My first deed as Old Spice Director of Marketing is to tell the world that I am Old Spice’s Director of Marketing. Done. Now I will make Old Spice wildly, wildly successful among humans. Also, what is a Tumblr? Is he powerful?
Meet Old Spice director of marketing Mr. Wolfdog, who was enlisted to promote its new Wild collection - something he knows a lot about. If he could only stop eating his colleagues…
The tech world is always on the lookout for the next big innovative idea, and what’s more innovative than a pet-friendly hackathon dedicated to technology that helps our pets? Mashable is cohosting a “Tails and Rails” hackathon to develop “programs and apps that help people better understand their pet’s wants and needs.” What could be better? More here!
Affenpinscher Banana Joe (best name ever!) became the first of its breed to win Best in Show at the Tuesday night. Banana Joe, with more than 80 best-in-show wins under his belt, beat out fan favorite Old English sheepdog Swagger. “He was presented in immaculate manner,” said judge Michael Dougherty. “He was on the minute he walked in.”
Scotland has a new tourism campaign, and their names are Fivia and Vitamin. The adorably squat, shaggy Shetland ponies are outfitted in Scotland’s classic knitwear. Shetland ponies wearing Shetland winter woolies? Scotland, here we come.
An adorable way to promote tourism.
BuzzFeed said Thursday it has raised nearly $20 million in new financing from investors. With the capital, BuzzFeed will hire more employees, strengthen its mobile presence, and, undoubtedly, publish more cat photos.
Above: BuzzFeed named Grumpy Cat one of the 30 most important cats of 2012.
Stressed over Europe’s debt crisis? Wondering about recent events in North Korea or Egypt? Allow the cats from the International Relations as Depicted by Cats blog to illustrate your feelings.
(via Mashable)
As PRWeek managing editor Gideon Fidelzeid learned when shopping for supplies for his new Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, a positive in-store experience can be a brand’s best friend. Read more about Gideon’s pet shopping trip here.
Plus, we’ll take any excuse to post a photo of Simon. As you can see, he’s already a die-hard Giants fan.
Television star and author Rachael Ray launched a doggie food truck today to promote her new line of pet food. The truck made a stop at Columbus Circle in New York City to serve free samples of Ray’s new line of natural wet food for dogs called Nutrish Naturally Delish.
Ray and Nutrish are partnering with Best Friends Animal Society, which operates the nation’s largest no-kill sanctuary for abused and neglected animals, along with two of its local rescue partners Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons and Husky House. Best Friends Animal Society also offered on-site adoptions of homeless pups. A portion of the proceeds from sales of Nutrish goes to support shelters and animal support organizations.
The three-day food truck tour of New York continues tomorrow at Union Square.
A new study suggest looking at pictures of cute things (puppies, for example) may improve concentration. The study’s authors think incorporating cute imagery into our everyday professional routines could make people more careful and deliberate in their work.
As if we needed another reason to post cute animal pictures.
