Archive for the ‘marketing’ Category

Brilliant interactive advert

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

When done well, interactive advertising on the web is a wonderful thing. But, too often, it’s not. I talked last week about the Old Spice advert which has spawned a series of social media spin offs, well this new advert from Tippex ticks the social media and interactive boxes.

Give it a whirl… you won’t regret it.
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Minimal movie posters

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Sometimes simple really is best.

reservoir dogs movie poster

See more minimal movie posters.

With thanks to my mate Chris Woolford of I Concur for the heads-up.

Social media matters

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

It used to be easy defining “the media”: it was the TV, the radio, newspapers and magazines. Usually understood, easily-reached. And professional.

But the landscape’s changed – what is “the media” in 2010? Anybody can be a writer, a journalist, a reporter, a news anchor. They may not be listened to by anybody but it’s possible through blogs, podcasts and sites such as Facebook to broadcast (or narrowcast) to anybody.
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LOVE this advert

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

One of the great things about keeping in touch with American culture via my favourite podcasts is that I get to hear about things like this – which I doubt will ever reach the UK.

The advert’s caused a minor sensation and has been supported by a fantastic and well-thought out social media campaign. More than on that later.

In the meantime… enjoy :-)

Twitter recruitment video

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Now this is how to make a recruitment video.

Those crazy guys and gals at Twitter have taken some inspiration from geek classic Rushmore to create the video you see below. Nice.

(for a refresher of the relevant bit from Rushmore, click here)

Brand new, you’re retro…

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Devised by Brazilian advertising agency Moma Propaganda for a campaign dubbed “Everything ages fast” for  client Maximidia Seminars, these posters depict retro adverts for your favourite “digital properties” – Faceboook, Skype, Twitter and YouTube.
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Turn to the dark side… 3rd exit.

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Pure genius – both as a saleable item and a viral marketing campaign.

Well, I’m proving the power of the latter with the YouTube video below… and if I had a Tom Tom I would definitely be buying this: turn by turn directions from the Dark Lord of the Sith himself, Darth Vader.

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A blog post about not writing blog posts… more interesting than it sounds. Honest.

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

It’s been a while since I added anything to this lexicon of fine words. And there’s nothing worse than an attack of cobbler’s children*.

So then you’re faced with a blank screen and, of course, nothing in particular to talk about (or rant about, or rave about etc). But herein lies the point. Yes, there is one. Continue reading...