Several people have asked me if the text message (via Twitter) displayed during NBC4’s election coverage in Columbus, Ohio was indeed THE “dontheideaguy.” I’ve only ever heard of one person willing to claim the name so… yeah, it was me. The folks at NBC4i.com (Jason_WCMH, Denise_WCMH, and NBCSquire in particular) have done a really phenomenal […]
That’s right — the official DTIG brainstorms for a sawbuck have returned! Rejoice all ye who suffer from a lack of lightbulbs of inspiration. The regular readers of MyBrainBlog are probably familiar with my Five Buck Brainstorms (formerly known as “EconoStorms”) — but for the rest of you, here’s a brief introduction. As Don The […]
If you missed Part 1 and Part 2, follow the links to get some background (if you’re interested), but the past posts aren’t specifically needed to recognize what sort of impact the article linked below can have on voters, the polls, and the election. YouTube has partnered with PBS to ask Americans to share their […]
October 14th is the first official “Drink Pink Day!” This is one of my most favorite ideas of the year — Wendy’s asked WBNS-FM (Mix 97.1 – 80s, 90s, Now!) for help in promoting a community day where they would donate a percentage of sales generated during a specific time period on a specific day […]
EepyBird (those guys who did the Diet Coke/Mentos video) are back — and this time in an entertaining video experiment that uses Post It notes. The video below is entertaining, fun, amusing, involving, engrossing, tells a story, viral, engaging, and over three minutes long. Oh yeah, and it’s an advertisement for OfficeMax. If more attempts […]
Anyone who knows me knows I all but despise banner advertising as a means for reaching an online audience. Some banners advertising can be effective for that generic all-encompassing category of marketing referred to as “branding” — but if you’re actually trying to take advantage of all the tracking and measurability that online advertising can […]
A recent “beerstorming” session with friends lead me to announce my prediction of a YouTube candidate. Not in this election, not in the next election, but sometime in the near future we will see the ultimate write-in candidate rise from one of the social networks. The introduction of a “Social Media Party” candidate will be […]