Hot Tomali has received 2 national honours at the Advertising and Design Club of Canada’s 2011 Directions Awards. The event was held at the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Koemer Hall in Toronto, Ontario on November 3. Canada’s longest running advertising awards show, ADCC’s awards began in 1949 and have been going strong ever since. The [...]
Author Archives: Thomas Stringham
2011.09.27 – 4:34 pm
Ed Norton’s Campaign for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust
Hot Tomali is proud to announce our support for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust (MWCT). This charity was formed by Academy Award-nominated actor Edward Norton, as part of a group fundraising effort in collaboration with the New York Marathon. Last year 30 runners, including Edward Norton, ran the New York Marathon to raise money for [...]
2011.09.21 – 12:00 pm
Seicoat’s Peel-Away Decals Win at Applied Arts
Our peel-away graffiti for Seicoat won an award for Advertising/Non-Traditional advertising in Applied Arts Magazine. With over two decades of awards experience, the Applied Arts Awards are one of the industry’s most prestigious national recognitions for the Canadian advertising and design community. View Seicoat Work Share and Enjoy:
2010.07.31 – 12:31 pm
Social Media Aggregators and the Death of Journalistic Integrity
In my last blog post we saw that there were conflicting reports circling the Internet about the results (or supposed lack thereof) for the Old Spice Man campaign. This seemed impossible given the buzz that the campaign was generating, and sure enough time and research revealed that the campaign actually generated a dramatic spike in [...]
2010.07.26 – 3:19 am
Old Spice Man ROI Will Be Measured For Years to Come
I am not normally one to defend someone else’s work, particularly when it’s getting rave reviews in most circles. Yet some recent unfounded criticism that caught my eye warrants further discussion. When I saw the campaign in question, my first reaction was more along the lines of “I wish I had done that” as opposed [...]
2010.07.15 – 5:35 am
The 2010 Ride to Conquer Cancer
On June 19 and 20, 2010 I embarked on my second Ride to Conquer Cancer. This year I was lucky to share this experience with my client Jeff Hornell of Sonray Sales and his girlfriend, Kimberly. This epic 255 km bike trek from Vancouver to Seattle takes place to raise money for BC Cancer Foundation. [...]
2010.06.28 – 2:14 pm
Lights, Camera, Freeze
How clever are we? Well we replaced the word action with the word freeze to get you to read this body copy in an effort to sell you on the benefits of our FREEZE THE MOMENT with Slurpee contest. So it’s safe to say that we’re super clever. But we don’t want all the spotlight. [...]
2009.11.11 – 11:30 am
The Ode of Remembrance
They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, They fell with their faces to the foe. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the [...]
2009.10.02 – 6:19 pm
A Place to Call Headquarters
On June 15th Hot Tomali officially moved into our own building at 1441 E Pender St. This move was a big step for the little agency that I started in the living room of a one bedroom West End apartment in the summer of 1998. Since then, we’ve upgraded our work spaces a few times [...]
2009.03.28 – 7:18 pm
Vote Earth For Earth Hour, 8:30 PM March 28, 2009
At 8:30 PM local time, wherever you live on planet earth, switch off your lights and vote against global warming! With the goal of 1 billion people switching off their lights as part of a global vote, Vote Earth is a global call to action for every individual, every business and every community. A call [...]
