{"id":142,"date":"2006-10-17T19:21:20","date_gmt":"2006-10-17T13:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/?p=142"},"modified":"2006-10-19T09:22:40","modified_gmt":"2006-10-19T03:52:40","slug":"everyone-around-me-is-a-total-stranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/everyone-around-me-is-a-total-stranger\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone around me is a total stranger."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"yogaad.jpg\" id=\"image144\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/yogaad.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodysmall\">Non-trad ad for The Yoga Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ffffff\">.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>In Non-traditional Advertising, ads are strategically positioned in the most unexpected places e.g. the sidewalk, a manhole cover, and as in the brilliant ((<span class=\"bodysmall\">It&#8217;s so simple, it makes you go &#8220;why didn&#8217;t I think of that?&#8221;<\/span>)) example above, a straw. The trick is in fusing your big idea with the 3D properties of the medium <em>without<\/em> making the proposition seem contrived ((<span class=\"bodysmall\">I&#8217;ve actually seen it employed locally, some better executed than others though, but it&#8217;s good to know that the brand people are becoming more open to the non-conventional approach.<\/span>)). On that note, I stumbled upon this really cool collection of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hemmy.net\/2006\/10\/15\/creative-advertisements-around-the-world\/\">Creative Ads Around The World<\/a> I thought you might enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ffffff\">.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Mr. Katana of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hemmy.net\">Hemmy.net<\/a> is the real creator of the Creative Ads list, and not the webmaster of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eglobe1.com\">Eglobe1<\/a> like I originally linked to. Apparently Onion82 of Eglobe stole Mr. Katana&#8217;s entry and is passing it off as his ((<span class=\"bodysmall\">Sigh, aren&#8217;t we all victims of intellectual property thievery lately.<\/span>)). Read more about it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hemmy.net\/2006\/10\/16\/a-valuable-lesson-to-be-learnt\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\nHeyheyhey, why don&#8217;t you deck out your windows with these dooper-cute<em> Halloweenie <\/em>windsocks<em> <\/em>our good friends <a href=\"http:\/\/chroniclesofnini.blogspot.com\">Nina<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/gpherman.wordpress.com\">Carlo<\/a> designed ((<span class=\"bodysmall\">They&#8217;re sooo cute! I&#8217;m guessing that sock #s 1, 3, 4, and 5 are by Nina and #s 2 and 6 are by Carlo, correct?<\/span>)) :<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"weenies.jpg\" id=\"image143\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/weenies.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re available in Maxitoylab Alabang Town Center and Maxiworks Powerplant Mall in Rockwell. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re made of nylon, are 2.5 feet in length and 18 inches in diameter, and cost P150 each. Grab one now, yes?<br \/>\n***<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s been said time and again that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Last July, our 2-year old magazine <strong>Wedding Essentials<\/strong> came out with a Special Issue called <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/?p=97\">WE Beautiful Weddings<\/a><\/strong> featuring 25 real wedding stories and photos submitted and written by actual brides. We even included a &#8220;supplier box&#8221; listing down all the vendors each couple worked with.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WEBW\" id=\"image96\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/webwspread.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/?p=97\">Remember?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ffffff\">.<\/font><br \/>\nFast forward to this month: look <a href=\"http:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/feature_metroweddingsv6no3.shtml\">what our more-than-5-year-old rival mag did<\/a>. For their, um, version, they <em>also<\/em> asked brides to write the stories themselves &#8212; something WE has been doing since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cbarre\/48452026\/\">the very first issue<\/a>. At least the art direction is different but the overall concept and format was copied right down to the supplier box. ((<span class=\"bodysmall\">The only difference is that ours was a true labor of love and not something borne out of marketing warfare. ;))) Well, well, well, how utterly flattering! \ud83d\ude09<\/span><br \/>\n<font color=\"#ffffff\">.<\/font><br \/>\nSo if you love WE, pretty please wait for our next issue and do feel free to take a peek at the behind-the-scenes action via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phlog.net\/user\/arncyn\">my phlog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arnold-arre.com\">Arn<\/a> and I will be away from home ((<span class=\"bodysmall\">&#8230;and our dear little <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catster.com\/pet_page.php?j=t&#038;i=59562\">Abbas<\/a> \ud83d\ude41<\/span>)) for a couple of weeks but I&#8217;ll see if I can post from <a title=\"This so funny!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UerojdSGgrQ\">where we&#8217;ll be<\/a>. Seeya. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-trad ad for The Yoga Center. . In Non-traditional Advertising, ads are strategically positioned in the most unexpected places e.g. the sidewalk, a manhole cover, and as in the brilliant ((It&#8217;s so simple, it makes you go &#8220;why didn&#8217;t I think of that?&#8221;)) example above, a straw. 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