Denver Advertising Agencies & Colorado Marketing Jobs from the Denver Egotist

Wednesday Morning Poll #23

The Broncos failed to make the playoffs this year. Blog rumors say Broncos’ owner Pat Bowlen asked coach Mike Shanahan to step down from the GM position to just be the coach of the team. Shanahan said no. Bowlen asked him to fire his defensive coordinator. Shanahan said no. Bowlen’s final choice was to fire Shanahan. So he did.

What do you think of this decision and what will it mean for the team moving forward?

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Movie Review: The Day The Earth Stood Still

With all this cold weather, we’ve been stuck inside like a sad puppy from the Dumb Friends League…but somehow we managed to put our mittens on and venture outside for a viewing of The Day The Earth Stood Still. After sitting through this thing, we kind of think the puppy might have been one up on us.

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15 days ago / Comment [7] / Link

Vote On Our 2008 Holiday Card

Thanks to everyone who submitted a holiday card in our reader design contest this year. We’ve made our five selections (we’re feeling generous). Please be selective in your voting for the winner. The final card will be sent to the entirety of our contacts list, multiples of thousands of people within the creative industry – and we’ll give the creator credit for it. Commence voting (it closes Friday night)!

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18 days ago / Comment [119] / Link

The Story of the Year

From Guest Editor, Jeremy Greenfield

So much has happened in 2008 that it’s difficult for this esteemed journalist to choose the 2008 Story of the Year. So let’s narrow it down to the 2008 Marketing SOTY. In 2008’s case, they might be the same thing: Barack Obama. Yes, even in a year with war, famine, natural disasters, the Whopper Freakout, terror attacks, what will be known as the beginning of a great worldwide depression, the election of an African American as President of the United States ranks not only as the biggest marketing story of the year but also as the biggest story of the year, period.

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19 days ago / Comment [2] / Link

The Collective Ego #1: Interning

Out of the gate for our revitalized advice column we received this question:

“Are the rumors true about crazy, 80 hour weeks for interns at Crispin? If they are, is it worth it? Is it true that working for a big shop first is better than, say, getting an internship at a small shop? Is it true that it’s much harder to go from a small shop to a large one? Did I hear correctly that Crispin is paying their interns now?”

Thanks, CU Ad school student

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19 days ago / Comment [5] / Link

2nd Annual Agency of the Year Poll

Considering the spirited response to last year’s Agency of the Year Poll, we’re doing it again. After all, what would the holidays be without one more opportunity to spew vitriol and belittle the work that people have poured their black-hearted souls into?

Maybe this year we can elevate the discussion a bit. We’re not suggesting that we tone down the debate, but perhaps we could not let our feelings get hurt (at least those of us who still have feelings) or attack people personally. Or maybe not. We’ll see.

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20 days ago / Comment [34] / Link

The Rant: What’s Easier to Put Down Than It is to Lift Up?

Volume 18 In a Series By Felix

There are plenty of correct answers to that question. But when applied to this gritty world we call advertising, the first thing that comes to mind (for me anyway) is the work. It is way easier to put down ideas than to praise them.

There are several schools of thought on how to respond to creative work. I’m taken back to my first client presentation in my first agency. Big city, big client (the agency’s bread and butter, don’t fuck this one up), and a big campaign with big money behind it. Basically, everything was big…apart from my confidence.

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24 days ago / Comment [5] / Link

Movie Review: JCVD

Jean Claude Van Damme. The name alone sparks all kinds of reactions. Bad acting. Bad scripts. Just plain bad all the way around. But, he still has a loyal fan base. Must be all the butt kickin’. We were lucky enough to catch a screening of the upcoming JCVD. The film has been traveling Film Festivals and creating all kinds of buzz from critics. Sometimes buzz doesn’t live up to all the hype…but in this case, it certainly does.

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25 days ago / Comment [2] / Link

CP+B Break Cherries on Whopper Virgins, Nation is Grossed Out

From Guest Editor, Jeremy Greenfield

Negative reaction across the web in response to Burger King’s latest campaign— Whopper Virgins — from Crispin Porter + Bogusky is rampant. The Daily Green calls it offensive. Adfreak calls it depressing and icky. The slightly more erudite Boston Globe accuses the campaign of colonialism and hegemony. Perhaps all valid reasons to hate this new (read: old) concept from BK and CP+B. But all wrong. So, what’s the real reason?

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26 days ago / Comment [28] / Link

The Collective Ego

A few weeks ago we received an email from a young creative who was about to interview for her dream job at a local agency. She solicited advice from The Egotist, and of course being the over-intelligent fobs that we are, we barraged her back with more incoherent wisdom than she could ever process.

Which led us to think: how about an advice column in The Egotist? Not just your normal, everyday advice column (e.g., how do I get rid of herpes), but a very special advice column for all us special liars?

So, here it is: we call it The Collective Ego

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29 days ago / Comment [2] / Link

Skills Like This

This may be the first and last time we’re ever able to talk about a Denver director and producer making a feature film worth seeing. And not just worth seeing, but one that was the SXSW Audience Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature and premiered at the 61st Annual Edinburgh International Film Festival in Scotland a few weeks ago. Serious, serious props to Director Monty Miranda and Producer Donna Dewey for their hard work on the film Skills Like This – shot on location right here in Denver.

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