The blog of Matthew A. Smith and Michael Chappell, on topics from A to Z

Categories » Advertising

Simpsonize Yourself

by Matthew Smith · July 20th, 2007 · 2 Comments

One for the random bucket: in a promotion for the new Simpson’s movie, a new website, Simsonize Me, has appeared.
Upload your photo and become a Simpson’s character!
You might have to be patient – the site seems to be a little slow at the moment…

[Read more »]

Categories: Advertising

Microsoft is the Devil. No, Really.

by Matthew Smith · July 19th, 2007 · No Comments

You may might have missed the commotion, but a few days ago our good friends in Redmond filed away this little patent, titled “Advertising services architecture.” This patent outlines a mechanism by which “targeted advertising” can be delivered using deep integration into the OS. The targeted part comes from analyzing your documents (basically anything on [...]

[Read more »]

Categories: Advertising · Technology

You Don’t Put Sweets in Carlsburg

by Matthew Smith · July 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments

This video is crackin’ me up.

[Read more »]

Categories: Advertising

ATO Alpha Zeta 2006 Recruitment Materials

by Matthew Smith · November 4th, 2006 · 2 Comments

This year’s recruitment program was a great success fueled by both the brothers’ enthusiasm and the excellent gentlemen who participated in the recruitment program. As mentioned in a prior article, I am the 2006-2007 recruitment chair for my chapter. I also shared some of my ideas on building excitement amongst the brothers and the recruits [...]

[Read more »]

Categories: Advertising · Greek Life

Building an Effective Recruitment Strategy

by Matthew Smith · August 7th, 2006 · 5 Comments

As some of you may know, I am a proud brother of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and I have been a member of the Alpha Zeta chapter for a little over a year. After being noticed for my dedication, spontaneity, and go-get-um attitude (though occasionally lacking focus), I was named recruitment chair for the [...]

[Read more »]

Categories: Advertising · Greek Life

Christian Nudists / Derriere Advertising

by Matthew Smith · April 20th, 2006 · No Comments

Editorial Note: This is a repost from a previous entry that appeared on digivation before my server crashed. It seems to be one of the most looked for articles here, so I am copying this back over from an archive. Originally posted 12.25.2005:
Well, it seems that BoingBoing is on a roll today. Here are two [...]

[Read more »]

Categories: Advertising · General