Ad Age Outlook Episode 5: Obama Muddles the Message

This week: Barack Obama, who ran one of the best political campaigns ever and was voted Ad Age's Marketer of the Year in 2008, just can't seem to strike the right note on the economy. What gives? Ken Wheaton, Natalie Zmuda and Chris Pollac…

Kudu’s spicy hot burger

Advertising Agency: Targets Leo Burnett, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Executive Creative Director / Copywriter: Mehdi El Alj
Art Director: Jonathan Horner
Via [AdsOfTheWorld]

Hardcore Gamer Gone Soft: Confessions of a ‘Plants vs. Zombies’ Fan

I am a hardcore gamer. I'm attracted to your average gritty shoot-em-up. Usually I wouldn't give a game with dancing flora more than a passing glance, but something caught my attention. Said flora was slaying zombies.

U. of Kentucky Encourages Students to Check In via Facebook


Just weeks after Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook's location-based service at a press conference in Silicon Valley, a Places-based campaign has popped up the University of Kentucky.

Semi-Submerged Vacation Homes – Daniel Andersson Designs an Underwater Home for the Perfect Holiday (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I would scoop up a timeshare in an instant if I could stay in one of Daniel Andersson’s ‘Icebergs’. The ‘Iceberg’ from Daniel Andersson is a semi-submerged home that is the ultimate den of privacy.

All…

Crazy Cartooned Heels – The ‘Keith Haring’ Shoe Line by Nicholas Kirkwood is Popping With Color (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Fashion designer Nicholas Kirkwood has produced his ‘Keith Haring’ shoe line inspired by the the 1980s pop artist Haring himself. After watching ‘The Universe of Keith Haring’ documentary, Kirkwood was…

Follow Friday: @thiagovhiver

Se não fosse uma das coisas mais clichês da redação mundial eu colocaria aqui a definição do dicionário para preconceito. O @thiagovhiver, HIV positivo, sabe bem o que é isso. Você também deve saber, deve ter gente por aí que nem te conhece direito e se acha automaticamente melhor do que você por causa de onde você nasceu, do que você acredita, da sua orientação política ou até do time que você torce ou quem você escolheu se apaixonar. Ou, pior ainda, pessoas que te conhecem muito bem mas que passam a lhe tratar diferente ao reduzirem tudo a um rótulo. E, de vez em quando (só de vez em quando, eu sei) você é preconceituoso pra cima de alguém.

É por isso que o Thiago é o símbolo da campanha #1milhaosempreconceito, que tem como objetivo deixar o Twitter dele com 1 milhão de seguidores. Tá, você pode chamar de revolução-do-sofá, mas aqui tudo o que o pessoal da campanha pede é uma mudança mental de cada um. Pense em quem é diferente de você como uma pessoa e não como um esteriótipo: HIV positivo, nordestino, lésbica, ateu, corintiano…

Segue o cara e dá o follow friday aí também!

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Lady-Like Peacoats – Hilary Rhoda for Elle Canada Models the Best Fall Looks (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Sporting a sexy bedhead and kohl-lined blue eyes, model Hilary Rhoda for Elle Canada looks every inch the all-American top model. Rhoda was styled by Anthony Mitropoulos for the magazine’s October 2010…

Under New Owner, Burger King May Spend More on Marketing


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The $4 billion sale of Burger King to 3G Capital Management this week doesn't mean flip for McDonald's firmer-than-ever position as the No. 1 burger chain. But it does present an opportunity to steal back at least some of the share ceded in the past couple of years to the Golden Arches as well as fast-feeders like Wendy's, Subway and Domino's.

Google Maps: Brand Logos

O Google se prepara para introduzir novos features em seu serviço Maps. Entre eles um que permitirá que anunciantes paguem para inserir o logotipo em pontos determinados. Atualmente, o Google Maps apenas mostra ícones genéricos que indicam o tipo de negócios no mapa, mas com os ícones patrocinados, as empresas podem se promover com os seus logos quando o usuário for dar zoom em uma área durante a pesquisa.

Ainda de acordo com o próprio Google, os anunciantes não serão capazes de pagar para aumentar sua visibilidade, nem aparecer fora do contexto de busca de localização que o usuário esta fazendo.

Disponível para o serviço online padrão e o aplicativo de iPhone, este novo feature do Google Maps vai ser apenas adaptado para mapas dos Estados Unidos. Por enquanto.

Com fonte do Google Lat and Long Blog.

Woodland Lingerie Shoots – The Amulette Lingerie F/W ’11 Photoshoot Takes You into the Wild (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The models in the Amulette Lingerie F/W ’11 photoshoot are every woodsman’s dream come true. Amulette decided to show off their latest collection by having an outdoor photoshoot in an atypical location.…

TUI Travel revamps marketing division

Tour operator TUI Travel is to overhaul its marketing department, as part of a wider restructure of its senior management.

Innocent to open East London pop-up café

Innocent, the ethical drinks brand famed for its smoothies, is to open a pop-up café in Shoreditch, East London.

Digg suffers fall after redesign

Charts released today show that user unhappiness with social media bookmarking site Digg’s recent redesign are the least of its problems as its power to refer to publisher’s websites appears to be waning.

Project Canvas ignores local media, says CMA

The partners of internet-connected TV consortium Project Canvas are ignoring the interests of the local TV industry, according to the director of the Community Media Association.

Ask Jeeves ties up with charities

Question and answer search engine Ask Jeeves has partnered with RSPCA and Breakthrough Breast Cancer in a bid to ramp up its social media activity in the lead-up to the search engine’s 10th anniversary.

McCann Rides to Remember Flight 93


A group of motorcyclists called
Ride With the 40 is riding across the country to raise money and awareness for the Families of Flight 93. The group's goal, with help from four McCann New York volunteers, is to raise $1 million to help FOF93 and the National Parks Foundation build a nationally recognized memorial at the flight's Sept. 11 crash site in Shanksville, Pa., in honor of the 40 Americans who died there.

City AM celebrates five years and has sights on growth

City AM, London’s free daily business newspaper, officially turns five years old on Sunday (5 September).

Gift website Prezzybox.com appoints agency for anniversary push

Prezzybox.com, the website that sells gifts ranging from G-strings made of sweeties, to air-hockey tables, has appointed Artemis8 to run paid-search marketing as part of a push around its 10th anniversary.

Blocked You: Paródia de “Fuck You” na realidade das mídias sociais

Blocked You

Já existem dezenas de paródias e versões de “Fuck You” do Cee-Lo sendo feitas todos os dias, inundando o YouTube.

Algumas são bem melhores e espertas do que outras, como essa abaixo, feita pelo DeStorm e os Gregory Brothers (Não perca o post do Rapha Vasconcellos: “Os verdadeiros especialistas em mídias sociais”).

Você trollou o meu blog, meu Twitter, Facebook ou YouTube? Então “blocked you”, e agora vai lá correndo criar outra conta.

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