THINKing » Awards http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog My CreativeTeam Thinks About Creativity, Marketing, PR & Social Media Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:45 +0000 en hourly 1 America’s Worst Ads http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/americas-worst-ads/ http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/americas-worst-ads/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:00:44 +0000 Harry Hoover http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/?p=1287

It’s time to vote on the worst ads in America. The Consumerist has launched its first contest to find America’s most annoying ads. And, sadly, there are a lot from which to choose this year.

There does seem to be a theme in 2010. From Progressive’s annoying Flo to State Farm’s pocket agent, insurance companies are dominating the list.

The categories are:

America’s Absolute Worst Ad – (I’ve gotta give it to Flo)

Most Grating Performance By A Human – (Nationwide’s World’s Greatest Spokesperson is my choice)

Most Annoying Animated Spokesthing – (my vote goes to Charmin’s Bears)

Duo Or Group That Needs To Be Broken Up – (Toyota Sienna couple, hands down)

Celebrity Who Must Have Lost Money In The Housing Crash – (Troy Aikman, Hulk Hogan – Rent-A-Center)

Creepiest Commercial – (although I like these ads, Allstate’s Mr. Mayhem is really creepy)

How did you vote?

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]]> http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/americas-worst-ads/feed/ 1 Junta42 Top Blogs Update http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/junta42-top-blogs-update/ http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/junta42-top-blogs-update/#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:35:50 +0000 Harry Hoover http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/?p=810

THINKing has again made the Junta42 Top Blog List. Here is the entire list:

1 Copyblogger
2 Buzz Marketing for Technology
3 Post Advertising
4 web ink now
5 No man is an iland
6 PR 2.0
7 Online Marketing Blog
8 ContentMarketingToday
9 Hard Knox Life
10 The Daily Flip
11 Conversation Agent
12 Marketing Interactions
13 Find and Convert
14 Conversational Media Marketing
15 Bernaise Source
16 Techno//Marketer
17 Pandemic Blog
18 What’s Next
19 Writing on the Web
20 The Toadstool
21 Conversation Marketing
22 Emerson Direct Marketing Observations
23 Todd And Marketing & Media
24 The Retail Email Blog
25 Marketing 2.0
26 The Content Wrangler
27 The Viral Garden
28 Emergence Marketing
29 Writing White Papers
30 SG Stephen Gates Blog
31 Greg Verdino’s Marketing Blog
32 Nigel Hollis
33 Web Strategy by Jeremiah
34 Campaign Monitor
35 FASTforward Blog
36 Drew’s Marketing Minute
37 SEO Copywriting
38 Eat Media Blog
39 Marketing with Meaning
40 Servant of Chaos
41 THINKing
42 Chaos Scenario

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]]> http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/junta42-top-blogs-update/feed/ 0 THINKing Is Knocked Out http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/thinking-is-knocked-out/ http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/thinking-is-knocked-out/#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:56:57 +0000 Harry Hoover http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/?p=803
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Congratulations to Rohit Bhargava and his Influential Marketing blog for moving ahead in the PRWeek Blog Competition. He won against us 51% to 49%. Here are the rest of the winners as reported in PRWeek:

(A) Round one – ended Wednesday, August 6, midnight

Digital Influence Mapping Blog defeats Your PR Guy 51% to 49%

Pit Bulls and Labradors defeats PR 2.0 51% to 49% * – The score was knotted 50%-50% at 11:59 EST – the score then went to 51%-49% Pitt Bulls at 12:05 and stayed that way at 12:10, at which time PRWeek called the competition. Unfortunately, a screen grab was taken, but lost in the clipboard shuffle.

Down the Avenue defeats Bitemarks 57% to 43%

Voce Nation defeats Bad Pitch Blog 53% to 47%

 

(B) Round one – ended Friday, August 8, 5:30 p.m.
Glass House defeats PR Blog News 58% to 42%

Measuring Up defeats Sage Circle 56% to 44%

PR Measurement defeats Phil’s Blogservations 51% to 49%

Influential Marketing Blog defeats My Creative Team 51% to 49%

Here you’ll find links to all 32 blogs invited to compete by PRWeek. All are worth a read.

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]]> http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/thinking-is-knocked-out/feed/ 1 Last Chance To Vote http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/last-chance-to-vote/ http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/last-chance-to-vote/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:05:57 +0000 Harry Hoover http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/?p=801 Today (8/8/2008) at 5:30 PM the victors will be named in the PRWeek PR Blog Competition. My Creative Team’s THINKing is up against the Influential Marketing blog. We were down 65% to 35% on Wednesday and managed to tie it up yesterday thanks to my Twitter legions. But this morning we were behind again.

So, if you haven’t voted yet, now is your last chance. Visit PRWeek, scroll down the page to the charts and then click on My Creative Team to vote for us. Thanks. Vote For THINKing In the PRWeek Blog Showdown

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It’s a PR blog smackdown and THINKing is right in the middle of it. Here’s what PRWeek says about it,

As part of its 10th anniversary celebration, PRWeek is honoring one of the most important technological advancements in content distribution of the past 10 years: the blog. The celebration comes by way of a competition. PRWeek personnel selected 16 of their favorite blogs, and ask each of those bloggers to select another blog to nominate for this competition.You will find the logos of all 32 blogs here and a bracket of the competition here. The competition will be a single elimination tournament, voted on by you, the reader. The tournament will take place over five weeks. For the first round, we will introduce eight new blogs every Monday and Thursday. Bloggers have agreed to participate in the tournament, and were allowed to promote their participation on their blogs and elsewhere.

Our bracket is up this Wednesday, so we’ll be asking you to vote for us. We’re ready for a PR rumble. Are you?

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Did you like the Super Bowl outcome? How about the ads? Comments, please. Well, here are some links to wrap up our 2008 Super Bowl coverage:

Super Bowl Ad Metrics

Flash Over Substance

Most Watched Ever

Creepy Baby Spot Gets High TiVo Marks

Pepsi MVP Of Super Bowl Ad/Search

Super Bowl Creative All Stars

Super Bowl B2B

Firebrand Gets Super Boost

Were SalesGenie Spots Racist?

And that is a wrap.

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]]> http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/super-bowl-thats-a-wrap/feed/ 0 A Vote For THINKing http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/a-vote-for-thinking/ http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/a-vote-for-thinking/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:23:14 +0000 Harry Hoover http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/?p=555 Curses, Palatnik Factor has pulled a vote ahead of THINKing in the nonpartisan Best Marketing Blog category. We are now #2. We are not amused. So, please help a blogger out and vote for us. Thank you for your support.

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]]> http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/a-vote-for-thinking/feed/ 1 We’re #3 At Bloggers’ Choice Awards http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/were-3-at-bloggers-choice-awards/ http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/were-3-at-bloggers-choice-awards/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:46:03 +0000 Harry Hoover http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/?p=536 THINKing currently is #3 in the top marketing blog category. You can help us out by voting for THINKing in the marketing category and the business category.

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]]> http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/were-3-at-bloggers-choice-awards/feed/ 1 Help A Blogger Brother Out http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/help-a-blogger-brother-out/ http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/help-a-blogger-brother-out/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:05:54 +0000 Harry Hoover http://www.my-creativeteam.com/blog/?p=513 Do you like THINKing? The blog, not the activity. If so, I need your help. Please click on the Blogger’s Choice Award to the right of this posting and vote for THINKing. I know I’m asking a lot because it requires you to register. But I’d appreciate it. I’m in the top 10 currently for best business blog and best marketing blog. You can vote in both categories. Thanks for your help.

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