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8 May 2010 @ 3pm

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Scheduled AdHack Maintenance – Saturday, May 8, 6 pm

We’re going to be doing some scheduled maintenance on AdHack later today, Saturday, May 8.
From 6 pm to 10 pm the site will be down and unreachable for us to do some maintenance and for the arrival of home Hot New Features.
We anticipate all will be stable later Saturday night and emerge to a new [...]


Oly Awards Top 5 Olympic Brands: #1 Coca Cola

Olympic brand score: 124. See photos.

Clarity: 26
Relevance: 25
Originality: 22
Aesthetics: 26
Results: 25

Judges comments:
Really well done, and eye-catching.
Very striking. Playful and engaging. Their brand was everywhere. Good use of environmental sustainability. Not sure about what relationship junk soda has to athletics, but…
The Oly Awards Olympic Brands Scoring System
3 Judges scored brands on a scale of 1 (Boo!) [...]


Oly Awards Top 5 Olympic Brands: #2 Hudson’s Bay Company

Olympic brand score: 121. See photos.

Clarity: 24
Relevance: 25
Originality: 23
Aesthetics: 23
Results: 26

Judges comments:
Hard not give HBC full marks for their impact and results. Their whole campaign looked good, was on message, and effective. And the lines around the block speak to the results.

The Oly Awards Olympic Brands Scoring System
3 Judges scored brands on a scale [...]


Crowdsourcing Advertising: 4 Key Rules for Creativity On Demand

I wrote a guest post for the Chaordix blog.
In February 2010 Super Bowl XLIV became the most-watched TV program ever, pulling in an average audience of 106.5 million viewers. The big game, the fans and the ads all contributed to a huge event.
But did you know that 2 of the top 5 ads shown during [...]


Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Watch and AdHack

In just over a month our home city of Vancouver will host the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
And we don’t really know yet how this will affect us at AdHack. Oh, we’ll still be up and running. We’re be rocking. But it feels like we should also expect the unexpected.
We recently moved offices from an office [...]


Are We In the Age Of Persuasion? Ask Terry O’Reilly Your Question

We’re putting the final touches on AdHack Live Episode #4: Terry O’Reilly’s Age of Persuasion.
We go live tomorrow, Wednesday, December at 5 pm EST / 2 pm PST and we’re in the final steps — collecting our questions, setting up the shoot, filling the flask.
And we wanted to put out a call for questions. Do [...]


Terry O’Reilly’s Age of Persuasion: AdHack Live Episode #4

We’re locked and loaded for the next episode of AdHack Live.
We’re featuring Terry O’Reilly. Who?

He’s the host of The Age of Persuasion radio show / podcast
He’s an author of The Age of Persuasion book
And founder of Pirate Radio and Television

When?
Thursday, December 3rd at 5 pm EST / 2 pm PST.
And archived thereafter in the AdHack [...]


The Weak Shop Needs Your Invention Ideas

The Weak Shop is a one-stop shop for products that help people when they’re feeling weaker than normal.
For those times when they haven’t been drinking enough milk.
The Weak Shop sells products for the weak. Why kind of products are those?

Chair Pants which provides assistance at times when your legs could use a little nap.
The Downhill [...]


Your Invitation to a Big Video Ad Creative Job

Overview
Woo, baby. We have a big client with a big opportunity coming up. Fast.
Who are they? Let’s just say they’re a Leading Software Company for the Global PC Marketplace. Big.
That’s about all we can say, just for now.
Why You?
You’re getting this invitation because you’re on AdHack and have top-notch video skills.
We want to work with [...]


Filmmakers: 5 Fast Questions to Close a New Deal

Want to get paid to make a lot of videos for a cool new product that hasn’t launched yet?
We’re deep in discussions with a prospective client who wants to buy a lot of videos from AdHack creators.
The client has a few specific requirements.
So to make the project a success, help us with this simple 5-question [...]


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