The World’s Worst Agency Websites (For IPhones and IPads)


It's no secret that agencies have a history of over-wrought and over-designed websites. But some of the biggest agency websites are built on flash and thus entirely inaccessible from iPhones and iPads.

Skyscraper Forests – ‘Logistic City’ from JDS Architects is a Towering Man-Made Forest (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) ‘Logistic City’ from JDS Architects is one of the most interesting skyscraper concepts that I have seen in some time. This building would stand over 3,600 feet tall and be home to lush gardens and vegetation.…

Thomson Reuters to launch Eikon ad campaign

Thomson Reuters is set to launch its largest marketing campaign in its 159-year-old history to promote the launch of its new financial desktop, Thomson Reuters Eikon.

Dell renews pan-European sponsorship of MTV EMAs

Dell is renewing its pan-European sponsorship of the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) for the third consecutive year.

Zombie’s Invade Madrid for Resident Evil: Afterlife Promotion

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We’ll watch Milla Jovovich in anything which is really the only reason we even care about this Resident Evil Afterlife promotion in Madrid.
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Pepsi se junta a Doritos no Crash The Super Bowl

Doritos não está mais sozinha no maior projeto de crowdsourcing do mercado publicitário. O novo “player” do famoso Crash the Super Bowl, é ninguém menos que a Pepsi.

A marca de refrigerantes surpreendeu a mídia especializada dos Estados Unidos ao anunciar sua parceria com a marca de snacks da Frito-Lay.

O patrocínio do projeto Crash the Super Bowl, esse ano, realizado em conjunto entre Doritos e Pepsi Max, vai contemplar prêmios em dinheiro não só para o primeiro colocado.

No mais, o que me interessou foi ver mais uma grande marca, famosa por suas estratégias de marketing e comunicação, apostar no talento criativo dos consumidores. Só resta saber se a parceria vai dar continuidade ao sucesso do projeto, como sempre aconteceu.

The Sunday Times to put up cover price to £2.20

Rupert Murdoch’s The Sunday Times is to lift its cover price by 20p to £2.20 this weekend (September 19), making it the most expensive national Sunday newspaper in the country.

Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles Rock Twitter! (Along With Lost Powerpuff Girl Lady Gaga)


Sports brands dominate our list this week, with three of the seven spots going to, basically, balls in flight. The NFL and European soccer (football) loomed large, while the U.S. Open became a global Twitter obsession as well with a lot of help from Spanish tennis superstar Rafael Nadal.

PETA Wastes Water to Get People to Save Water (And Go Vegan)

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As the very cute PETA Spokesperson Lauren Stroyeck told the Tulsa news media how much water is wasted to process meat, two PETA employees, Virginia Fort and Lauren Quillo, showered nude in downtown Tulsa.
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ADC Young Guns Winners Announced

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On October 8 from 7-10PM at the ADC Gallery in New York, the organization will honor the selected younglings.
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Equinox Taps Former Pepsi Marketer

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Cie Nicholson, the former CMO of PepsiCo North America, is heading to Equinox as the upscale fitness company's first chief marketing officer.

Tapping into Teens


How do you reach teenagers who actively care about socially conscious brands? The Cause Marketing Forum will look at the best ways to connect with this audience in "Cause Marketing and Teens," the next teleconference in its Cause Marketing Masters Series, on Sept. 22.

Hottest NFL Cheerleaders Kick Justin Bieber Off ChaCha Chart

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It’s Friday. It’s almost the weekend. And we’re getting a late start today. So we think this little news item from one of our favorite PR professionals is perfect to share.
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You’re Ugly and Your Mother Dresses You Funny


What is it about life today that makes it easier to be mean than to be nice? Are we more programmed than ever before to tear down rather than build up? Does it seem to you that the advertising industry as a whole is one in which we celebrate other people's failures more than we celebrate their successes?

TMG appoints newspaper sales director

Telegraph Media Group (TMG) has appointed David Greene, the former marketing and circulation director at The Independent, as newspaper sales director.

Minimalistic Cubist Confines – The NN House by Avehideshi Architects is a White Square (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designed by Japanese firm Avehideshi Architects, The NN House is a minimalistic home with a huge white cube exterior. As strange as it may look, the NN House is home to a family in Osaka.

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Paywalls: The Times Vs The New York Times, social media Vs anti-social media

There’s a good piece on the Wall Street Journal looking at how publishers are devoting more time to analysing their reader’s social media habits as they get more and more traffic via social sources.

Avon sponsors Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year Awards

Cosmetics brand Avon is sponsoring the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year Awards 2010, which will take place in London in November.

Pilgrims Choice boosts range with website launch

Pilgrims Choice has launched a website to support its plans to add further cheddar cheese products to its range.

Kellogg’s Corn Flakes box greets M4 motorists

JCDecaux’s M4 Torch site is being encased by a giant Kellogg’s Corn Flakes box for the next three weeks while it gets an upgrade.