The New Rules of Engagement to Help Brands Market on Facebook


In the blink of an algorithm update, Facebook has fundamentally changed the way brands and agencies organize and plan for social media. The new Facebook reality requires more radical change, including budgets for paid media and marketers switching from a real-time mindset to a right-time mindset. If nothing else, Facebook has demonstrated that agility and flexibility are essential to the future of our industry, and brands need to be prepared to move quicker, organize smarter and be receptive to rapid change and evolution.

The reality is, we can’t afford to abandon Facebook now. Social media is finally reaching critical mass, and Facebook has positioned itself as one of the most effective and efficient channels for reaching consumers with social and mobile marketing — especially now that the platform has more robust capabilities for targeting content by demographics, geography and interest groups.

Marketers, we’re not at war with Facebook. We’re in an ongoing battle for consumer attention. Get back in the fight by learning these new rules of Facebook engagement:

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Modern Cinderella Mobiles – Kenneth Cobonpue's Trishaw Design Makes Fairytale Dreams Come True (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Aluminum, polyethylene, steel and weather-proof fabric materials are fused together to create designer Kenneth Cobonpue’s Trishaw. This bike-infused rickshaw is a modern translation of Cinderella’…

La Gazzetta dello Sport: Tennis

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More than 100 updates every day.

Advertising Agency: TBWA, Milan, Italy
Executive Creative Directors: Francesco Guerrera, Nicola Lampugnani
Art Director: Moreno De Turco
Copywriter: Mirco Pagano
Account Executive: Diletta Carminati
Creative Director: Francesco Napoleone
Producer: Federico Fornasari
Production Company: First Floor Under
Photographer: Giacomo Biagi
Post Production: Special Project

La Gazzetta dello Sport: Soccer

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Advertising Agency: TBWA, Milan, Italy
Executive Creative Directors: Francesco Guerrera, Nicola Lampugnani
Art Director: Moreno De Turco
Copywriter: Mirco Pagano
Account Executive: Diletta Carminati
Creative Director: Francesco Napoleone
Producer: Federico Fornasari
Production Company: First Floor Under
Photographer: Giacomo Biagi
Post Production: Special Project

La Gazzetta dello Sport: Basketball

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Advertising Agency: TBWA, Milan, Italy
Executive Creative Directors: Francesco Guerrera, Nicola Lampugnani
Art Director: Moreno De Turco
Copywriter: Mirco Pagano
Account Executive: Diletta Carminati
Creative Director: Francesco Napoleone
Producer: Federico Fornasari
Production Company: First Floor Under
Photographer: Giacomo Biagi
Post Production: Special Project

Audi: Astronaut

Matrix LED System. Making daylight.

The Matrix LED system is a new technology that subdivides the LED highbeam light into numerous individual segments that are separately activated, deactivated or dimmed according to the situation, which gives over a million combinations of lighting, just like in daylight. The Audi Matrix LED headlights get the information they need from a camera, the navigation system and other sensors. For instance, when the camera detects other vehicles, this causes the high-beam light to be blocked in a certain subarea to do not disturb other drivers.

Advertising Agency: DLB Group, Bogota, Colombia
CEO: Andrés Moya Restrepo
Creative: Julián Guarín
Creative Director: Ricardo Espitia
Art Directors: Gilber Franco, Juan Vallejo, Ricardo Espitia
Copywriters: David Pantoja, Julián Guarín
Illustrator: Juan Vallejo

Audi: Reactor

Matrix LED System. Making daylight.

The Matrix LED system is a new technology that subdivides the LED highbeam light into numerous individual segments that are separately activated, deactivated or dimmed according to the situation, which gives over a million combinations of lighting, just like in daylight. The Audi Matrix LED headlights get the information they need from a camera, the navigation system and other sensors. For instance, when the camera detects other vehicles, this causes the high-beam light to be blocked in a certain subarea to do not disturb other drivers.

Advertising Agency: DLB Group, Bogota, Colombia
CEO: Andrés Moya Restrepo
Creative: Julián Guarín
Creative Director: Ricardo Espitia
Art Directors: Gilber Franco, Juan Vallejo, Ricardo Espitia
Copywriters: David Pantoja, Julián Guarín
Illustrator: Juan Vallejo

Faber-Castell Grip Finepen 0.4: Boat

Finest of the finest.

Advertising Agency: FCB Mayo, Lima, Peru
Chief Creative Officer: Humberto Polar
Creative Director: Juan Donalisio
Art Director: Keni Mezarina
Copywriter: Rafael García
Photographer: Rodrigo Tovar
Retoucher: Gabriel Ramos
Published: April 2014

Faber-Castell Grip Finepen 0.4: Bench

Finest of the finest.

Advertising Agency: FCB Mayo, Lima, Peru
Chief Creative Officer: Humberto Polar
Creative Director: Juan Donalisio
Art Director: Keni Mezarina
Copywriter: Rafael García
Photographer: Rodrigo Tovar
Retoucher: Gabriel Ramos
Published: April 2014

Faber-Castell Grip Finepen 0.4: Needles

Finest of the finest.

Advertising Agency: FCB Mayo, Lima, Peru
Chief Creative Officer: Humberto Polar
Creative Director: Juan Donalisio
Art Director: Keni Mezarina
Copywriter: Rafael García
Photographer: Rodrigo Tovar
Retoucher: Gabriel Ramos
Published: April 2014

Faber-Castell Grip Finepen 0.4: Quicksand

Finest of the finest.

Advertising Agency: FCB Mayo, Lima, Peru
Chief Creative Officer: Humberto Polar
Creative Director: Juan Donalisio
Art Director: Keni Mezarina
Copywriter: Rafael García
Photographer: Rodrigo Tovar
Retoucher: Gabriel Ramos
Published: April 2014

Ad Tech Companies Create Mobile Ad Exchange to Rival Google, Twitter


Two ad-tech companies are creating what they believe will be the third-largest mobile ad exchange behind Google and Twitter.

Rubicon Project, a technology company that helps publishers sell ads programmatically, is partnering with the mobile ad network InMobi to launch the exchange, which will be restricted to native mobile ads which appear in-stream, rather than banners.

InMobi, which is based in India, has carved out sizable chunks of the mobile-ad markets across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. For brand advertisers hoping to hit consumers in emerging markets, where mobile phones outnumber TVs, the new exchange may provide an easier reach.

Continue reading at AdAge.com

Coke Wants You to Float Away to Happy Land on Another Impossibly Sweet Ad

Coca Cola’s ad strategy basically comes down to bombarding you with joy and togetherness, and a new animated spot from Wieden + Kennedy continues that tradition.

A boy bumps into a girl and lets go of a red balloon he’s carrying, so he can catch the Coca-Cola she drops, because what better way to charm in a Coke commercial than to save a Coke. The camera follows the balloon as it rises past the windows of a brick building, peering into a range of shared family milestones and moments, all, naturally, including little red-wrapped bottles of sugar water.

Couples are, variously, moving in together; holding a tea party with their young daughter; visiting their college-aged son; cooking and dancing together; and celebrating their fifty year anniversary. All the while, singer-songwriter Wendy Colonna croons in the background about finding happiness in a pair. It’s the slightest bit reminiscent of Up, but mostly an adorable and incredibly efficient bit of storytelling that’s right in the brand’s wheelhouse.

Coca-Cola is no stranger to animated ads (e.g., the Polar Bears and Happiness Factory) or twee soundtracks, and it’ll never stop pumping viewers full of bubbly feelings until they forget—or just stop caring—that the product isn’t really that good for them, even if the brand does occasionally mix in a little sass.



Google Shows Off Its Self-Driving Car. Would You Take a Ride in It?

Google has designed a self-driving car. And whatever reservations you might have about such an idea, the company won’t be putting the brakes on it anytime soon—if only because the vehicle has no brakes to begin with. It doesn’t even have a steering wheel.

The car works like the company’s search engine, I guess. You tell it where you want to go, and it takes you where it damn well pleases. Kidding, of course. I think. I hope.

The prototype, which looks like a cross between a Smart car and a Dustbuster, is getting lots of press this week, with most of the coverage focused on the lack of human oversight options. People seem particularly perturbed by the presence of a “panic button” in case of emergencies. Google calls it the “e-stop” feature. If the car’s on fire and bearing down on Grandma, just press “e-stop.” What could go wrong? (In a blog post, Google says, “Our software and sensors do all the work.” Phew.)

The three-minute video below shows various folks—seniors, kids, moms, a blind guy—taking test rides. The car has no brakes, but Google remembered the cup holders. The happy tune on the soundtrack should reassure us all.

Seriously, if this contraption makes driving safer, count me in. For now, though, it’s just too easy to see it as a metaphor for technology run amok.



What can Mercedes' misfortune teach advertisers about bot fraud?

Duncan Trigg, the chief executive of Project Sunblock, the content verification service, shares his thoughts on research that found a sample of Mercedes-Benz ad impressions were mostly created by bots.

Home by Dachi Papuashvili

Voici une maison créée par Dachi Papuashvili couverte de bois, produisant toute l’énergie nécessaire à l’énergie solaire, et récupèrant l’eau de pluie. L’artiste a créé un endroit à la fois paisible, en osmose avec la nature et aux matériaux naturels. Une magnifique création à découvrir dans cet article.

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Que tal montar a sua própria banda punk?

Nos últimos dias, tive o prazer de ter contato próximo com diversos estudantes de comunicação social e de outros cursos, como letras e tecnologia da informação. Em comum, todos gostariam de saber mais sobre mídias digitais e sociais e algumas perguntas eram bastante repetidas. Escrevo aqui no B9 sobre o assunto por entender que há em nosso público um alto número de estudantes na mesma situação, repetindo as mesmas indagações:

– O que fazer para conseguir um primeiro trabalho? Como podemos chamar a atenção de um empregador em São Paulo ou no Rio de Janeiro mesmo estando aqui longe?

Eu poderia responder que a meritocracia é justa e que basta se inscrever, mas somente isso não resolve. Para uma única vaga de estágio aqui na empresa, eu recebi quase 400 currículos. Simplesmente não dá para separar 2 meses (um mês útil tem 176 horas) apenas conversando com a molecada para então escolher algumas pessoas e aprofundar a conversa. Não há nenhuma empresa que faz isso. O que fazemos, na verdade, é estabelecer alguns filtros e, assim, os currículos que não chamam a atenção são rapidamente descartados (ou “guardados com a equipe de RH”). C’est la vie.

E então o que fazer?

Na falta de uma melhor, minha resposta é: monte a sua própria banda punk.

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A banda punk é metafórica, mas eu levei bem a sério no começo da década passada. Aí, uma foto de 2003, tocando no saudoso Vila Rock Bar, em São Paulo. Pela posição da minha mão esquerda, você detecta que a habilidade musical é quase nula.

Nesta fase da carreira – o início – pouco vale um currículo. Peças fantasmas em um portifólio até mostram um pouco de noção, mas um projeto pessoal pode evidenciar mais sobre como você encararia o dia-a-dia.

Um projeto próprio – seja ele uma página no Facebook, um blog, uma página de fotos, um fórum, um canal de vídeos, ou ainda um trabalho acadêmico de longa duração, um projeto de trabalho voluntário, uma ideia de startup, etc. – mostra não apenas o que você compartilha: ele conta um pouco sobre como você enxerga o mundo, demonstra alguma iniciativa de começar as coisas do zero e, caso já tenha alguns anos, até alguma perseverança.

Como os punks dos anos 70 ensinaram, não é necessário grande conhecimento para fazer as suas próprias canções de protesto, suas próprias roupas e sua própria cultura: bastava fazer. Faça você mesmo, é o que pregavam.

E com esse monte de ferramentas web, não há desculpas. Em dois minutos, você pode ter uma plataforma que vai além do compartilhamento de gatinhos no Facebook. Não que seja errado ficar compartilhando memes por aí, mas se você tem a oportunidade de fazer outras coisas e contenta-se com fotos dos seus próprios pés, da sua comida e com o compartilhamento de imagens do TV Revolta, então sim, há algo errado.

O projeto próprio pode não oferecer a sua oportunidade sonhada de cara, mas pode ajudar a chamar a atenção para o seu currículo no meio de tantos outros. Assim como o comunicólogo que hoje se esforça para chamar a atenção das pessoas na fração de segundo que ela terá nas timelines, o candidato precisa, sim, chamar um pouco de atenção do recrutador no curto tempo em que ele terá para fazer uma lista de 400 nomes virar uma de 10.

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A melhor parte é que este esforço pode levar não apenas a um emprego, como também a descobrir mais sobre você mesmo, baseado no que você vai aprendendo sobre a vida, o universo e tudo mais. Pode até se tornar o seu trabalho remunerado, ainda que não seja esta uma promessa, mas uma possibilidade.

Pronto para fazer o seu novo projeto? Comece já e nunca esqueça de incluí-lo na carta de apresentação e no currículo. Fica a dica.

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Bentley apresenta filme criado com iPhone e iPad

Filmado e editado inteiramente dentro de um Bentley Mulsanne circulando pelas ruas de Nova York, o microdocumentário Intelligent Details destaca o que inspira o diretor de design Luc Donckerwolke e o responsável pelo design exterior SangYup Lee.

O diretor Austin Reza, da Reza & Co, criou o filme todo com um iPhone e iPad, para destacar não somente o luxo e performance do veículo, mas também a tecnologia proporcionada a bordo pelo sistema de entretenimento e conectividade do carro.

No final do vídeo, há também um making of. bentley

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Pop Culture Album Makeovers – Ript Apparel Designs Album Artwork in Favor of Fictional Icons (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The artists from Ript Apparel created a series of album artwork that is actually parodies of famous album covers. They re-imagined each album with outlandish pop culture characters that are all…

Contrasting Crimson Editorials – Natasha Poly and Anna Ewers Star in Vogue Paris' June 2014 Issue (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Natasha Poly and Anna Ewers look as though they’re suffering from a bout of scarlet fever in the ‘L’Extase’ editorial for Vogue Paris’ June 2014 issue.

Photographer duo…