JWT appointed to Baxters advertising account
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Baxters, the UK food manufacturer, has appointed JWT London to its advertising account.
LONDON – Baxters, the UK food manufacturer, has appointed JWT London to its advertising account.
Many of the people I work with have been "left behind" (after others have been laid off) and told to "work smarter." Dealing with the remorse for others' loss, missing colleagues and that vulnerable feeling of wondering when the other shoe will drop are enough, but having to "work smarter" too? Right about now might be a good time to freshen the well of ideas on how to keep working smarter and improve the solutions for the problems we're solving.
I am highly susceptible to outdoor advertising, especially when it pertains to new and unfamiliar TV shows. If a program is hawked in the New York City subways or on the side of a bus shelter, I will watch it, no questions asked. Of all the shows flogged mercilessly in recent weeks, two inflamed my curiosity: the syndicated "Wendy Williams Show" and E!'s "Chelsea Lately."
In June, Beyond Madison Avenue ran a post about designer Rachel Nasvik, a New York City designer famous for chic, custom-made handbags, and the “scavenger hunt” in New York city where consumers followed clues published on social media sites to discover where she had hidden 96 of these designer handbags around the city. The campaign was a great success, and displayed a great use of social media as well as a natural knack for getting noticed.
Well, Rachel Nasvik has again taken to the streets, but in an entirely different manner.
New York City (NYC) is known for many things, one of them being a place where consumers can purchase merchandise that has been pirated from well-known designers. Basically, knock-offs sold on the street for nothing that look like the original.
Well Nasvik and team turned the tables on the design pirates by using their fly-by-night grocery carts as a means of promoting original Nasvik designs. In what could be called a second scavenger hunt, Nasvik sent clues to her 1,000+ followers on Twitter, alerting them that the game, once again, was a-foot. This time she was hiding her designer goods amidst the copycats roaming the streets of NYC. The cost for a Nasvik original off the cart was an affordable $10, while down the street at Saks, the same bag brought in $300. This obviously was not going to make Nasvik any money.
Yet, what she lost in terms of dollars was replaced by her gains in public relations, love from her fans, earned media coverage, and a creative use of distribution channels. She has taken social media to a whole new level, interacting with her fan-base personally with a fun and competitive game that was not online, but in the “real” world.
Plus, her brand is now being copied by pirates…meaning that Nasvik’s designs have truly “made it.”
Jeff Louis is a Strategic Media Planner, Brand Project Manager, blogger, and aspiring writer. You can reach him on Twittter or LinkedIn. He is always searching for great ideas and new friends.
LONDON – Kristin Davis, one of the stars of hit HBO series Sex and the City, has been dropped as an ambassador for Oxfam after she appeared in adverts for Israeli cosmetics company, Ahava.
LONDON – Fox Searchlight has launched an online campaign created by digital PR agency Jam to promote its latest film ‘(500) Days of Summer’.
LONDON – Apple is still near-flawless in the eyes of its customers, despite a second quarter dip in the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), a consumer census which Steve Jobs and Co. have dominated for the past six years.
Magnifique images et trailer pour le prochain film de James Cameron. La consécration d’un projet en gestation depuis quinze ans. Un film à voir en 3D pour un budget estimé à 320 millions de dollars, dont la sortie définitive est prévue le 16 décembre 2009. A découvrir dans la suite.
LONDON – Google has launched a side-by-side comparison test for companies to use for their website’s search platform, which skews Google results beside those of any other search engine, as an unbranded taste test.
Em mais um daqueles casos de “eu fiz primeiro!”, a Pepsi vai veicular um anúncio impresso com vídeo na edição de setembro da revista Entertainment Weekly. Em uma tela do tamanho da de um celular, serão exibidos clipes de séries da CBS, já que a Pepsi é a patrocinadora do horário nobre das segundas-feiras na emissora.
Quando abrir a página do anúncio na revista, o leitor verá um vídeo de introdução, com os atores de “The Big Bang Theory”, explicando como interagir com a peça. São cinco diferentes botões, que trazem clipes das séries “How I Met Your Mother,” “Two and a Half Men,” além de trailers de novas produções da CBS e, claro, um comercial da Pepsi.
Apenas os assinantes de Los Angeles e Nova York da Entertainment Weekly é que receberão a revista especial. Segundo a Americhip, fabricante do hardware utilizado no anúncio, o chip pode comportar até 40 minutos de vídeo. É a mesma tecnologia rudimentar aplicada naqueles cartões musicais de aniversário.
Apesar da “evolução” frente ao GIF animado da Esquire, obviamente não é nada parecido com aqueles jornais e revistas eletrônicas, que se atualizam em tempo real, que vimos em filmes como “Minority Report” e “Filhos da Esperança”. Mas o que importa mesmo para a Pepsi é poder dizer: “o primeiro anúncio de revista com vídeo do mundo”.
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LONDON – Manchester Airport has joined the world of microblogging, launching its own Twitter account to drive marketing activity for its summer retail campaign and inform customers of travel updates – as well as tips for scratching up some pre-flight grub.
A crise na aviação prejudicou muitas companhias aéreas. Algumas delas instituíram idéias mirabolantes para suprir a queda no faturamento, como é o caso da low cost Ryan Air, que apresentou os polêmicos projetos de cobrar pelo uso de banheiros dentro do avião e a instalação de uma infra estrutura que permite fazer com que os passageiros fiquem de pé durante o vôo.
Outra alternativa que se torna mais viável para contornar a crise, é a velha e boa publicidade. A britânica British Airways, por exemplo, que obteve um prejuízo enorme, decidiu comercializar espaços publicitários em bilhetes de avião. Uma ótima idéia, por sinal, levando em conta que só no ano passado a companhia vendeu 12 milhões de bilhetes.
E por falar em buscar alternativas na publicidade, a British ainda abriu espaço para anunciantes em seu site de reservas, assim como também fez a incansável Ryan Air. A boa notícia é que já tem uma famosa montadora britânica anunciando no site da British.
:: Dica enviada pela Milena Melo, editora do WeFind.
Très beau showreel pour l’agence de communication française I-Reel située à Paris. Spécialiste à la fois de la création et du développement de films, d’images de synthèse, de sites internets et d’outils multimédias. Un travail à découvrir en vidéo dans la suite.