Super Bowl LIV, Chicken Wing-Onomics! The weekend of  “the big game” is here. And you know what that means…chicken wings, of course! Chicken wings & football. A winning team. A match made in heaven. Power couple. The National Chicken Council (NCC)  just released its annual…

Happy New Year, folks! In lieu of making resolutions (and the inevitable failure to live up to them), worrying over economic uncertainties, upcoming elections, and things beyond our control… Let us all consider the PINEAPPLE.  So simple. So pleasurable. So many endless, positive qualities.  Here’s…

Call us Ishmael. Or, okay, call us crazy—but we suspect there are many creatives out there who secretly (or not so secretly) harbor a white whale concept, an idea you can’t seem to sell, but you just can’t seem to let go. Okay, let’s back…

Shout out to dear friend of dept of creative, Rick Ardito.  The morsel of personal context makes this ad even funnier. We tip our (er, metaphorical, collective) hat to you, Ardito! Brilliant! And yeah, we’re shamelessly doing a blog post about it. Also, yeah, and we…

Brand recognition is important (duh). Coming up with standout, creative ways to be seen and grab your consumer’s attention? Well, that can require a bit of finesse. It may seem that increasing exposure today is all about your digital game and driving traffic—and, well, yes, that’s true…

In a world where pesky social media “influencers” peddle “exposure” in exchange for freebies, one ice cream man dares to take a hard line with his soft serve…. Ok, so maybe not blockbuster movie material, but it does make for one heck of a funny…

Building your brand online and in unconventional ways can lead to self-made success stories that prove wildly profitable. Yes, we’re talking about internet videos. But a smart** attitude just may be the real secret sauce—humor and a willingness not to take yourself (or brand voice) too…

To mark this Memorial Day weekend, we’d thought we’d pay tribute to some fallen K-9 icons of advertising. Because who doesn’t like dogs? Stick a mutt’s mug in your next advertising or marketing campaign and watch your profit margins soar—or your likeability factor, at the very…

I Love Lucy. Twisted ads of yore, featuring babies and cigarettes. The bizarre, dark history of Mother’s Day. What do these three things all have in common?  Um, this blog post, for one. Read on to make further sense of that. The Mother of the Best…

Well, folks, our Monkey Survey results are in, at last! We’ll spare you the yawn factor and get right to the good stuff. Basically, we’ve distilled it down to a few tasty tidbits. Don’t worry, the superfluous, mind-numbing infographics will be deployed with ascetic monk-like (okay,…

Brevity is the soul of….this new business winning tactic. -dept of creative Shhh! dept of creative is about to let you in on a secret. It’s boxed and brief. No, we’re not talking about our underwear preferences. In this post, we’re going to share with you…

Yes, that’s right. Pig. You’re probably scratching your head, wondering what the heck we’re smoking over here. Unless, of course, you’re familiar with the Chinese zodiac. The Chinese New Year has arrived and 2019 is the year of the Pig. The Earth Pig, to be…