Great Advocacy ads

Great Advocacy Ads

Make The Oil Companies Pay

Oil companies are laughing all the way to the bank.

They pay billions to drill in every other oil producing state including Alaska, Oklahoma, and even Texas. But in California they pay almost nothing.

Prop. 87 would make oil companies pay their fair share.

Vote YES on 87 For Clean Energy.

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Gas prices are on the rise again as oil executives count their record profits and payouts.

Yes on California Proposition 87 is your chance to stand up for cleaner energy now.

Visit our new site to learn more, sign up,speak out, and take control of
California's energy future.

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We believe that in today's choice-filled communications, everyone is best served by market-driven competition.

We oppose regulations that deny consumers their right to choose from the growing array of providers available to them.

Send a message to the Senate. Tell them TV freedom of choice matters.

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TV Freedom will bring competition and choice to America.

The House of Representatives acted, now it's time for the Senate to finish the job.

Tell your Senator it's time for competition and choice.

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The end of affordable energy?

Imagine $3 a gallon gasoline as “the good old days.”

That’s what's in store if global warming alarmists deny us affordable energy, based on their dubious claims of climate catastrophe.

To see why, view the videos that the country is talking about…and that enrage Al Gore and his allies.

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Did You Just Pay a Hidden Tax?

It's not listed on your tax form, but you pay it just the same. It's a "lawsuit tax"- to the tune of $886 in 2005 alone!

Increased healthcare services and consumer costs, more expensive visits to your doctor - every American pays for our abuses to our legal system.

Stop frivolous lawsuits!

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TUNE IN THIS SUNDAY!

Tune in Sunday night for
a rare TV experience:
Someone talking straight
about working people in this country.

SEIU President Andy Stern will be on 60 Minutes taking the fight to
"make work pay" directly to America's living rooms.

Watch this Sunday!

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Don't Regulate The Internet!

See The Truth About Net Neutrality. Don't let the Government Regulate the Internet.
Make up your own mind. It's about the future of the Internet!

Though I don't agree with the sentiments, this isn't a bad ad.

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For Moms Who Make a Difference

Do you know a mom who makes the world a better place? Let her know you care with one of our FREE Mother's Day e-cards.

Each card includes a photograph from AFSC's work for peace and justice around the world.

American Friends Service Committee: Quaker Values in Action

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Ever knock on the door of a child molester's house?

Watch as Angela Shelton interviews her father.

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Have you seen this yet?

"Too political" - Viacom

"Too controversial" - NBC

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BUYER BEWARE

Time and again, CEOs put profits before the health and safety of the public.

Now the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is pushing a bogus study. Why let negligent corporations off the hook for putting dangerous and deadly products on the market?

Get the truth behind their latest ploy.

Animation normally deadens, but this is a genius ad. My only quibble is with "get the truth" tagline -- who doesn't want to click this ad?

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See The Ad Banned By Cable

Cable systems in Washington, DC are refusing to run our factual ads that highlight soaring cable prices and call on Congress to allow new entrants to compete.

We had no choice but to short-circuit the mainstream media and take our message directly to the blogs. See the ad that Capitol Hill won’t.

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Will They Remember?

April 9th, 2006 marks the third anniversary of the liberation of Iraq. Families United for our Troops and Their Mission is sending a letter to the media, reminding them of our troops' accomplishments in the War on Terror.

Click here to add your name to our letter.

Strong image.

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Join John Edwards and UNITE HERE...

"Can we still call America the land of opportunity when hotel workers who work full time cannot make ends meet?"

"Hotel Workers Rising give workers the chance to achieve the American Dream."

Join John Edwards and UNITE HERE to help lift hotel workers out of poverty and into the middle class.

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DC OLYMPIC PARTY TONIGHT!!!

> DC Launch Party tonight!!!

A DC Olympic team? With your help, it could happen.

We're curling for democracy.

Because 200 years without a vote in Congress -- is 200 years too long.

> Take action

> Meet Mike "Ice Man" Panetta and the team.

> See us in the Post and Salon

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PETAs Banned Super Bowl Ad

Watch PETAs latest would-be Super Bowl commercial that ABC rejected claiming it falls outside the boundaries of good taste. Meet the girls, see the uncensored footage, and find out what all the fuss is about at MilkGoneWild.com. And show up thirsty!

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Cooking Up Corruption

First Rick Santorum forced lobbyists to hire GOP cronies in return for special access to lawmakers.

Now Rick Santorum, the man behind the evil K Street Project, is in charge of drafting Senate ethics reforms.

End the madness. See the DSCC's revealing new ad.

Paid for by the DSCC, dscc.org.

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It's time for an OIL CHANGE!

Oil Addiction: It’s bad for our economy, our environment, and our national security.
How do we break our addiction?

Join the OIL CHANGE campaign to discuss the issues addressed in Syriana.

Find out what you can do at Participate.net!

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Tax Reform Now!

Want to grow jobs in Philadelphia? Click here to send a text message to city council members to ask for tax reform now!

The "click here to text message" is a coool idea, but I'm underwhelmed by the obscure "tax reform now!" text and over-artful logo stuff bottom left.

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Find out what the big drug companies and President Bush don't want you to know.

A stunning image, rivetting colors, impossible to ignore. (Too bad no links in the text... the clickthru would have smashed out of the ballpark.)

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Take Action on Extraordinary Rendition

Urge these Reps. to cosponsor H.R. 952 and oppose Torture: Corrine
Brown, Lois Capps,
Ed Case, William Lacy Clay, Peter DeFazio, Rahm
Emanuel, Harold Ford,
Eddie Bernice Johnson,
Dale Kildee, Zoe
Lofgren, Nita Lowey,
Carolyn McCarthy, Dennis Moore, Charles Rangel, Linda Sanchez, Tom Udall.

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Fun animation for Prop 79

Watch the
animation, enjoy
and circulate to
friends! Medicine
City is the place
where Pharma
spends $80 million
to snow California
voters, but voters
fight back for
Prop 79. We
need your help
to win! Send
this to friends
so they too will
vote FOR Prop 79
on November 8!

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PomboInTheirPocket.org

Rep. Richard Pombo is in the pocket of special interest developers, big oil, and lobbyists.

He just steamrolled a bill through the House that guts the Endangered Species Act.

Click here to see who Pombo's contributors are.

PomboInTheirPocket.org

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Vote Yes on Prop. 77

"The present method of redistricting is indefensible. It reeks." (LA Times) Politicians rigged redistricting in 2001 and made "elections meaningless, disenfranchised millions of voters and allowed narrow interests and ideological extremists to dictate outcomes." (Sacramento Bee)

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Antonin Scalia:
Confirmed, 98-0

Ruth Bader Ginsburg:
Confirmed, 96-3

Stephen Breyer:
Confirmed, 87-9

Let's make sure that Judge Samuel Alito is given the same treatment and confirmed by the Senate.

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California - Vote Nov 8th

You can make a difference in California this November 8th! Get involved: forward our multi-group voter guide and read our California-focused progressive weblog.

Bold image, lots of links.

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Watch Byrd "Change"

The liberal extremist groups have made Senator Byrd their poster boy. They will do anything to keep him promoting their agenda. We can't let that happen. We need your help to keep "Change" on the air in West Virginia.

Strong image, a quirkly little click triangle, sharp text. A few links wouldn't hurt, but otherwise a strong blogad.

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Help Katrina Evacuees Save Their Pets

Federal authorities are still forcing many Gulf Coast evacuees to choose between bringing vital medicine and their dog.

What You Can Do:

Read the Latest News From the Gulf Coast.

Demand That Officials Allow Animals to Be Evacuated.

Donate to PETA's Animal Emergency Fund.

Strong image, hook with current events AND independent links to separate actions.

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No matter who you are
or where you are on
life's journey, you are
welcome at the
United Church of Christ.

Sadly, NBC & CBS
choose not to air
our ad of
inclusiveness.

View The Ad

Take Action

Blog

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Rx from Canada?

“We should not open our borders to threats to our medicine supply…” Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani

“What is really reprehensible is…depressing the development of future life-saving drug, through price controls.” – powerlineblog.com

It’s not as simple as you think.

PhRMA uses a seedy image to make the pitch that imported drugs are dangerous. The real punch comes when the ad links to supporting arguments previously made Rudy Giuliani and Powerlineblog, which effectively turns this ad into a blog post.

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8 out of 10 Americans say we are not doing enough to stop the suffering in Darfur.

To learn how you can help, click on the image above.

Simple message, not too much text in the image.

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You Be The Judge...

These men are describing an Amnesty International report outlining the Bush Administration’s role in condoning torture.

The words they are using more accurately describe the conditions in places like Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo.

Please tell the Bush Administration that you find torture reprehensible.

Animated ads can be counter-productive, but this ad tells a coherent story.

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Preserve The Ten Commandments

We can't elect the Supreme Court, but we can
vote $$ and show support for the original Top Ten.

Show the ACLU that the Ten is For US!

Know It,
Show It,
Live It!

Not all graphics have to be 150X200! And not all paragraphs need to be 20 words long.

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The Hypocrisy of "Buy American"

Wal-Mart says "The Buy American program is both a commitment and a partnership." The facts tell a very different story.

Parallelling full page ads run in the New York Times and USA Today, these blogads appeared on blogs across a spectrum of topics and political affiliations. Call it "ambush advertising."

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Vote for the "Sexiest Vegetarian Alive"!

The Vote Is on—Pick the Hottest Male and Female Vegetarians! PETA has expanded its annual "sexiest vegetarian celebrity" contest to include the vegetarian girl or boy next door, nominated by friends and family members. The winners will be announced on March 15, so vote today!

Great, eye-grabbing image. A little playful bold or italics would have been a nice booster.

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BLOGGER CONFERENCE CALL

Chuck Pennacchio recently took part in a conference call with 10 PA Bloggers:

Chuck Intro.mp3

Chuck's First Bill.mp3

Net/Grassroots Outreach.mp3

Choice.mp3

Tell Us About Your Blog

Another cutting edge ad. It doesn't ask for an action or a "buy." It provides content, information, newsy stuff people actually might enjoy using. Rather than trying to megaphone its message over the community, this advertiser is engaging the blogosphere and using blogads to facilitate that communication. Coming on the tale of the recent Murakami, it feels like advertisers are making a real breakthrough in their understanding of the medium's huge potential. HC: 02/29/05

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Stolen Honor

Get your copy of "Stolen Honor" and find out why John Kerry is afraid you and millions of Americans will see it

Click Here Now.

Strong image, simple text.

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BAGnewsNotes

The Results Are In

BAGnewsNotes:
Where The Left Wing Can Get Pretty Graphic

(Including the
BAGnews cartoon)

Strong image, blog-like text.

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Monster Slash

Click Here For The REAL Halloween Fright!

Jib-jab graphics, wackiness -- what more you want?

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Chandler for Congress

Ben Chandler wins 55-43, taking 14 of 16 counties. For the first time since 1991, a Democrat has taken a seat previously held by a Republican in a special election. You helped make history!

This is the final creative for the first big political blogad -- the $2000 Chandler ad that sparked $80,000 in donations.

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