North Woods Advertising - Action Figure - Jesse Ventura for Governor (MN) NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | Action Figure became an instant advertising classic and the most important commercial of the 1998 Ventura for Governor campaign-- what many observers consider to be the biggest upset in U.S. political history. After the commercial aired there was a flood of calls to TV stations and toy stores from parents looking for the nonexistent Ventura action figure toy, and the ad influenced commercial marketing, including a famous Federal Express ad. After his election, Ventura formed a charitable organization to manufacture the action figures and other merchandise, donating all of the proceeds from sales to Minnesota-based charities.
North Woods Advertising Just Vote No - Minnesotans For Equality Radio Ad :60 NorthWoodsAds 2012-11-29 | New Project 3
North Woods Advertising - Send a Nurse NorthWoodsAds 2012-03-06 | Send a Nurse earned North Woods a Pollie Award in 2011 for the following category: "Television: Public Affairs/Best Use of Personality/Celebrity" Over 11,000 registered nurses have answered the call to Haiti...now we need your help. James Gandolfini narrates this television spot asking you to donate now to send a nurse to Haiti to provide care for the thousands still suffering. All donations will go directly to the cost of medical supplies and travel costs to send nurses to Haiti. Send a Nurse to Haiti is part of the RNRN Response Network of the National Nurses United. Please give generously, and thank you for your support! "I'm asking you to join me in helping the victims of Haiti's earthquake. National Nurses United and the California Nurses Foundation have 12,000 nurses who are ready to go to Haiti. They need your help to get there ... Every dollar goes directly to nurses travel costs and medical supplies. Our nurses will be there long after the cameras are gone. Please go to SendANurse.org now to make your donation." -- James Gandolfini
North Woods Advertising - Guardian Angels NorthWoodsAds 2012-03-06 | North Woods Advertising created this as a series of television and web ads for California Nurses Association (National Nurses United) to bring awareness to supporting safe nurse staffing levels.
A Nightmare On Wall Street NorthWoodsAds 2012-01-04 | Last year, North Woods helped give voice to the 99% by building ProtestInTheUSA.org. Now we are helping people across America call for a meaningful financial transaction tax on Wall Street. It's a necessary—but not sufficient—first step towards addressing the concerns of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Want to know how the 99% will be heard in 2012? Follow North Woods Advertising
North Woods Advertising - Think Independent Web Version - Chris Daggett for Governor/NJ NorthWoodsAds 2011-08-28 | North Woods Advertising's :50 web version of Chris Daggett's "Think Independent" ad from the 2009 New Jersey Governor's Race. Winner of a 2010 Pollie Award in the Statewide Online Video category.
North Woods Advertising - Fake Debate - Chris Daggett for Governor/NJ NorthWoodsAds 2011-08-28 | North Woods Advertising's 2009 web video "Fake Debate" for the Chris Daggett for New Jersey Governor Campaign
North Woods Advertising - Future Is Bright - Larry Phillips for King County Executive NorthWoodsAds 2011-08-28 | North Woods Advertising's "Future Is Bright" ad for Phillips for King County Executive
North Woods Advertising - Patriot - Ned Lamont for Senate/CT NorthWoodsAds 2011-08-28 | North Woods Advertising's "Patriot" ad for Ned Lamont for Senate (2006)
North Woods Advertising - Monica - Fenty for Mayor 2010 NorthWoodsAds 2010-10-12 | This ad is one in a series of six :15 second testimonials describing Adrian Fenty's accomplishments aiding DC residents during his first term as mayor.
North Woods Advertising - Results :60 - Fenty for Mayor 2010 NorthWoodsAds 2010-10-11 | North Woods Advertising's 60 second spot "Results," features Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty making his personal case for re-election in 2010.
North Woods Advertising - Alan Grayson Saved Our Homes - Grayson for Congress 2010 NorthWoodsAds 2010-10-11 | North Woods Advertising's third advertisment for Alan Grayson's 2010 re-election campaign. The ad highlights Grayson's successful work to protect Orlando residents from foreclosures with his mandatory mediation program.
North Woods Advertising - Alan Grayson Saved Our School - Grayson for Congress 2010 NorthWoodsAds 2010-10-11 | This is the second ad North Woods did for Alan Grayson's 2010 re-election campaign. It highlights Alan's devotion to saving Orlando area schools.
North Woods Advertising - Briefcase II - Grayson for Congress 2010 NorthWoodsAds 2010-10-11 | The first ad North Woods Advertising created for Alan Grayson's 2010 re-election campaign. The ad creatively builds on our incredibly popular 2006 Grayson ad "Case Closed." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k1hf_1v4Do
North Woods Advertising - Underwater - Charlie Wheelan for US Congress NorthWoodsAds 2010-07-20 | North Woods Advertising's first ad for Charlie Wheelan, candidate for of Illinois' 5th District of the U.S. House of Representatives special election of 2009. This ad won 1st place in the 2010 TV/Candidate Special Election category of the Pollie Awards.
North Woods Advertising - Bill of Rights - Parents In Charge NorthWoodsAds 2010-06-30 | North Woods Advertising created this advertisement for Parents In Charge to advocate for positive change in our country's Public Education System
North Woods Advertising - Broken - Parents In Charge NorthWoodsAds 2010-06-30 | North Woods Advertising created this advertisement for Parents In Charge, who wished to portray problems with our Public Education System in a creative way.
North Woods Advertising - Elephant in the Room - Scott Heidepriem for Governor (SD) NorthWoodsAds 2010-05-12 | North Woods Advertising created "Elephant in the Room" for Scott Heidepriem, Independent Democrat for Governor of South Dakota in 2010.
North Woods Advertising - Aggressive - MN Dept of Public Safety NorthWoodsAds 2010-04-19 | 1 of 3 spots North Woods Advertising created for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety
North Woods Advertising - Dont Spend - Chris Daggett for Governor (NJ) NorthWoodsAds 2010-01-11 | North Woods Advertising's third TV ad for 2009 Independent Candidate for New Jersey Governor Chris Daggett. Daggett received 5.8% of the vote, and did quite well considering he spent almost 16 times less than Corzine ($25.3 M), and roughly 7 times less than Christie ($11.9 M).
North Woods Advertising - You Have The Power - Chris Daggett for Governor (NJ) NorthWoodsAds 2010-01-11 | North Woods Advertising's 2nd TV ad made for 2009 independent candidate for Governor of New Jersey Chris Daggett.
North Woods Advertising - Think Independent - Chris Daggett for Governor (NJ) NorthWoodsAds 2009-09-09 | North Woods Advertising's first TV ad for independent candidate for Governor of New Jersey Chris Daggett, released on Monday, Sept. 7th 2009. The ad won a 2010 Pollie Award for the TV/Candidate: Ind/Third Party category.
North Woods Advertising - Under Attack - Paul Wellstone for U.S. Senate (MN) NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | "Under Attack" was part of the 1996 Wellstone for U.S. Senate reelection campaign. National Republicans had pronounced that Wellstone would be their #1 target for defeat, and this ad was designed to "inoculate" Paul against the ridiculous attacks that were coming. North Woods' media work was instrumental in helping Wellstone to a decisive victory.
North Woods Advertising - Newspapers - Paul Wellstone for U.S. Senate (MN) NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | "Newspapers" was an endorsement commercial done for the 1990 Wellstone for U.S. Senate campaign, one of the biggest upsets in political history. North Woods Advertising won the Grand Effie for this campaign, the most prestigious award given for advertising effectiveness, making the Wellstone for U.S. Senate the first ever political advertising campaign to win. Wellstone prevailed despite being outspent $7 million to $1 million, and the ads North Woods prepared for the campaign are roundly regarded for revolutionizing political advertising.
North Woods Advertising - Faster Paced Paul - Paul Wellstone for U.S. Senate (MN) NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | "Faster Paced Paul" was part of the 1996 Wellstone for U.S. Senate campaign. The ad was an updated reprisal of Wellstone's first 1990 commercial, "Fast Paced Paul," which helped create Wellstone's persona as a unique political figure and was one of the best-liked political commercials of all time.
North Woods Advertising - Looking for Rudy - Paul Wellstone for U.S. Senate (MN) NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | "Looking for Rudy" was a key ad in the 1990 Wellstone for Senate campaign. The 2 minute ad was revolutionary in its scope and tone, more a mini-documentary than commercial, depicting Wellstone's real attempts to get in touch with his incumbent opponent. Despite the fact the campaign could only afford to air the ad once, it turned into a major news story in its own right, receiving heavy coverage in TV news programs and newspapers around the state. Readers of the political trade magazine "Campaigns and Elections" voted "Looking for Rudy" the best political ad of all time, with Tony Schwarz's famous "Daisy" ad for Lyndon Johnson (which also aired only once) second and Hal Riney's classic "Morning In America" ad for Ronald Reagan third.
North Woods Advertising - Fast Paced Paul - Paul Wellstone for U.S. Senate (MN) NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | "Fast Paced Paul" was the first ad aired for the 1990 Wellstone for Senate campaign and unlike any political ad most viewers had ever seen. Airing just days before a Democratic primary that Wellstone was in danger of losing, it was a huge hit with the public and the news media, raising Wellstone's visibility and name ID virtually overnight. The ad was instrumental in setting the agenda of the campaign, and positioning Wellstone's opponent as a rich candidate trying to buy the election. Wellstone won despite being outspent $7 million to $1 million.
North Woods Advertising - Body Armor - Vote Vets NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | "If you aren't familiar with VoteVets, they were responsible for this justifiably famous "body armor" ad in 2006, which I think is one of the best political ads of all time." - David Nir, Daily Kos Elections
North Woods Advertising - Jesse The Mind - Jesse Ventura for Governor (MN) NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | "Jesse The Mind" was closing ad for the 1998 Ventura for Governor campaign, and provided his ultimate margin of victory in what many observers call the biggest upset in U.S. political history. The ad played off of Ventura's wrestling stage name Jesse "The Body" Ventura while depicting him in Rodins famous "Thinker" pose, imparting important information over the final weekend of the campaign to voters still undecided. Outspent a combined $13 million to $400,000, Ventura's campaign won a national EFFIE award for advertising effectiveness, as well as a variety of awards for creative advertising. The ad was so instrumental to Ventura's victory that he included the "Thinker" image in his official gubernatorial portrait, which then hung in Minnesota's State Capitol.
North Woods Advertising - Surgeon (Web) - Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | This ad is part of a series of web and TV spots that North Woods Advertising for the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut to promote their 2008 HealthCare4Every1.org campaign. Several of the ads from the successful campaign were 2009 Pollie Award winners.
North Woods Advertising - Patient (Web) - Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | This ad is part of a series of Web and TV spots that North Woods Advertising created for the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut to promote their 2008 HealthCare4Every1.org campaign. Several of the ads from the successful campaign were 2009 Pollie Award winners.
North Woods Advertising - Police Tape - Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | This ad is part of a series of web and TV spots that North Woods Advertising for the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut to promote their 2008 HealthCare4Every1.org campaign. Several of the ads from the successful campaign were 2009 Pollie Award winners.
North Woods Advertising - Blood Pressure - Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | This ad is part of a series of web and TV spots that North Woods Advertising for the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut to promote their 2008 HealthCare4Every1.org campaign. Several of the ads from the successful campaign were 2009 Pollie Award winners.
North Woods Advertising - Accountability - Jim Slattery for U.S. Senate (KS) NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | North Woods Advertising's 2008 "Accountability" spot for Jim Slattery for U.S. Senate.
North Woods Advertising - No Deals - Jim Slattery for U.S. Senate (KS) NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | North Woods Advertising's 2008 "No Deals" spot for Jim Slattery for U.S. Senate.
North Woods Advertising - Planes, Trains and Horses - Jim Slattery for U.S. Senate (KS) NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | North Woods Advertising's 2008 "Planes, Trains, and Horses" spot for Jim Slattery for U.S. Senate.
North Woods Advertising - Cheap Shot - Coloradans for Plain Talk NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | North Woods Advertising humorously portrayed Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave as "The Lady In Pink" in a series of 2004 spots for Coloradans for Plain Talk.
North Woods Advertising - Money Grab - Jack Ryan for U.S. Senate NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | North Woods Advertising created a series of 2004 ads for Illinois U.S. Senate GOP Primary candidate Jack Ryan. On March 16, 2004, Ryan won the GOP primary with 36 percent to 23 percent against Jim Oberweis who came in second.
North Woods Advertising - Money for Nothing - Jack Ryan for U.S. Senate NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | North Woods Advertising created a series of 2004 ads for Illinois U.S. Senate GOP Primary candidate Jack Ryan. On March 16, 2004, Ryan won the GOP primary with 36 percent to 23 percent against Jim Oberweis who came in second.
North Woods Advertising - Not There - Operation Truth NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | North Woods Advertising created this compelling spot telling the story of Iraq War veteran Robert Acosta for Operation Truth.
North Woods Advertising - Priceless Truth - Nader 2000 NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | North Woods Advertising created "Priceless Truth" in 2000 for Ralph Nader for President, playing off of the classic Mastercard "Priceless" advertising campaign in a humorous and memorable fashion.
North Woods Advertising - Grow Up - Nader 2000 NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | In this 30-second television spot created by North Woods for Ralph Nader's 2000 Presidential campaign, different children sarcastically relate what they hope will be their future when they grow up and are old enough to vote. The spot is a parody of a popular television advertising campaign that was first seen on the Super Bowl two years prior.
North Woods Advertising - Tub - Minnesotans for Nuclear Responsibility NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | North Woods Advertising created this memorable spot for Minnesotans for Nuclear Responsibility who opposed NSP's plan to store solid waste at the Prarie Island Nuclear Plant in Red Wing, MN.
North Woods Advertising - They Cant Vote - Independent Voters of America NorthWoodsAds 2009-07-13 | ...
