Three Things You Should Know About Print Ads That Sell


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — MRI Starch Communications surveyed print readers to learn exactly what makes a print ad sell. Here's what it found.

M&C Saatchi Sport 8 Entertainment to launch Sydney office

LONDON – M&C Saatchi announced today that is is opening a Sydney division of M&C Saatchi Sport 8 Entertainment company on 1 October.

Game of the week: Vox Populi, Vox Dei (a werewolf thriller)

LONDON – It time to skive off the last couple of hours at work while pretending to concentrate hard on your computer screen. This week it’s werewolves, of course. Selected by Kerb’s Nick Johnstone.

PayPal | Some Things Will Never Change

PayPal

No final de julho, o PayPal anunciou que vai abrir a sua plataforma para desenvolvedores. Você pode imaginar que isso é algo que já deveriam ter feito faz tempo, por conta das possibilidades abertas com cabeças pensantes do mundo todo trabalhando a favor da ferramenta.

Ainda que com a demora, é isso mesmo que se espera, e o PayPal quer ouvir as ideias das pessoas do que pode ser feito, de como isso pode transformar a maneira como pagamos por produtos e serviços. Você pode mandar a sua proposta pelo changehowwepay.com, ou pelo Twitter usando a hashtag #changehowwepay.

Além desse lado colaborativo, até obrigatório para uma campanha dessas, o que leva a nossa imaginação pra longe é o comercial abaixo. No vídeo, o próprio PayPal começa a pensar no que uma plataforma aberta pode gerar.

Pagamentos no supermercado, compra de ingressos para o cinema, de programas na TV, etc. Até carros voadores já existem, mas esse é um exercício de futurismo que parece cada vez mais próximo, e melhor, sem dispensar aquilo que é inerente ao comportamento humano: algumas coisas nunca vão mudar.

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Seen an alien? Don’t call the police, just get viral

LONDON – An online campaign for Sony Pictures UK release of alien film ‘District 9’ is asking all human beings to call a 24-hour help line to report any suspicious “non-human activity”.

Kriss Akabusi urges people to take quicker showers in Waterwise ad campaign

LONDON – Waterwise is launching a campaign designed to persuade consumers to
spend less time in the shower to reduce their C02 emissions.

Spinnaker launches phone line for alien sightings in District 9 promotion

LONDON – Digital agency Spinnaker has set up a phone line for people to call and report non-human activity as part of a promotional campaign launched for today’s release of ‘District 9’, the Sony Pictures sci-fi film produced by ‘The Lord of the Rings’ director Peter Jackson.

Cancer Research UK launches breast cancer awareness logo and campaign

LONDON – Cancer Research UK has unveiled a fresh identity to support its 2009 breast cancer awareness activity.

Cadbury’s Trident Beyonce campaign is the promotion best supported in-store

LONDON – Cadbury’s Beyonce campaign was one of the best-supported in July terms of POS according to the P&I Point of Sale League, which monitors what brands recieve the most promience within the top 4 grocers’s store.

Crazy stunt with a 4×4, boat and mud skier

This guy is insane!

eBay hands European digital ad brief to Essence

LONDON – eBay has appointed digital agency Essence to its European digital ad account following a competitive pitch.

Coca-Cola tops the first P&I point of sale league

LONDON – Coca-Cola has topped the first P&I instore point of sale league with the most brand presence across Tesco, Morrisons, Asda and Morrisons.

P&I and Retail Why launch in-store POS league for top four grocers

LONDON – P&I has teamed up with retail research and shopper marketing agency Retail Why to launch a monthly in-store league detailing what brands are receiving the most coverage in the big four supermarkets.

Amazon really, really sorry about irony-riddled 1984 flap

LONDON – Kindle users who had their copies of Nineteen Eighty Four scrupulously swiped from their e-readers were on the receiving end of a flowery apology from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos today, with added bonus of some cold hard cash.

Duct Tape Prom Dresses – The Best Prom Outfits Are Made from Industrial Adhesive (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Duck Brand Duct Tape sponsors a contest each year for high-school students who can make the best prom outfits out of different colors of duct tape.

After seeing the top submissions (see gallery above)…

Sony Ericsson puts mobile handsets at heart of 2010 World Cup campaign

LONDON – Sony Ericsson is exploiting its sponsorship of next year’s World Cup with the launch of its global Extra Man campaign.

eBay finds its Essence

LONDON – eBay has named digital agency Essence to manage its display and editorial accounts across Europe, following the company’s brief with eBay UK last year.

Skof – Borderline Talent

“Here is a new spot for a brand of chips, from Saatchi & Saatchi Auckland. It’s a bit of sophisticated humour from the cultural centre of the world, New Zealand.”

It’s quite bizarre but still I like both the idea and execution!

Campaign Title: Borderline Talent
Ad Title: Pong Pong
Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi Auckland
Client: Griffin’s Foods
Product: SKOF
Director: Adam Gunser
Production Company: Automatic Films
ECD: Mike O’Sullivan
Copywriter: Matthew Page
Art Director: Carolyn Davis
Producer: Camillo Spath
DOP: Rob Marsh
Editor: Ian Bennett
Agency Producer: Vicky Rhedey
Sound: Liquid Studios

Thanks Carolyn for sending this one! :D


Pierced Fashion Photography – Swedish Fashion Label The Local Firm Releases Fall 2009 Collection (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Local Firm has allowed the world to set their eager eyes on their Fall 2009 collection. The Swedish fashion label has opted for models equipped with metallic facial accessories to adorn the clothing…

PC World and Currys’ staff attack customers on Facebook

LONDON – Dozens of staff claiming to work at PC World and Currys have been caught launching fierce attacks on their own customers, with some branding them ‘retards’ and ‘twats’.