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December 09, 2008
Zuji: Helping holidays happen

I don't know how i didn't heard of this campaign before but thanks to my good friends Jesus and Ferran I've seen the light because I think it's fantastic. ZUJI is an online travel company who wanted to be positioned as a company that helps holidays happen. And they did this to make it possible:

You can read the whole case study about this campaign (done by The Hallway and Happy Soldiers) here.

August 14, 2007
Light graffiti artists

These days there is quite some buzz around the LichtFaktor crew, a group of German light graffiti artists, whose work is rather impressive.

Color + Design blog has an interview with them, where they share some insights about their technique.

Below you can watch a video called Star Wars vs Star Trek they have been recently doing in the UK for Sky Movies.

And if you're interested in the commercial side of light graffiti, have a look also at Vincent's blog, where he talks about a recent Sprint campaign in the US.

April 03, 2007
It's Night Tennis time

Turn off the lights, and get ready to play tennis at night with Sony Ericsson. No, it's not an advergame, but it's a cool party concept they've launched in Spain last year and they recently replicated in Miami. It's called "Night Tennis" and it consists of a tennis court transformed into a disco or, the other way around, of a disco transformed in a tennis court.

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Dark atmosphere, fluo lines, and two tennis players who try to it hit the ball in the dark while DJ Paul Oakenfold plays the music. The balls, court and net along with player’s shirts, skirts and shoes are fully UV reactive, and each game is highlighted by beats and light shows.

Sport meets technology meets clubbing, a perfect combination to hit the cool-young target. As you can easily understand from the tone of this post, I love the concept, and I'm happy to see creativity applied to presence marketing. This is definitely something you can call emotional marketing!

Continue reading... "It's Night Tennis time"

October 10, 2006
Can cheese be sexy?

Apparently the answer is yes, according to this French campaign Jean has recently posted about. The Association des Fromages de Terroires has launched a promotional calendar featuring 12 types of French cheese and 12 sexy girls. Cheese lovers (and not only) can order the calendar online.

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December 08, 2005
The Coke side of Life

BBC News reports Coca-Cola will introduce a new marketing campaign based around the slogan "the Coke side of Life".
The soft drinks giant will start using the slogan in North America from February to coincide with 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.
AdAge explains the new concept, developed by Wieden & Kennedy, aims to drive consumers to consider the brand as the only beverage option after years of viewing it as simply another beverage option.

November 14, 2005
No more cartoons for food advertising?

tiger_kell.jpgIn the UK, food advertising to children using cartoons characters and celebrities might soon be banned. Brandrepublic (sub. req.) reports the Department of Health believes role models for children should not be used to endorse nor promote products high in fat, salt or sugar.

Can you imagine Kellogg's without Tony the Tiger? (but are cereals junk food?)

If a law will pass, we can definitely foresee big problems for food brands which are also often promoting their products in co-marketing deals with movie releases.

October 26, 2005
Pepsi to launch football reality show

Pepsi is working on a branded content campaign that will involve 12 countries on the way to the World Football Cup in Germany next year. They are planning a football reality Tv-show called the "Pepsi Max World Challenge" which will count on a 4 million pounds budget, and will debut in April.

Twenty-four teenagers (two each from 12 countries) will take on a series of football challenges at grounds around the world, including Manchester United and AC Milan, with soccer stars such as David Beckham, Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho.

October 09, 2005
Advertising for peace

peace_campaign.gifThe Peace Campaign is a public service campaign created by a group of Israeli and Palestinian advertising professionals to promote mutual understanding and peace between their two peoples. As Ian explained me, in the winter of 2003, The Peres Center for Peace and the Palestinian Economic Forum, together with Maurice Lévy of Publicis Groupe, gathered more than 80 media, communications and advertising professionals from both sides to create a campaign to help end the Middle East conflict. The public service advertising campaign will be produced and broadcast to Israeli, Palestinian and neighboring Arab populations in the beginning of 2006. If you want to learn more about The Peace Campaign, just the visit the website supporting the initiative.

September 26, 2005
What Australian women really want

My friend Mike sent me an excellent article published on Bandt which unfortunately I cannot link because it requires a subscription. It's about what (Australian) women really want, and it's written by Catherine Heath, strategic planner at Young & Rubicam. Among the other things, Catherine writes:

"The new woman is a complex combination of smart, focused and radical, traditional, committed and feminine. She is rewriting the rulebook on how brands can to talk to her. (...) Women want the same things as men, last year in Australia, women bought 60% of iPods sold. (...) Women’s need to share is fundamental and applies equally to consumer behavior as to life. (...) A woman won’t complain about a bad experience—she’ll simply leave. Ninety-six per cent of women will discard a product or service without complaining."

If you're really interested in the topic, last March Fairfax Digital published a similar article which just requires a free registration to be accessed.

Piggies for London commuters

BrandRepublic reports reward-based consumer website Pigsback.com is giving away anti-stress piggies to London commuters. At Tube and railway stations field marketing teams dressed in pig suits are looking for 25-35 years old women who represent the target audience for this campaign.

The idea (by Tribe) is to generate brand awareness and curiosity, driving traffic to the website.

September 25, 2005
P&G; and "the first moment of truth"

Dominic Basulto on Corante New York points to a very interesting article on the WSJ discussing the importance of in-store product placement. According to Proctor & Gamble shoppers make up their mind about a product in three to seven seconds, just the time it takes to note a product on a store shelf. This time lapse is called (by P&G;) "first moment of truth" and it's considered the most important marketing opportunity for a brand. To give you an idea of how it's relevant, just consider that P&G; created a position 18 months ago, "Director of First Moment of Truth" to produce sharper, flashier in-store displays.

To tell the truth, Paco Underhill has been talking about the importance of in-store product placement since years. His book "Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping" is a must read not only for marketers, but for anyone interested in the aspects of shopper/store interaction. It is one of the first marketing books I read, and it's amazing the lessons you learn from it, both as a marketer and as a consumer. Read it, and then your supermarket shopping experience will never be the same...

Hollywood marketing through Churches

This is really weird: Hollywood has started advertising at churches. For example, The Walt Disney Co. is currently marketing "The Greatest Game Ever Played" to faith-based groups, saying the film is about values (family, courage, dreams) which reflect secular virtues, potentially Christian virtues...

ABCnews points out the approach reflects the next step in Hollywood's attempt to capitalize on the business lessons of "The Passion of the Christ," a surprising blockbuster last year thanks to unprecedented marketing and mobilization in churches. Anyway the whole thing is more complex than you might think because, for their part, churches recognize that just denouncing violent or sexually explicit films doesn't influence their content so their members are using buying power to support films that reflect their values.

Personally, I find it inappropriate, but I live in Italy, not in the US, and the approach to church and religion in the two countries is very different.

August 25, 2005
Levi's and Warhol, marketing american icons

Apparel maker Levi's is about to launch the Andy Warhol Factory X line hoping to attract young (and wealthy) customers. The new collection will be presented next week in Las Vegas, and will include $250 jeans and $300 jackets. The LA Times explains in 1984 Levi's commissioned Warhol to create art for its "501 Blues" ad campaign. Quoted in the article, Joel Wachs, president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York, commented:

"Levi is synonymous with American culture in the same way that Warhol is. Levi is an iconic brand and Andy Warhol is an iconic artist."

I don't know if this is going to work, but it looks like a smart commercial partnership. Warhol was a commercial artist when he was alive and he continues to be successful even after death. Too bad he cannot enjoy the money.

July 29, 2005

Saddam: the wrong face on a calling card

July 19, 2005

Movies, advertising and stress

July 11, 2005

The real mobile banking

July 01, 2005

MMS postcard offered by Lastminute

June 30, 2005

Luxury brands marketing: it's a question of style

Kotler's tips for marketing success

June 17, 2005

Germany discusses soap opera product placement

June 09, 2005

Coca-Cola: mobile marketing the old way

June 08, 2005

Batman drives a Citroen

May 24, 2005

Videogames advertising: get ready

May 23, 2005

Mitsubishi rebrands as "J.Cool"

May 22, 2005

The ads of the 3(G) generation

May 16, 2005

Lipton Ice Tea launches "rich" campaign

January 10, 2005

The fall of French lovers' myth

September 07, 2004

Heineken gets ready for Halloween but...

July 26, 2004

The crisis of the brand

July 06, 2004

Euro 2004 bitter for T-Mobile

June 30, 2004

Olympics: it's all about branding

June 22, 2004

Ads are everywhere

June 07, 2004

Telefonica is the top Spanish brand

May 10, 2004

Euro 2004: it's like a SuperBowl

May 05, 2004

Sprite launches 'Thirst Out'

March 30, 2004

Lovelife and fight HIV

January 14, 2004

Bad slogans and wasted money

November 18, 2003

Branding the impossible

August 06, 2003

Chrysler's Marketing Mistakes

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