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Marketing

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Bing's "Mr. Fun," Eric Hadley, Gets the Axe

    Every office or workplace can benefit from a little fun. At Microsoft's Bing search engine, General Manager for Marketing Communications Eric Hadley was tasked as part of Bing's marketing with making that "fun" a reality. At least until last week, when Hadley was canned for having a bit too much of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Local Teriyaki Pioneer is Back at the Grill

    ​Two Seattle chicken icons are now peddling poultry from neighboring locations in Renton. Ezell's Famous Chicken last November opened a store near the city's Civic Theater. A month later, Toshi Kasahara opened a teriyaki joint next door. "We're kind of happy together," Kasahara says. "They s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Seattle Start-Up Releases Food Delivery App

    A Seattle start-up believes its app could revolutionize how eaters make their food delivery decisions, but what customers apparently like most is the company's cute name. "People like the name," says Justin Seeley, founder of Omnom. "That's the number one feedback." Seeley and his two partners - a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Washington Wine Makers Launch Marketing Campaign in India

    ​Many wine drinkers in India, the latest target of the Washington State Wine Commission's marketing efforts, can't find Washington on a map. But spokesman Ryan Pennington says the state's growers aren't daunted by potential fans' weak grasp of geography. "To be honest, that's sometimes the ca ... More >>

  • Film

    April 27, 2011

    Pom Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold: Morgan Spurlock Sells Himself 

    ​Many wine drinkers in India, the latest target of the Washington State Wine Commission's marketing efforts, can't find Washington on a map. But spokesman Ryan Pennington says the state's growers aren't daunted by potential fans' weak grasp of geography. "To be honest, that's sometimes the ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Banyan Branch's New Viral Marketing Video May Cause Brain Damage

    ​The last video that Seattle-based viral marketing company Banyan Branch made, showed which smart phone, between the Windows Phone 7, Android G2 and iPhone 4, could last the longest on a barbecue. Spoiler: the Windows Phone won. The company's newest video, which spoofs both the "Avatar" film a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Camel Launches Seattle-Themed Cigarette Pack, Gov. Gregoire Not Amused

    ​Congrats Seattle smokers! Soon, when you take a pull off that sweet and smooth Camel stogie, you can read the pack and learn how awesome you are for living here (and, if you keep smoking, perhaps dying here too). Tobacco giants R.J. Reynolds just launched a new city-themed ad campaign that de ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2010

    Modern English

    ​Congrats Seattle smokers! Soon, when you take a pull off that sweet and smooth Camel stogie, you can read the pack and learn how awesome you are for living here (and, if you keep smoking, perhaps dying here too). Tobacco giants R.J. Reynolds just launched a new city-themed ad campaign that de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Today in Sex: Ovulating Woman's Outfit Shrieks, "IMPREGNATE MEEEEE!"

    ​Ever notice how that mousy coworker dresses just a little more oom-pow! during certain days of the month? Suddenly your Peggy Olson morphs into a va-va-va-voom Joan Holloway? It may be a case of Makeover Madness, or it could be a subliminal broadcast from her body, telling everyone around her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Did Zappos Really Lose $1.6 Million This Weekend?

    Would a guy (Zappos CEO Tony Hseih) covered in Chucks lie to you?​Online shoe purveyor Zappos says it lost $1.6 million this weekend because of a pricing error. Online gossip purveyor Gawker says the "error" might be part of a viral marketing campaign. Which online purveyor is purveying the tr ... More >>

  • Arts

    April 21, 2010

    The Fussy Eye: Screaming Street Art

    Why is this woman so angry?

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Microsoft Kin: The Best Sexting Phone on the Market

    Microsoft's marketing campaigns may not always make sense. But let no one say it's sending mixed signals about how best to use its new Kin. Want to sell a phone to teens? Sell it with sext.

  • Calendar

    February 24, 2010

    El Perro Del Mar

    Microsoft's marketing campaigns may not always make sense. But let no one say it's sending mixed signals about how best to use its new Kin. Want to sell a phone to teens? Sell it with sext.

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Should City Council Kill Junk Mail?

    In the age of e-mail, this looks even more ridiculous.​Slightly misleading headline. Here's why: Seattle's City Council doesn't have the authority to kill junk mail. But it can pass a resolution urging the state legislature to establish a Do Not Mail Registry, similar to the Do Not Call Regist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Howard Schultz Says Via "Resonating," in a Good Way, Amid Stable 4Q Results

    ​Remember affordable luxury? All those daily lattes at Starbucks back when the economy was booming? Now people hoard their pocket change for the Metro bus ride home from work (assuming they still have a job). But SBUX and its CEO, Howard Schultz, have also been feeling the pain. From the fal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    "Natural" Is So Last Year, "Simple," So Hot Right Now

    ​Our quest for "natural" and "organic" items in the grocery store may be noble, but how much of it is marketing we may never know without some sort of psychological study. USA Today has a great story about how "natural" food labels are out. "Simple" is in now, don't you know, led by products s ... More >>

  • Food

    September 30, 2009

    The Problem With Seattle’s Farmers Markets

    After years of growth, cash receipts are down—and the recession may not be the only culprit.

  • News

    September 23, 2009

    Georgetown’s Serving Up the Ferrari of Espresso Machines

    Finding buyers, however, isn’t as easy as pulling a perfect shot.

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Blogwatch: Eating $7, Tax Revolt, St. Germain Crawl

    Taking the Hunger Challenge: Starting Monday, April 20th, the United Way asks people to participate in an exercise in empathy, asking you to eat $7 per day for five days. Rebekah Denn opines. (via Eat All About It) Junction Rebellion: Full details on the West Seattle junction's "no tax" day next we ... More >>

  • News

    April 15, 2009

    Chew You, Snickers!

    Localizing a candy bar’s excessively East Coast-centric ad campaign.

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Monsoon East: Twittering your boss?

    Accept it, Twitter is bigger than us all, for at least another 12 to 20 months anyway. Last week, a scandal broke with a fake Christopher Walken tweeter, Courtney Love is getting sued for libel in part due to a barrage of slanderous tweets, and opinions roll down the screen at a rate that makes vira ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2008

    Boeing Wins Tanker Protest

    Accept it, Twitter is bigger than us all, for at least another 12 to 20 months anyway. Last week, a scandal broke with a fake Christopher Walken tweeter, Courtney Love is getting sued for libel in part due to a barrage of slanderous tweets, and opinions roll down the screen at a rate that makes vira ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2008

    Your Logo Here: The Moon

    Accept it, Twitter is bigger than us all, for at least another 12 to 20 months anyway. Last week, a scandal broke with a fake Christopher Walken tweeter, Courtney Love is getting sued for libel in part due to a barrage of slanderous tweets, and opinions roll down the screen at a rate that makes vira ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2008

    The Sound of Color

    Accept it, Twitter is bigger than us all, for at least another 12 to 20 months anyway. Last week, a scandal broke with a fake Christopher Walken tweeter, Courtney Love is getting sued for libel in part due to a barrage of slanderous tweets, and opinions roll down the screen at a rate that makes vira ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2008

    Obesity in 3D, Brought to You by WIRED

    Accept it, Twitter is bigger than us all, for at least another 12 to 20 months anyway. Last week, a scandal broke with a fake Christopher Walken tweeter, Courtney Love is getting sued for libel in part due to a barrage of slanderous tweets, and opinions roll down the screen at a rate that makes vira ... More >>

  • News

    November 21, 2007

    Melaleuca Gives the Amway Treatment to “Natural” Products

    An Idaho Republican is moving expensive laundry detergent to neighbors everywhere.

  • Calendar

    October 17, 2007

    Jane Lynch

    The cougar who would devour Steve Carell

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2007

    Fall Books! A Preview

    The cougar who would devour Steve Carell

  • News

    February 14, 2007

    Love Letters

    A seemingly innocuous proposal to cut down on junk mail has the state's rural carriers going postal.

  • Arts

    January 18, 2006

    May the Best Artist Win

    America's mania for competition is transforming the local cultural scene.

  • Food

    August 24, 2005

    The Grapevine

    America's mania for competition is transforming the local cultural scene.

  • Food

    April 6, 2005

    Single Malt Scotch Whiskey Extravaganza

    America's mania for competition is transforming the local cultural scene.

  • News

    August 25, 2004

    The Primary Problem

    In the absence of the blanket primary, experts predict mass confusion and voter anger with September's election.

  • Food

    July 16, 2003

    Food & Beverage News

    In the absence of the blanket primary, experts predict mass confusion and voter anger with September's election.

  • News

    July 9, 2003

    Spam on the Lam

    Why the scourge of the Internet might be unstoppable.

  • News

    August 7, 2002

    Why Morning-After Drugs Are Still a Hard Sell

    Washington state set national precedents with progressive policies offering women "morning-after" pills. Despite grassroots PR—and legislation—many women still don't know of the drugs or how to get them.

  • News

    June 5, 2002

    Eye of the Storm

    Rookie Sue Bird has the looks and skills to be the country's next big female sports star. But can she keep women's basketball in Seattle?

  • Film

    May 22, 2002

    The rainmaker

    Preteen girls swoon for Hollywood mogul.

  • News

    February 6, 2002

    Full retreat

    City Council's retreat creates stink.

  • News

    January 5, 2000

    QUACK IN MY BOX

    How I tracked down, and yelled at, the biggest mail-order peddler of health remedies in the country.

  • News

    June 16, 1999

    Sorry, right number

    'The Seattle Times' wants you, whether you like it or not.

  • News

    April 21, 1999

    AD NAUSEAM?

    The wide-open spaces of the Internet present advertisers with a peculiar mix of opportunity and peril.

  • News

    March 24, 1999

    IPeekaboo

    Is your personal privacy worth the price of a new computer? Most people hold out for a lot less.

  • News

    March 10, 1999

    Cybershift

    The latest trend in e-commerce: real stores.

  • News

    December 9, 1998

    Amazon.come-on

    The latest trend in e-commerce: real stores.

  • Music

    July 1, 1998

    Hi-fi aspirations

    Singer-songwriter Bill Fox's circuitous path to cult status.

  • News

    April 15, 1998

    If you must spam

    Singer-songwriter Bill Fox's circuitous path to cult status.

  • News

    March 18, 1998

    Finding MS-God

    Singer-songwriter Bill Fox's circuitous path to cult status.

  • Food

    February 25, 1998

    Where's Norm?

    Singer-songwriter Bill Fox's circuitous path to cult status.

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