According to a May 27, 2026 report in Marketing Brew by Katie Hicks titled Why so many brands are releasing music videos, " it seems brand-created music videos are making a comeback as marketers are increasingly feeling pressure to create organic, original content to break through on social, particularly with younger audiences." This was news...
I was only able to publish two editions of Pook-Emu Bee links last week. Thus, to make amends, I present a rare Sunday edition of the Pook-Emu Bee. For link fans out there, I include many links in my weekly newsletter. See my June 6, 2026 Newsletter for an example. [caption id="attachment_5583" align="aligncenter" width="1008"] I...
Is iAd coming back?
I've been doing some totally unscientific research on streaming service ad loads lately, and honestly, the results are both fascinating and infuriating. As someone who's had to go ad-supported on pretty much every service to save money, I've become intimately familiar with just how wildly different the advertising experience can be from platform to platform....
When it comes down to it, it’s best to think of advertising as a coordinated, decades-long campaign to annoy the heck out of you. And it works pretty well.
Instead of building ways to block ads, we need to make the case for the tech-minded to build creator-supporting ideas. Creators would help.
How an early embrace of national advertising put Hallmark in the pole position of holiday memories.
Als ich klein war wurde bei mir ADS (Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndrom) diagnostiziert also genauer gesagt als ich zur Grundschule ging, daraufhin hab ich ein Medikament (Strattera®) bekommen das mir helfen sollte mich zu konzentrieren. Ich hab aber nie wirklich ne krasse Verbesserung gespürt und laut dem Behandlungsbericht konnte anscheinend während der Behandlung auch nie wirklich eine Verbesserung...
The evolution of the billboard, an object that very much tends to keep pace with the times. Who doesn’t love outdoor advertising?