Big Game Ad Review

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big game ad review For a few years, I’ve been invited to share my thoughts on the American Marketing Association Las Vegas Chapter’s Big Game Ad Review panel. In past years, there were some stand-out ads we still talk about, but this year, aside from a few noteworthy ads, there were few that really caught my attention. My first pick: …

How do you take a photo of 1,300 people? One Disneyland lesson at a time.

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No one moves a crowd like Disneyland. It’s organized and efficient. Those who wave you to turn left or right are well-placed and often smiling as they voice their directions. It’s relatively painless. It won’t be shocking to many that Disneyland was in my head as I approached the task of photographing more than 1,300 people in one group at …

Road trips and dad jokes

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Sometimes driving a message home is all about timing. And when you’re on the open road, it feels like you’ve got nothing but time. Thanks to a total eclipse in April, a concert in May and then a convention in June — taking me to Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, respectively — I’ve become quite familiar with Route 40 over …

A giant stolen (and recovered!) spoonful of smart PR

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In the “bizarre news” roundup, you may have seen that last week a 15-foot-tall red spoon was stolen from the front of a Dairy Queen in Phoenix. The Associated Press reported on the incident March 30, stating surveillance footage showed two thieves disassembling it with precision and escaping with it on “a small motorbike.” (Yes, I have looked, but not …

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Vintage Marketing: “I’m going to Disneyland!”

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As teams, fans and marketing executives gear up for the 2023 Super Bowl, I wanted to reflect upon an ad so ingrained and so beloved that we don’t even think of it as an ad. It’s an axiom, an answer you already know before the question is asked. Once the last play has been called and the confetti has covered …

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There’s more than one “I” in Imagine

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If you’ve been following Imagine Communications for a while, you may have noticed that we do not operate like a stereotypical marketing firm or advertising agency. Long hours and inflated egos are replaced with flexibility and a true team approach. In a team meeting last month, we were discussing the CEO of Coinbase’s claim the company came up with their …

Are you ready for some football … commercials?!

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Every year after the Super Bowl, the Imagine team gets together to discuss the Super Bowl commercials. We pick out ones we think were the most effective, ones that missed the mark and our overall personal favorites. For some of us, it’s the best meeting of the year! There are a few things to consider because not all Super Bowl …

Imagine Celebrates 20 years of Ideas and Solutions!

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Founded in 2000 as the brainchild of Alex Raffi and D.J. Allen, Imagine was conceived as a marketing firm with both brains and heart, driven by creative problem solving in a business context. Alex and D.J.’s fledgling business moved forward as the very first startup to graduate from the newly-founded Henderson Business Resource Center. When Imagine opened its doors for business in 2000, and for the …