Brahma lança edição especial feita com cevada da Granja Comary

Como parte de sua extensa comunicação para a Copa do Mundo no Brasil, a Brahma anunciou hoje o lançamento de uma edição especial e limitada de garrafas de alumínio.

Segundo a marca, a cerveja é produzida com cevada plantada, cultivada e colhida na Granja Comary, local que é tradicionalmente a casa da Seleção Brasileira.

Acho legal que a Brahma tenha investido tanto em futebol, assim sobra menos dinheiro pro financiamento dos rodeios que eles apoiam.

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DMA: Rockefeller’s Proposed Data Law Would Make Info Less Secure


Expect ad and data industry trade groups to fight new proposed legislation giving consumers greater control over how marketers use their data. Perpetual privacy bill sponsors Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V., and Sen. Edward Markey D-Mass., yesterday introduced a bill giving consumers access to data held by data brokers serving the marketing industry, allowing them to correct information or opt-out from use of that data for marketing purposes.

The Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, or the DATA Act, would also prevent data companies from harvesting consumer information by “deceptive” means.

The Direct Marketing Association, whose member businesses rely on data commodities to operate a variety of services from direct-mailing list sales to email marketing, attacked the proposed law, suggesting it could become a security headache for companies collecting and sharing consumer information.

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Cadbury Can (and Will) Boogie in This Charming Ad

Cadbury and Fallon London, the pair that brought us the Internet's legendary drumming gorilla, are back with a charming spot called "Yes Sir, I WILL Boogie in the Office."

As many of us have likely done while stuck on a call, logistics manager Keith decides to just roll with it and jam out to the hold music, "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" by '70s disco duo Baccara. 

That's pretty much the whole thing, at least in the :60 cut for TV. In the extended version created for cinema, which you can watch below, Keith goes on a roll and takes his moves across the office.

It's not the most elaborate spot ever, but with 730,000 views of the 60-second version already, it's clearly winning over its share of chocolate lovers and boogie bosses.


    



BBDO NY Crafts Flights of Fancy for GE’s ‘Childlike Imagination’

If you’ve been watching the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics at all, chances are you’ve seen the above spot for GE by BBDO New York.

The 60 second spot, “Childlike Imagination,” portrays GE’s range of individual businesses (turbines, aviation, 3-D printing, and others) through the imagination of the daughter of a GE employee. Its artful approach marks a departure from previous GE campaigns, which tended to focus on just one of these businesses. This change of approach works well for GE. The girl imagines “underwater fans that are powered by the moon,” “airplane engines that can talk,” “hospitals you can hold in your hand,” and “trains that are friends with trees.” The imaginative concept makes for a fun, visually interesting effort designed to capture your attention. Stick around for credits after the jump. continued…

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Revolutionary Wireless Ergonomic Earphones – The Dash Wireless Earphones are Compact And Liberating (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These nifty new wireless earphones are one of a kind; The Dash is literally the world’s first wireless smart in-ear headphones that can be used with or without a smartphone or any device of…

Famous Movies Archiset Posters

Star Wars, Shining, 2001, l’Odyssée de l’Espace ou encore Orange Mécanique, voici un échantillon des films incontournables que l’illustrateur et architecte espagnol Federico Babina a représenté en 17 illustrations rétro. Tout en respectant les codes couleurs, il a illustré les pièces-phares de chaque film.

17 vertigo
16 clockwork-orange
15 all-about-my-mother
14 The-End-of-Violence
13 goldfinger
12_the-party
11 modern-times
10 north-by-northwest
9 breakfast-at-tiffany-s
8_bell-book-and-candle
4 Playtime
7 the-hudsucker-proxy
6_Barefoot-in-the-Park
5 Rope
3 2001 Space Odissey
2 The Shining
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Ikea Lights Up a Forest in Gorgeous Ad Celebrating Move to Energy-Efficient Bulbs

Ikea planted lots of LED lamps in the woods for this 60-second commercial for the U.K. and Ireland touting the home-furnishing company's commitment to sustainability.

Created by Mother London and director Martin Krejci, the ad's surreal aura is enhanced by Menomena's pop-etheral "Wet and Rusting" on the soundtrack. (Soundtree Music found the song.) Check out Mr. Squirrel's reaction as the lights blaze. Yeah, he's screwed—every predator can spot him now.

"Forest" is part of Ikea's "Wonderful Everyday" campaign, which focuses on how small things can make a big difference. A voiceover notes that by 2016, Ikea will sell only energy-efficient LED lightbulbs. (Indeed, the European Union has been moving in this direction for some time.)

The work provides "an opportunity to explain a little about who we are and what we stand for as a brand, and sustainability is a big part of this," says Ikea marketing manager Peter Wright.

Some bright lights might point out that the ad displays enough timber to sustain hundreds of impossible-to-assemble dinette sets. (The company reportedly uses 1 percent of the world's wood supply each year.) But in fairness, Ikea has been working to meet ecologically prudent logging standards. So it's not like the company can't see the forest for the trees.

Via The Inspiration Room.


    



Going to ad:tech San Francisco? Here’s Your 20% Discount Code

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If you work in online marketing then you’re probably aware ad:tech is pretty much the largest conference out there covering online marketing and advertising technology. Perhaps you’ve been. Perhaps you haven’t. If you have, then you know how beneficial it can be both from a networking and educational perspective. If you haven’t been, see the previous sentence. The bottom line is you should go.

We’re not saying this because this promotion is part of media sponsor deal we have with ad:tech (to be clear, it is), rather it is because we have been to every ad:tech for the past ten years and can personally vouch for the benefits you will realize if you choose to attend. To make that decision a bit easier, we can offer you 20% off the registration fee if you use the discount code: ADR20sf14 or just click here.

Lally Leaving, Stover Out at Havas Worldwide

meganlallyAnd now, let’s kill two birds and mention some goings-on at the Havas Worldwide camp on this snow-filled day. First, to address tips that we’ve received since the end of January, yes, Megan Lally is leaving the agency as of tomorrow to pursue other interests. From what we’re hearing, Lally, who’s spent the last three years at Havas WW, working out of the Chicago office as SVP/group account director on the Citibank biz, is heading into the film industry. Prior to Havas, Lally worked as a VP on the account side at Saatchi & Saatchi X.

Second, in unrelated staffing news, sources confirm that 15-year Havas WW vet Annette Stover is no longer with the agency. Stover spent the last four years during her time at Havas Worldwide serving as global chief of staff. From what we’re hearing, her departure may have something to do with changes being made by Andrew Benett, who took over for David Jones as Havas Worldwide CEO last month. Prior to her lengthy stint at Havas WW, Stover spent several years at JWT.

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Neil Patrick Harris is Crazy for Sleep in Branded Music Video for Neuro


Santa Monica drinks company Neuro is behind this branded music video in which the uber-talented Neil Patrick Harris promotes its Sleep variety by singing steamily and soulfully about his passion for going to bed and … er, sleeping. Harris, a friend of Neuro founder Diana Jenkins, performs in a boudoir-stye silk robe, joined by by the rapper Problem, who slips out from under the bed.

The video was conceived out of Cleveland-based agency Brokaw and produced by YouTube comedy collective JASH — whose members include Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim and Reggie Watts — working with filmmaker Jon Jon Augustavo, an MTV VMA award winner for Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop,” “Can’t Hold Us” and “Same Love” videos.

Neuro, which specializes in drinks with a purpose, plans to release more would-be viral videos, so watch this space.

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Uber Gets a Chinese Brand Name: Youbu


Uber, the ride-hailing smartphone app, now has a Chinese name, Youbu (loosely translated, “A Great Step Forward.”) As it breaks into China, it also has plenty of local competition.

Uber officially launched Thursday in Shanghai, where it has tested services for months. It’s also testing in Shenzhen and Guangzhou.

The company has grown fast since its start four years ago in San Francisco. It’s now in 70 cities worldwide, including 14 in Asia-Pacific.

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Distant Detective Valentine Cards – This Nerdy Valentine’s Day Card is Made by ‘SweetGeek’

(TrendHunter.com) If emotional sentiments are one of the very few things you struggle with, just get this nerdy Valentine’s Day card on the case.

If you and your Valentine are friends of the popular British…

Vizeum’s Sam Hughes: Pockets of growth, print still falling

This February’s ABC results herald a new era for the report with the introduction of a single headline figure that encompasses print and digital for the first time.

W+K Portland Unveils ‘Join Together’ Follow-Up Called, Yes, ‘Separate Together’

Last month, W+K Portland launched the “Be Moved” brand campaign for Sony with the broadcast spot “Join Together.” Yesterday, W+K revealed the follow-up, the four minute (and change) documentary, “Separate Together.”

“Separate Together” brings together Bruce Zaccagnino, the creator of Northlandz, the world’s largest model railroad located in Flemington, New Jersey, and Matt Albanese, a photographer who specializes in miniatures. The documentary takes place within Northlandz’s “52,000 square foot exhibit space featuring dozens of tiny towns, three-story papier-mâché mountains and hundreds of toy trains snaking through a warren of tunnels, past tiny windmills and over bridges made from thousands of toothpicks.” Albanese captures Northlandz in a unique way, utilizing the Sony QX100′s ability to fit into tight spaces to capture unique shots that wouldn’t have been possible with other cameras. It’s a great way to show off the QX100′s unique capabilities in fun, charming way.

The documentary is accompanied by an experience site which lets you explore Northlands from the unique vantage points available with the QX100, letting viewers zoom in on different areas and take their own shots, which they can then share on social media. It’s a great extension, and a fun way to explore the charm of Norhtlandz without having to make the schlep to Jersey. Stick around for credits and “Join Together” after the jump. continued…

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NBA to Sign First Tire Sponsor: Kumho Tire


NBA All-Star Weekend is traditionally the league’s biggest marketing event. Heading into this weekend’s 2014 NBA All-Star game in New Orleans, the NBA is poised to announced its first-ever official tire sponsor: Kumho Tire.

The NBA plans to announce a multi-year marketing partnership with the South Korean tire maker today across both the NBA and NBA Development League, according to league marketing executives. The partnership tips off at NBA All-Star Weekend from Feb. 14-16, where Kumho Tire will get to slap its logo courtside and on signage.

A Korean tire company might seem like an odd fit at first glance, but the NBA’s now one of the most global of the Big 5 U.S. pro leagues. Fully 25% of its players come from outside the U.S. Its games are now telecast in 212 countries.

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That Cadillac Ad Everyone Hates? They’re Not Supposed to Like It

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You do understand that the new Cadillac commercial with Neal McDonough extolling the virtues of good old-fashioned, America-style hard work is a bit of a parody, right? Granted, there are asshats like this in America who make you want to take a shit on the hood of their brand new Cadillac but consider this, those are the people who can afford to buy a Cadillac.

Like it or not, asshat or not, this ad perfectly targets the Cadillac buyer. Or, at least, the stereotypical version of the Cadillac buyer. And isn’t that what advertising’s all about? Slicing consumers into categories and then creating caricatures of of those categories to better identify with a particular slice?

Most people won’t/can’t buy this car. That’s why most people don’t like the ad.

And, besides, you have to admit, it’s pretty awesome for its non-formulaic approach to car advertising.

Carat’s Zoe Bale on why new-look ABC is a step closer

It’s encouraging that in the interests of greater transparency, the July – December 2013 ABC results report the print and digital editions (those that are a 95% replica of the print counterpart and read exactly like a magazine, on a digital platform such as a desktop or tablet device) figure, as mandatory.

The best way To Realize Greater Conversions Using The Power of Consistency In Your Marketing

Performing business on the net is filled with many possibilities for mistakes, and inconsistency with your overall approach has to be an essential one. Either people have no notion of how important it is, or they simply have no clue that this is available. Yet the lack of regularity in almost all you do in your company will have a destructive influence on conversions. Underlying the reasons to pay attention to this relates to the way humans observe their environment and then respond to it. When our experiences may not be what we anticipate, dependent on prior experience, then it brings about uneasiness and may instinctively seem irrational. The end effect is we tend to want to stay clear of seeing it, and that means walking away from your site, blog and business.

One common facet of online marketing where this effect is highly frequent concerns squeeze pages and a different site. We have all witnessed and used squeeze pages when a person is building an email list for marketing. Based on personal inclination, the marketer may deposit the fresh optin on a web page or other site. The business person behind it has the option to reveal a site or hold out until later. However, there is particular risk in this scenario that embodies this concept of being consistent in your marketing which we will describe.

The dynamics here concern the page layout, design elements and colors of the squeeze page and the site that appears after that in the browser. If the contrast is enough, then that is definitely inconsistency and will produce an uneasy influence on the person. The simple solution is to make the squeeze page design more aligned and in agreement with the sales letter page design.

Another related situation concerns all the affiliate marketers and how they approach their marketing. Making review sites has been a very prevalent strategy, and usually there are several links to outside product sites. Obviously you cannot accommodate all the different vendor sales page designs. What is attainable, and successful, is to develop a site so it does offer a smooth transition to the sites you are connecting to. What you should strive to do is prevent a design that is highly strange and serves to offer a glaring contrast to any other site. You will need to make an effort to discover how well colors, format and overall designs can be relatively inconspicuous hence they avoid clashes. Frequently an effective approach is to be mindful of this and minimize unacceptable contrasts.

This very identical rule applies to all you do in your business specifically in your written communications and marketing messages. Generally speaking, many people are constant and routine in the way they talk to people. Alternatively, we have seen many situations in which goods and services were promoted that seemed way out of place and unforeseen. This happens to some level, but it is not anything we would call unrestrained or a widespread problem. On the other hand, we have seen it enough to assume that many web marketers and businesses are unaware of the importance to be consistent.

Comcast Just Got Bigger, But Not Near Big Enough to Win the Real Future


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Comcast and Time Warner Cable announced early this morning that they have board approval to seek a merger, using $45 billion in stock to finance the deal. The deal is likely to close by end of year, despite the protestations of consumer advocate groups. The opponents of the merger will claim that it makes Comcast too powerful an entity, one that we can’t possibly tolerate.

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Hmm, So Did Olson and Target’s Relationship Expand?

cartwheeltargetOlson isn’t responding to the inquiries but we’re getting word from our spies that the Minneapolis-based agency has indeed expanded its longtime relationship with Target. From what we’re hearing, following a pitch, Olson has been tapped to serve as agency partner for Target’s healthcare division, with the focus being on B2B/digital work. We checked in with America’s #2 retailer and spokesperson replied that Target “does not have information to contribute for this opportunity.” Those on the Spy line, however, say that the Olson tip is legit, but we’ve also heard about the veil of secrecy spread over Target. Anyhow, if and when we get more info, we’ll let you know.

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