advertising

Sometimes creative advertising masterminds do their jobs so well, Americans can't stop thinking about their creative genius.

What is it about these magnificent creatures that make us want to buy stuff? They sell everything from chicken wings to eyeglasses to candy.

Advertising is everywhere we turn. What we don't always realize is that certain commercials stick in our memories for a lifetime. Take a look at this collection of local and national TV commercials that aired on KATC in 1983. Do you remember any of these?

Why will this lumberjack and those like him be getting the month of March off? The reason is a very good one.

What ever could a sweet looking 86-year-old man do that would change the world and the way you and I watch sports on television? Does the phrase " pants on the ground" mean anything to you?

The advertisements will appear as one-page inserts in the Sunday, July 19 editions of the Daily Advertiser and the Acadiana Advocate.

Cajuns would see a problem and build a solution.

They do very well in their conference and they do well, I think in part to their approach to branding.

They really use Instagram to tap into their audience.

They do a great job of telling you about the features that they share in very funny way.

Councilwoman Ronnie Edwards said the unattractive benches devalue the community and that she would like to see a moratorium on awarding additional bus bench contracts until standards are put in place.

Apple ranks at the top of the list of most seductive retailers, with its stores accounting for more sales per square foot ($6,050) than any other retailer in the nation. By a lot.

The Better Business Bureau says a company operating local with three different names of changing advertising.

So what were your favorite and least favorite ads from the big game this year?  We'll spend some time talking about it both on the air this afternoon and on Facebook.  Tell us what you think...

We all watch the Super Bowl and many of us do so for the ads...

In this edition of "Brand Buzz," KPEL's Jeremy Lawrence and Jaci Russo discuss how businesses should budget where they spend their advertising dollars.  

The children and young teens are the folks being targeted by soft drink companies, and the amount of advertising targeting our kids has doubled since 2007. So, we are going to have to get tougher.

A firm paid by a number of businesses to do some advertising for them apparently failed to deliver.