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Shakespeare Art Project:

What's a sucessful logo? Why is an advertisement good or bad? What makes a slogan good?

Before you get started, read some of the articles below, so you can make a great Shakespearean logo and slogan.

Magazines & Newspapers
Web Sites
Document is currently markedHow Effective Is This Ad, In Real Numbers? Beats Me. (Business/Financial Desk)(MEDIA: ADVERTISING)(2005 Marketing Accountability Forum) The New York Times, July 20, 2005 pC8(L)
Document is currently markedThe art of promoting products, oh so subtly, through interactive and entertaining Web sites. (Business/Financial Desk)(THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING) The New York Times, Dec 22, 2004 pC2(L) col 01 (15 col in)
Document is currently markedTourism: Do Slogans Sell? (city and state slogans, United States)(Brief Article) Newsweek, August 30, 2004 p9
Document is currently markedNation Of Sloganeers. (Notebook)(Brief Article) Time, Oct 13, 2003 v162 i15 p24
Document is currently markedSigns, signs everywhere signs: I guess most people who wear clothes with the labels on the outside are making a fashion statement. Myself, I'm nobody's walking billboard. Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada), March 26, 2001 pNA
Document is currently markedOne tin slogan. (United States Army advertising)(Brief Article) U.S. News & World Report, Jan 22, 2001 v130 i3 p13
Document is currently markedAdman's best friend: advertising images change constantly, depending on what's trendy. But one symbol you can always rely on is a dog. Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada),August 10, 2000 pNA
Document is currently markedAdvertising Strategy. Encyclopedia of Small Business. Eds. Kevin Hillstrom and Laurie Collier Hillstrom. Vol. 1. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2002. p26-29. 2 vols.

Document is currently marked The Vocabulary of Advertising
Document is currently markedHistory - The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 presents over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States.
Document is currently markedLogo Warm Up
Document is currently markedExplore a World of Symbols - Symbols.com contains more than 1,600 articles about 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics.

Document is currently markedQuestions for Analyzing Ads

Document is currently markedGlossary of Commonly Used Techniques
Document is currently markedCommon Advertising Strategies
Document is currently markedBranding of America - well known brands from the Library of Congress
Document is currently markedAdvertising Slogan Hall of Fame
Document is currently markedCreate a Logo On-line

 

 

 

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