Archive for the 'Advertising' Category

Why Technology Will Lead to More Print Advertising

Yep. I’m saying it. Print advertising will rise again. And print media will thank technology for its resurrection. Huh?
My biggest gripe with online real estate companies with VC money (you know who you are) is the almost total lack of interest in using traditional media advertising, especially print, to drive […]

Graffiti Advertising Using Lasers

Here’s a new method of advertising sure to get folks’ attention. Created by Graffiti Research Lab, this high tech tagging can be used to make political statements, create art or advertise condos. The art group is based in New York City but has branches in Vienna, Amsterdam and Mexico.

Courtesy of Graffiti Research […]

Real Estate Porn: Ad Edition

I seem to be finding more and more real estate ads using sex appeal to sell.
This is for the Gansevoort Hotel in South Beach, FL. What’s with the camera in the sauna?

Another ad for the hotel was defaced.
The Tribeca GrandHotel in Manhattan advertises “Tryst in Tribeca” on its website:

Found this one at copyranter:

Here’s an […]

How To Get Your Ad To Stand Out: Bellyvision

We all know sex sells. I’m not sure if sexy men and women can sell real estate on looks alone (though there are studies that beauty pays) but a pretty face can get attention for any product or service. Once you’ve gotten the attention, the challenge is to deliver the goodies.
An interesting […]

Avoid These Advertising Mistakes

Not only is it important to create an ad that will call a potential client to action, it is essential that the advertising be placed where your target audience can see it and appreciate it. These ads show what can happen when advertising is misplaced. Make sure you know where your ad is […]

Real Estate Porn, Developers Edition

Real estate developers push the advertising envelope much more than your average real estate brokerage. With these ads, the envelope may be starting to tear.
They’re talking about windows, right? Edge (Brooklyn, NY)

They mean affordable, don’ t they? BurnhamPointe (Chicago)

images from copyranter (my new must read blog, written by a fellow New […]

Ad:Tech New York, Notes and Quotes, Conference Day 1

We are covering the ad:tech New York Interactive Media Conference 2007.
We think you can get a flavor of the event from the titles of the panels and our notes and quotes from the day. The confererences we attended on Tuesday were:

The New Media Universe: Forging a Model of Interdependence (Keynote Presentation)
TV 3.0
Media and Entertainment: […]

Mega Advertising Targets Airline Passengers: Ad Air

An ad company is creating unique, world record size ads. These huge, flat on the ground ads are placed along airline flight paths for passengers to see for about 10 seconds. Ad-Air thinks airline passengers are a highly desirable advertising demographic. Plus, they are a captive audience (buckled in and all).
Ad-Air […]

Arianna Huffington Will Speak at Ad:Tech New York

Ad:Tech New York Interactive Marketing Expo and Conference is THE premier conference for those marketing in the digital age. Which means everyone. It will be held over four days (November 5-8, 2007) in our backyard, Manhattan. Anybody who’s anybody in advertising, marketing and online media will be there. […]

Real Estate Myths or What I Did on My Summer Vacation

In the Gospel according to NAR, 77% of buyers use the internet to search for homes. This stat has become sacred dogma, incessantly chanted by MSM and the bloggerati. It provides the philosophical foundation for putting your listings on all manner of websites. It requires you do penance to upgrade to […]