The Advertising Graveyard
- Gallery of controversial advertisements which clients declined to run.
- http://www.zeldman.com/adgraveyard/

Propagandium.com
- a 'love-hate' perspective on the past, present and possible future of advertising [Requires Flash].
- http://www.propagandium.com/

Brand personality
- A relationship with a brand can be like a relationship with another person.
- http://haas.berkeley.edu/~market/PAPERS/AAKER/BOOKS/BUILDING/brand_personality.html

The power of hype
- Forbes magazine on new avenues for creating hype to serve brand marketing. Focuses on Bebe clothing.
- http://www.forbes.com/forbes/99/1101/6411228a.htm

Semiotic Solutions - Cultural Creativity - Home
- "Semiotic Solutions has pioneered the adaptation of cultural theory to the spheres of marketing and advertising in the UK."
- http://www.semioticsolutions.com/

Give your brand in marriage
- For a brand sell to be effective long-term, the advertising needs to create an emotional involvement between the consumer and the brand. Exponent, Jacque Chevron, describes brand loyalty as a form of marriage.
- http://www.jrcanda.com/art_brandmarriage.html