Pricks Get Sick, Sexiest Moments in Advertising

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– Former agency guy Cornelio Prick (seriously) and Hugh Prick (seriously) sick and tired of syndicated columnists giving half-ass answers to people and have launched their own Q&A site, Dear Pricks.

– McKee Wallwork Cleveland is out with their annual ADBOWL, real-time website that tracks what consumers think of Super Bowl ads. And it’s an iPhone app too!

– Social media and marketing experts Paul Gillin and Eric Schwartzman have written new book Social Marketing to the Business Customer; Listen to your B2B Market, Generate Major Accounts Leads, and Build Client Relationships which aims provide businesses a step-by-step guide for building and executing social marketing strategies to meet the needs of their B2B customers.

– Havas Digital, the digital arm of Havas Media, has selected Experian Hitwise, a part of Experian Marketing Services, to provide online competitive intelligence and consumer insights to Havas Digital and other Havas interactive agencies around the world.

– The Five Sexiest Advertising Moments of the Week. My column in Playboy’s The Smoking Jacket.

– Here’s a collections of humorous Facebook ads.

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