Yahoo Taps New Chief of Agency Relations


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Yahoo tapped former Bebo exec Debra Meyer as its new head of agency relations, replacing Beth Lawrence, who joined the Weather Channel in December.

Don’t Like Product Placement? Here’s Why It’s Your Fault


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The Association of National Advertisers' annual TV & Everything Video Forum is supposed to be a place where marketers gather to figure out where the business of TV advertising is going. That quest has yet to be completed. But this year, advertisers had no trouble showing us where TV has already gone.

Safe Sex: There’s a Coupon for That


America seems ready to have sex again, and Trojan is there to help with high-value coupons.

Gillette Combines Lunar New Year With Valentine’s Day for ‘Moments’ Campaign


SHANGHAI (AdAge.com) — Procter & Gamble Co. is combining China's most important festival, the Lunar New Year, with one of the West's more whimsical holidays, Valentine's Day, to promote the Gillette brand among young Chinese men.

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The Lost Art of Keeping Your Word


There is an opportunity for all of us to make a deep and lasting impression by simply keeping our word. But it's unbelievably difficult to do at times. Still, it's worth the effort.

Skittles Faced, Ad Week Opens, Wine-Loving Moms Get FB Love

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Using its Facebook fan page with a membership of 3.7 million, Skittles’ “Valentine the Rainbow” lets users create a digital valentine for an unsuspecting, hand-picked meter maid, one of the most hated professions in the country and one that deserves some sweet lovin’.
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Winter Olympics Bore You? Samsung Can Help

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Skiing? Skating? Bobsledding? Basketball? Snowboarding? The Winter Olympics? Boring, right?
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Cause Group Thanks Denny’s For Telling World About Suffering Chickens

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Yup. It was predictable. A cause group has, in a way, thanked Denny’s for bringing the plight of chickens to the forefront of the public’s mind.
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Revlon Hands Media Account to MediaCom#8207;


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Beauty product marketer Revlon has switched its nearly $100 million U.S. media-planning and -buying account from Aegis' Carat to WPP's MediaCom without a review, executives with knowledge of the situation have confirmed. The split is apparently due to Revlon and Carat being unable to agree to financial terms, executives have said.

Success Breeds Imitation, Which Breeds Trouble


InStyle magazine once had a distinct differentiating point, but its success led tens of publishers, both online and off, to co-opt the approach and make it tougher to stand out.

Mortien: Rolled Newspaper

To introduce the new Mortein All Insect Killer Aerosol Can in a memorable way. The artwork of the packaging as the front page solus ad in leading daily. The way a newspaper is delivered transformed their 2D ad into a 3D replica of the product – automatically. The day the ad was released, over 400,000 household got Mortein paper cans as a reminder of their favourite weapon against insects.

Advertising Agency: Euro RSCG Advertising, Gurgaon, India
Creative Director: Satbir Singh
Art Directors: Kamal Bhatnagar, Neha Sidhra
Copywriters: Kamal Bhatnagar, Abhishek Chaswal
Photographers: Kamal Bhatnagar, Ajit Singh Padam
Published: January 2009


Abrinq Foundation: Vending Machiners

During the month of February, users of the subway in São Paulo can help Abrinq Foundation take the children of the streets through the book’s vending machines located in five subway stations. The “vending machine of good” created by Giovanni+Draftfcb in partnership with the 24X7 Cultural, aims to raise funds for Abrinq Foundation through donations.

The campaign works as follows: a row exclusive on the vending machine was dedicated to the Abrinq Foundation. Here, we see pictures of children holding cards of $ 1.00, $ 2.00 and $ 5.00. The main title explains: “With your help we can get these children of the streets”. Just insert the money in the machine and remove the chosen child who, in fact, is a showcase of the institution giving thanks. Click here to see the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riTM9tcIzyA

Founded in 1990, the Abrinq Foundation is a nonprofit institution that aims at raising awareness about issues related to the rights of children and adolescents, promoting human rights and citizenship. The Foundation’s challenge for 2010 is to serve 300 thousand children.

Advertising Agency: Giovanni + Draftfcb, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Creative directors: Adilson Xavier, Ricardo John
Head of art: Benjamin Yung Jr
Art Director: Bruno Brasil
Art buyer: Tina Castro
Photographer: Felipe Hellmeister
Producer: Edgardo Pasotti
Client services: Tina Castro


C.R.A.P.A.D.S. Says Rich Media Can Kill You

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Remember back in the day when click was king and animated banners were all the rage?
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Journey through Asia

Voici une captation de 24h à travers la Thaïlande, le Cambodge et le Vietnam durant le mois d’août 2009. Un travail d’édition par Ivan Vania sur une très belle bande son de Yann Tiersen “Au-dessous du volcan”. Le tout a été filmé avec un Canon 5D Mark II.



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Dance Digitally at Brazil’s Carnival Thanks to Computer Maker Positivo


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — During the samba school parade at this year's Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, there will be a new digital element. A bank of six giant computer screens mounted on a float will let people anywhere send in pictures of themselves and participate virtually as one of the top samba schools, Portela, marches down the avenue in the Sambadrome on Sunday night.

With Each Inhale, Another Wrinkle Will Cross Your Brow

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While the concept could be a bit more dramatic, this commercial from DDB Toronto for Canada’s Smoker’s Helpline does an adequate job making the point cigarettes can take years off your life.
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Lookin’ for Love in All the Wrong Places


The vast majority of thought, emotion and learning happens in the unconscious mind. The implications for our industry are profound, far-reaching and frankly too often ignored in the day-to-day reality of how we build marketing plans, craft target insights, and even sell and produce our wares.

Warner Bros. em campanha viral para “A Origem” de Christopher Nolan

A Origem Inception

Só hoje, depois de ver o primeiro trailer de “A Origem” (Inception) que mostra alguma coisa, ainda que não fazendo o menor sentido, descobri que a Warner Bros. está liberando informações sobre o filme através de uma campanha viral.

Foi com o site Mind Crime que o poster do longa dirigido por Christopher Nolan foi revelado. Em um mini-game, você deve construir um labirinto que se transforma em ruas de uma metrópole, e depois fugir de seus perseguidores. Um clima de paranóia pertinente ao filme.

O detalhe é que esse é apenas o primeiro de quatro desafios, sendo que os outros ainda estão fechados. Ainda que em um proporção bem menor do que fizeram com “Batman: O Cavaleiro das Trevas”, também dirigido por Nolan, “A Origem” promete mais ações online e misteriosas até a estreia do filme, prevista para 16 de julho nos EUA e 6 de agosto no Brasil.

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No Slogans. No Sequins. This is The Man

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Love this new French Connection video called “The Man.”
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