According to CBS, in 2010 a 30-second Super Bowl ad spot cost $2.5-$3.0 million. To those of us whose sales are far lower, this seems wildly excessive. Why would companies continue to set aside mega-budgets for their commercials to be seen on Super Sunday? There is much exposure on game day, of course. But is [...]

Besides the game itself and the commercials, another big attraction surrounding the Super Bowl are the musical performances. Each year, big names perform during half time shows. (On an irrelevant note, The Who are the entertainment for XLIV. Has anyone else noticed the network “playing it safe” with old-school acts since the Janet Jackson fiasco [...]

It is no coincidence that each year’s Super Bowl location is awarded years before anyone knows which teams will be playing. The influx of vacationers and fans is a windfall to the city. The tourism, restaurant, souvenir, and entertainment industries (to name a few) all benefit. Your small business (or any other size, for that [...]

Just received notice that once again you will be able to vote for your favorite Super Bowl commercials online. CBS will be airing their 2009 installment of “Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials” on January 31st, 8:00 pm Eastern time (Day before Super Bowl XLIII) and winners will be determined by us. This year’s top 10 of [...]

After five years of progressively more offensive Super Bowl advertising, yesterday was the last straw. I’ve switched 36 domain names from GoDaddy to NameCheap.com. Revisiting the domain registrar list, I was pleased to find that it had exploded since I last researched. Not really into checking out all of GoDaddy’s 952 competitors, I looked into [...]

Call me crazy, but I have this thing for figuring out marketing and advertising lessons stemming from the hoop-la surrounding the Super Bowl each year (Much of it is focused on how small businesses can apply similar methods). Here it is 2009 and I have at least one “lessons” article nearly every year since 2002 [...]