More irony! I know we're not wholly responsible for the content of keyword-based ads that Google and other online advertisers attach to our blog psots. But I enjoyed opening my RSS Reader, clicking on Mr. Woodring's call for scrapping public…
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Rapid City Mayor Alan Hanks takes the same positive tack in his final mailing as his main challenger in today's election, Sam Kooiker. Unlike Kooiker, Hanks has graphic designers who get that positive means positive: Construction downtown, endorsements... ...and there's…
In effective advertising, word and image work together. So when you hear the words positive and forward-looking, what images come to mind? Smiles? Happy family? Steady gaze toward a brilliant West River sunrise? How about... ...a dark room crawling with…
The Watertown Public Opinion tries just a little too hard to denigrate online text. In April, their editorial board exaggerated the problems and downplayed the benefits of moving public notices online. This month, they blast Sarah Palin's self-serving, question-dodging propaganda…
Congresswoman Kristi Noem continues her career of image over substance with her latest phony position in Washington. The Republican-dominated Western Caucus has named her its "communications chairwoman." Rep. Noem will be "coordinating messages of members." What, she gets to take…
And from the Tacky Marketing Department, this unpleasant juxtaposition on the Madison Daily Leader's SD-AP feed: At least it wasn't an ad for a local funeral home....
Brands are like bell-bottoms: they go out of style fast. The University of South Dakota has decided its "U" brand is too generic for pitches outside South Dakota. They're dumping this: ...and applying to trademark this: ...which looks like a…
O.K., peanut gallery, fire away! Here's my new poster for the Madison Central School Board campaign: Your graphic design and policy critiques are welcome, as are your offers to print and share with your neighbors!