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Obama phone introduced – in Kenya

Kenyan phone manufacturer Mi-Fone has introduced what is being called an O-phone or Obama phone.

It’s branding in a most specific way, and it’s not going to cost very much to have your own O-phone, if you live in Kenya, $30.

In terms of phone capabilities and features, it’s a lightweight. It does have an fm transmittor, calculator, alarm clock and flashlight.

When Is It Too Much?

As my fellow blogger has so humorously wrote about, there is no escaping advertising.  Everywhere you go, there is a new ad promoting…Pepsi, Coke, Nike, Addidas – you get the drift.  I have to say though it gets especially annoying – during an election season.  Man, do those smear ads run rampant or what?  If you haven’t done the proper research, it can get down right confusing.  It seems every time you blink, there is a new ad stating: “We can’t afford John McCain” or “Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican”.

By the of the election, one can find themselves thinking: “Wahoo –…

The Importance of Color

Daily, I am amazed at how important color can be to some people.  Where I might see that the color should be Blue, others (clients, friends, family – whoever), see Red – and then blame you for the color problem :o ).  Now, if this is a client then – obviously – they are right.  But what if I see no color?  What if all they see is color…and have a problem with that…what do you do?

During this election, I have been flabbergasted by the violent outcry of people against Obama.  I cannot remain silent any longer; America is not as far…

New Ad For Obama

If you’re like 97% of the good ole US of A, you are going to be voting for Obama this November.   During this political season though; you might have noticed a word that the McCain party is really abusing…oh sorry, I meant using, constantly.  Maverick…MAVERICK, MAVERICK, MAVERICK.  This word has come up in what feels like hundreds of commercials and interviews.  What does Maverick mean to them?  Shouldn’t it mean an independent thinker?  One who stands alone? 

I came across this spoof on  Creativity-online.com; its from Goodby, Silverstein & Partners.  Their creative director, Jamie Barrett, teamed up with director Craig Gillespie (Lars and…

In Between the Donkey and the Elephant

I was debating/playing devil’s advocate with my best friend the other day, and she brought up the “third largest political body” after the Republicans and the Democrats–the Libertarians (apparently it’s the fifth, ranking after the Constitution and Green parties).

Who?

Now here’s where Marketing and Advertising is badly needed. It’s bad enough that a good chunk of the United States population isn’t digging and researching these presidential candidates as much as they should–only a select few actually pay heed to all of the political goings-on, and vote to make a change, while the rest (myself included) don’t even think the “smaller stuff”…

Forget the Super Bowl

Are you like me? Are you excited about the hot-spicy-hot advertising we’re about to see during two weeks of political conventions?

Yeah, I didn’t think so.

See you on the other side,

Fox

Jason Fox gets paid on occasion to write words that, unlike this post, actually persuade people to do something. He even, at the risk of alienating potential employers, pontificates on politics on a more appropriate forum.

The United States of Obama?

New Obama LogoSomebody at the Obama camp must have read my blog post about  the American brand because today I turned the TV on and watched a few minutes of CNN and ran into this ditty of a seal plastered on the podium in front of Sen. Obama.  Although I firmly believe in connecting with the American people, I feel that projecting ones self as the Seal of the United States of America is a little bit presumptive. Obama has been the greatest-branded presidential nominee in history, but this, I feel, is a little bit over the top. If you look real hard, you…