• marketing,  Print

    Ramadan is Upon Us

    About a week before the Start of Ramadan, I  received this cool looking postcard in the mail from Life, a global humanitarian relief and development organization, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan. I wanted to post this quickly since it’s the first day of blessed month. I must say, I’m wondering how I was selected to receive this postcard, I’ve never interacted with this particular nonprofit. Can someone out there in the inter webs let me know what kind of marketing list my name is on that I  was able to receive the card? Let me know down in the comments. I’m appreciative of the card I would just like to know…

  • Advertising,  agencies,  Creative

    Etisalat Commercial Looks Like an MTV Video

    My wonderful wife turned me on to this ad for Etisalat. Etisalat is a multinational Emirati based telecommunications services provider, currently operating in 15 countries across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. I wanted to discuss the ad here on Inside That Ad because I believe it’s my first time seeing an ad that I confused with a music video. You don’t find out that it is actually advertising a product until the end of the commercial. All the scenes are not in any sort of sequence, there is a slogan and everyone in the commercial is dancing in some fashion. Commercial Description The commercial also features a fight scene…