AdVerve 34 – Bob Knorpp saves the world

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As host of The Beancast, Bob Knorpp has had us both on a gajillion times, so we return the favor and let him go off on us. And journalists vs. bloggers. And Facebook vs. useless info. And a deeper look at his 3Six5 post that got a fair amount of attention, as well as Angela’s space travel. Do we want to spoil it and tell you about it? No. SO LISTEN NOW. And, we identified the show throughout as episode 33 when it’s really 34.

Bob on Twitter.

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Topics:

00:00 – Intro > Bloggerism
00:24 – Bob’s 3six5 post
00:35 – Angela’s 3six5 post
00:40 – Fakebook
01:07 – Wrap!

Linkage:

• Ablegamers.com 
• Bob’s 3six5 post.
• Angela’s 3six5 post.
• Bill’s 3six5 post.

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AdVerve 33 – Harry Webber and The High King’s oil spill

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All kinds of magic this week, folks, and not the kind that requires a wand. We sit down with ad land myth-cum-legend Harry Webber and hash out The Facts of Life for ya: Agencies’ historical role as a government front, plus why Millennials are doomed, social media experts are full of shit, and BP will go back to business as usual.

Amidst all that, we still find the time to outline the iron hand of religion (and how we'll NEVER BE FREE), the most important thing Harry's learned in his working life, and what really made Michael Jackson bitter. (Hint: It wasn’t Jesus Juice jokes.)

Also, Harry really wants you to watch this movie. IT WILL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING. Catch him on Twitter too.

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Linkage:

• BP NOAA story.

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AdVerve on Pause (Just This Week)

I (meaning Angela) am in Ibiza for an innovation conference and internet here is just the spottiest. My boss and I changed hotels three times in 24 hours because there wasn't any wifi available in our rooms.

At present we're at the ATZARO, where the conference is taking place. The 'net pretty much works when it wants to, and less so on Macs: a member of the staff told me they typically shut off access to Macs because the variety of Apple products - iPhones, iPads, laptops - wreaks havoc on the local connection. He kind of made a big show of saying he'd bend this rule just for us, but no, not really.

Our first day here, the mayor of Ibiza came up and said he wants people to think of Ibiza as a place for business, not just fun. Well, mayor, looks like there's a wide-open opportunity in paradise for a few business hotels.

I really shouldn't complain though. It is beautiful here. And to prove it to you, here is a picture of sun-drenched dry grass.

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AdVerve 32 - Steve Jobs' Civil War

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It would’ve felt right to also call it the A.D.D. edition because it’s all over the map topicwise. BUT WE MAKE IT WORK WITH COMMON THREADS. Who else can bridge Steven Jobs’ control freak with the Civil War? Not many. Not that many would try either. We then jump from that bridge into why boomers will never figure out Gen So What, then cap the party off with a look at how laughing out loud, well, it’s good for you AND the French. IT JUST IS.

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Topics:

00:00 – Intro
00:37 – Tech meh
01:07 – Steve Jobs’ Civil War
09:49 – Heads are out
11:42 – Angela’s Diesel rant
19:26 – Art & Copy
22:20 – Kodak, Courtney & memes
30:50 – R.I.P. SNL
31:58 – That damn war
47:31 – Insecure, much?
53:12 – France isn’t happy enough
59:37 – Wrap

Linkage:

• Steve Jobs - Valleywag exchange.
• Confederates in the Attic.
• Whips, aka, heads are out. Seriously.
• The LOL Project.
• EMPs.
• Art & Copy. 
• Courtney Love rebrands.
• Kevin Pollak as Shatner.
• The Persuaders.
• Daguerreotypes and other Civil War photographic formats.* 
• Edelman: Check-in or check-out. 
• The Tweet Museum.

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*Correction: The good gentleman from Connecticut spoke with haste. It’s silver over copper plates, not aluminum.

AdVerve - 31 - Monty Media

Aka, Social media + Scott Monty.

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Why not call it that? He’s Ford’s director of social media—they *should* name the damn thing after him. But we go beyond Twitter doncha’ kno, as we first delve into Sherlock Holmes. From there, it’s Detroit’s fascination with muscles per gallon, followed by why brands blow it when it comes to hiring for social media. (Okay, so we worked a *little* social in there. LOOK AT THE DAMN TITLE—IT’S WHAT WE DO.)

From there, we troubleshoot dealerships and the fun BP is having lately. Listen. Lather. Repeat. (Also find Scott on Twitter, Facebook and I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere.)

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Topics:

00:00 – 1. Sherlock Holmes 101

12:13 – 2. Mr. Case Study

20:18 – 3. Twitterer wanted: Inquire within

29:11 – 4. Muscle Per Gallon

40:04 – 5. Let the people decide

47:09 – 6. Desktops, dashbords & iPads

50:40 – 7. Caution: Showroom ahead

54:44 – 8. Caution: PR crisis ahead

59:42 – 9. Wrap

Linkage:

• Ford Fiesta Movement.
• American Journey 2.0.
• The Ford Story.
• Maker Faire.
• Will It Blend? Ford Fiesta.
• Sherlock Holmes trailer.
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Bartitsu.
• Guy Ritchie on The Treatment.
• Origin of Dr. Martens.
• Burger King’s Facebook “like” currency.

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AdVerve - 30 – Where My Toyotas At?

We’re about the quality rants people. Everyone gets it this week: automakers, conferences and... okay, maybe just those two groups. We actually like some things too! But the majority of the time we cover the industry’s continued fascination with the appropriation of urban culture. Word. Angela then regales with stories of conference lore and behold as denizens of drabby interiors tweet brilliance to the outside world.

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Topics:

00:00 – 1. Intro to conference hell

02:02 – 2. Where my Toyotas at?

24:58 – 3. Conference Land USA

37:42 – 4. David Lynch and internet madness

52:39 – 5. Wrap

Linkage:

• Toyota’s schwag, and some inspiration.
• Gizmodo saga.
• Gem as Jiz. (NSFW.)
• Natalie Portman (NSFW) and Adam Samberg.
• Shatner vs. Shatner.
• Toy Story 3 retro magic.
• David Lynch’s Interview Project.
• John Mayer and Dave Chappelle.

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AdVerve - 29 – Ethicalicious

It’s crisis time. Midlife. Quarterlife. We lead off there and only go scarier places. From tampon ad positioning (ouch) to journalistic ethos, nobody unturns a stone and beats its subject to death quite like us. (This would be the ongoing Gizmodo vs. iPad daddy iGod saga.)

Along the way, we factoid yo ass with stuff even we didn’t know. The prize in the cereal box is Five Minutes With...™ guest Chapin Clark of @rga Twitter fame. From there, we create new agency job descriptions —- just because we can.

All in all, it’s just another day in the AdVervehood.

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Topics:

00:00 – 1. Intro to our midlife crisis

21:08 – 2. Five minutes with...

28:38 – 3. Ethicalicious

1:00:57 – 4. Wrap

Linkage:

• Ryanair’s awesome service and employees.
• Gizmodo saga.
• What it means is.
• Some Monkees have it.

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AdVerve - 28 – Failed America Edition

Well, if we didn’t anger the gods last show, Where’s My Jetpack’s Dave Wilke helps us bat clean-up. This time out, we collectively diss the failed promise that was supposed to be a greener, cleaner Jetpack in every home. Oh, and we give Jack Bauer a little what for too. French politics and marble countertops? Well, ya just hafta listen to find out! More Dave on Twitter as well as a lotta places else!

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Topics:

00:00 – 1. Intro to a failed America

15:06 – 2. Jack Bauer saves America

23:10 – 3. Maps

28:48 – 4. Watching you

41:08 – 5. A Return To Americana

1:05:30 – 6. Wrap

Linkage:

• McDonald’s streams music.
• Jetpacks alligator break.
• christophe aguiton, kevin slavin and maps.
• V.
• Article on the iPhone.
• Gator rescue girl.
• Yahoo search share stats. (Correction to segment: Profits up while search share is slightly down.)
• TV is headed in this direction.
• Revised gator strategy: just fucking run.

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AdVerve - 27 – God’s Privacy Policy

Aaron Strout of CMO of Powered, joins us to discuss agencies of the future now, why privacy is not only an illusion but something you can’t even buy, and, oh, by the way, we save the Catholic church. No, we do, really. (Aaron can also be found on Twitter, his Quick-n-Dirty podcast and his Stroutmeister blog.)

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Topics:

00:00 – 1. Intro - agencies of the future

29:10 – 2. A little privacy please

41:15 – 3. Saving God

50:06 – 4. Something nice in YouTubetopia

Linkage:

• Nestlé Facebook culpa.
• MySpace data dump fire sale.

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AdVerve - 26 – George Parker edition

It’s George Parker—the hell ELSE you need to know. He of AdScam blog fame. Of non-Twitter fame. Of MadScam and Ubiquitous Persuaders book fame.

Normally, we do a timeline breakdown of the topics, but that wasn’t happening this time out as we cover in no order the arrogance of Apple, child labor, Modernista!, Crispin, critics, lawsuits, Domino’s pizza, Microsoft, eBay, tag sales, iPad, Will it Blend, French things, cigarette penis envy, GoDaddy and a buncha other stuff.

And we even manage to drop a few F-bombs *here and there*.

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Linkage:

• The very first flashmob. 
• Will It Blend? 
• The Most Interesting campaign.
• Old Spice campaign.
• Kohler campaign.
• Windows campaign.
• Domino’s Turnaround.
• Form and function with the iPad.

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