "Marketing Wisdom for 2011" special report is now available as a complimentary PDF download for readers, and features a wealth of real-life stories of success and lessons learned from the MarketingSherpa community. read the complete article

By Anne Holland, Content Director

Like nearly everyone else in the ad world, especially those us of over 40, I avidly watched the first two episodes of AMC's new Mad Men TV series.

As its 'Making Of' trailer on iTunes explains, the show's creators leapt through hoops to make sure the show accurately depicts Madison Avenue ad agencies in the spring of 1960. I was bemused by the show's relentless in-office... read the complete blog post