The Best Ski Resort Print Ads from 1937-1944
I love ski history. My secret, ski-nerd dream is to build a ski hill where everyone would ski on hickory skis, ride a super long rope tow while sporting Demetre ski sweaters, and spend the evening around a fire talking in Norwegiian accents (think Stein Eriksen). Of course, most folks would leave with rope burned [...]
Read the Full Post...Aspen/Snowmass Rolls Out New Prints Ads to Mixed Reception
I’ll keep this short, the real content is found in an interview and a response to that interview. Over the summer, Christian Knapp left his post as Keystone’s Marketing Director and became the VP of Marketing at Aspen/Snowmass. Soon after he landed, a new print campaign was ready to roll that featured a handful of [...]
Read the Full Post...Telluride Releases 2011-2012 Print Ad Marketing Survey
When it comes to choosing your print ad lineup for the year, there are always risks involved. How will people react to the headline? Will they read the text you spent hours rewording and tweaking? Do people even like the picture we used? With so many unknowns, Telluride has launched a simple survey to get [...]
Read the Full Post...The Greatest Ski Print Ad Ever?
Source: http://www.advertolog.com/boeri/print-outdoor/chicken-3751305/ So, nothing long winded today, just a little inspiration to round out the week. If I had to rank my favorite print ads of all time, this little number from Boeri would be #1, hands down. In fact, I have reason to believe it played some role in motivating my interest in marketing. [...]
Read the Full Post...The Power Struggle of Print & Web: Greg Wright Interview
About two months ago I posted an interview with Eric Wagnon entitled, “Baby Boomers & the Death of Print.” I wasn’t suggesting that print was dead (it was one of the interview topics), but either way, it got the attention of Greg Wright, a publisher for both the Freeskier and Snowboard Magazines. Wanting to get [...]
Read the Full Post...What I’d Do Wednesday: The First Semi-Believable Ski Print Ad
I feel like I sometimes do too much critiquing and too little suggesting. Like, somehow, I’m the 400 pound, mullet-sporting guy on his 3rd beer at the baseball game yelling at the players to run faster. So, from now on, every once in a while on a Wednesday I’ll try to balance the scales a [...]
Read the Full Post...Real Data from a QR Campaign: How to Triple the Response Rate
Is it just me or is there a shockingly low amount of actual data about QR codes being used in the wild? Surveys are finally starting about how students or smartphone users perceive QRs, but what about when they actually come in contact with one. Will they scan it? Will they ignore it? Will they [...]
Read the Full Post...Print-Ad-o-Rama: 8 Ads to Spark Some Inspiration
Sourece: http://www.riester.com Source: http://www.themplsegotist.com/ Source: http://www.riester.com/ Source: http://origindesign.ca/ Source: http://www.grove-marketing.com/ Source: http://www.hl2.com/
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