Tom’s Snacks, a challenger brand whose red triangle logo once stood for just peanuts but now represents a variety of snack foods, launched a Facebook page this past October. Without the benefit of a paid promotion the page stands at almost 16,000 fans. So what gives?

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The entry of Glamour, one of the world’s leading brands in fashion publications, into the “tablet” world represents a giant leap in opportunities for brand marketing.

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Does the recent Preakness Infield Fest ad campaign cross the line with its sexually-suggestive slogans? The Baltimore Sun’s Sam Sessa spoke with Jeff Millman, gkv’s Chief Creative Officer, to get his first-hand opinion.

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It’s the spring of 2010. Nothing is sacred. And nothing, absolutely nothing, is off limits. This includes teachers having sex with students and husbands having sex with mother-in-laws. It’s the End of Days, right? No, it’s the Preakness Infield Fest advertising campaign.

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While he may not be the upstanding individual the public once thought he was, Tiger Woods will most likely be at the top of his game once again as he steps on the greens at Augusta this week. Will you be watching?

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In light of the upcoming Super Bowl, the annual stage for what is typically considered the very best work the advertising world can muster, I once again can’t help but wonder why this is the only time everyone expects advertising to be great?

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The new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guides took effect on December 1, 2009. Read on to find out what has changed.

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This week’s Web Week in Review highlights include the first Internet “character” to be used in a mass-market campaign; growth of digital billboards; Photoshop and models; makeovers for social media; and Volkswagen’s piano stairs.

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This week’s Web Week In Review highlights include the United Kingdom and France urge to curb the photo-trickery of Photoshop; online advertising overtaking TV advertising; a fake PSA receives 2 million views in one week; Google Wave has arrived; and is the long-time used click-through rate officially useless?

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Before I was old, I was cool. My friends, my music, my hair, my clothes, my loathing of anything mainstream, my whole Woodstock world — cooler than any cool in history. Jeff Millman, gkv’s Vice Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, is Old Cool.

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