May 2007

So the other day I went to check out the WestWayne website only to find the above. I almost closed the window but *thankfully* read it in time to find that this was not the typical “Site not found” but rather a clever swap-out. Turns out they did the SEO on it too, do a search for WestWayne in Google and you’ll find the basic message they’re trying to get across. Site-redesign? Clever marketing ploy? Back-up webserver down + quick fix? Who knows? (Hey WestWayne Friends - feel free to email me with the answer) Either way I’m still curious if this led to any new business leads.

6/12/07 UPDATE: After emailing West Wayne, all I’ve received is a response informing me that Jane Matthews will be out of the office from 5/25-6/04….and that was a week ago. I guess the flood of new business inquiries must have slammed her Inbox! Who would have thought?

Here’s a new one for Absolut Vodka. Done by TBWA/Chiat/Day New York, it shows us what life would be like if you lived in an Absolut World. There might still be civil unrest/protests in the streets, but to me, it seems as if that’s a good thing in this case. You’ll have to watch it to see what I mean but without a doubt my favorite part is the airplanes coming in to drop in reinforcements on the troops. The other piece in the series is a 15-second spot named Swim. You can view that one here.

Both pieces were directed by Fredrik Bond(MJZ was the production company with The Mill doing all the VFX)

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-Brent