(TrendHunter.com) While Photoshopped pictures may be extremely cool because they have the ability to be manipulated into perfection, there is something to be said for those photographers who can take a stunning shot all…
Let's face it. Seth Godin's blog is a wondrous thing. It's consistently No. 1 or No. 2 on the Ad Age Power 150. More important, it's pure insight. At least once a day, every day, there's a little homily on marketing, or brands, or quality, or something else that makes you say "that's right" or even "that's wrong" — but something that's worth your time. I am hoping you can learn by observing some of what he does. So here goes: an e-mail interview with Seth Godin about blogging.
(TrendHunter.com) I’ve always loved when artists make something like a cartoon character a little more in tune with reality. These drawings are by Tim O’Brien, who created a Charlie Brown with a very realistic look.
The…
“Against poverty press the 8. Push G8 leaders to take action against poverty.”
Advertising Agency: Grey, Milan, Italy
Creative Director: Francesco Emiliani
Head of art: Francesco Fallisi
Art Director: Letizia Bozzolini
Copywriter: Francesca Andriani
Illustrator: Paolo Rui
Art buyer: Virginia Salvucci
Account supervisor: Emanuela Carnaghi
Published: June 2009
(TrendHunter.com) These days, tattooing is fairly mainstream, but when I saw these armpit tattoos on Chandel Bodner at an art show in Toronto, I stopped in my tracks.
According to Bodner, armpit tattoos are fairly common…
LONDON – Former News International executive Camilla Rhodes has become a non-executive director of regional publisher Johnston Press.
Philippa White, founder of The International Exchange, believes the most effective way to help others is to apply the skills you use every day to a community that needs it. Fed up with apologizing for her career in the advertising industry, in 2006 she started setting up TIE, which works with ad agencies to send ad professionals into developing countries to work in situations where they can make a difference.
Don’t you wish you could do something more with your friends on Facebook that poke them, tag them or comment on their status updates?
LONDON – Unilever’s Pot Noodle has linked up with EA Games to launch an on-pack promotion offering consumers the chance to win free mobile phone games.
Ever wonder where the idea came from for the Duffy Diet Coke commercial in which the singer leaves the stage, grabs a Diet Coke, hops on a bike, sings, rides through a grocery store and then returns to the stage?
LONDON – Arla Foods has appointed Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO to create a multi-million pound pan-European campaign to support a range of dairy products under the Arla name.
Station IDs and promotional videos don’t get much mention around here.
LONDON – The Lady, the UK’s oldest women’s weekly magazine, increased its sales by 7% to 29,500 copies over the second quarter of 2009, according to its publisher.
LONDON – Global Radio has refreshed its Gold Network with new on-air imaging and presenters, and is launching an exclusive album range with HMV to go on sale next Monday (20 July).
(TrendHunter.com) One of the biggest problems with most lingerie is that no matter what it claims, it’s not actually invisible underneath clothing; the MySkins line of skin-matching underwear, however, may be the first…
LONDON – Unilever is linking up with EA Mobile to launch a mobile game giveaway, enabling UK consumers the chance to gain free access to arcade games such as Space Invaders and Arkanoid.
NEW YORK – Magna, the media trading division of Interpublic’s Mediabrands media unit, has predicted that US ad revenues will decline by 14 per cent this year.
LONDON – News Corp-owned Fox International Channels (FIC) is to manage MySpace’s local advertising, marketing and promotion across seven markets worldwide, in a bid to reduce operational costs.
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