Paris Shop BETC Opens in L.A. With a New Workout Program


When new agencies announce their launch, they often do so alongside a new campaign for a first client. But with the debut of its Los Angeles office, Paris-based agency BETCperhaps best known for its “Evian Babies” campaignis introducing an online workout product in which it owns a stake.

The workout, which went live online Monday, represents the type of project that the new shop wants to make a big part of its modelwhat the agency describes as a “fusion of business and culture.”

“Our projects will be hybrid for sure and likely to be very varied, from a TV show to a book to a school, a fashion line or whatever might be the best and most impactful opportunity,” says L.A. Managing Director Clarisse Lacarrau, a 15-year strategy vet who has worked with brands including McDonald’s, Google, Lacoste and Ubisoft. “But nothing will prevent us from creating a more traditional campaign if we agree together that it’s worth it.”

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What We Know — And Don't Know — About Election Interference at Facebook, Google and Others


Now, it’s Google’s turn in the election spotlight: The search giant revealed Monday it uncovered suspicious ad spending on its platform tied to Russia, much like Facebook and Twitter had done before.

Also over the weekend, President Trump’s digital director Brad Parscale told “60 Minutes” how the campaign used social media and the internet in completely legitimate ways to win the election, no outside help needed.

Between the various reporting and investigations into different platforms during the 2016 election, it’s gotten hard to keep the actual news separate from the fake news. Here’s a quick platform-by-platform guide to where things stand now:

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TV Rivals Eye a Common Way to Prove Commercials Work


Competing broadcast and cable TV executives are meeting this week to discuss developing a shared model to show how well advertisers’ commercials worked, according to people familiar with the talks.

Dubbed “Thor,” the budding initiative is the latest attempt by the TV industry to answer the rise of digital media, which has benefited from a seeming ability to prove its ads led to the purchase of a product or the test-drive of a car, for example.

“We want to show TV works and we can prove it,” says one TV executive involved in conversations, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the fledgling plan.

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Top 55 Marketing Ideas in October – From In-Store Aromatherapy Bars to Mattress Brand Pop-Ups (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) As the October 2017 marketing trends reveal, brands are going the extra mile to create unique in-store experiences for their customers. Whether this involves an interactive activity, or simply a…

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(TrendHunter.com) From in-store sneaker creators to smiling payment systems, the October 2017 retail trends demonstrate that brands are making a major push to personalize the in-store shopping experience.

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Judi Dench, Glenn Close and Meryl Streep Speak Out on Harvey Weinstein

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Inside London Cocktail Week 2017: Schweppes, Chivas Regal, Peroni and more

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É esperado que o posicionamento político de uma pessoa seja influenciado por variáveis culturais. Mas será que há marcadores biológicos ou psicológicos para isso? Saiba neste episódio do Naruhodo! — no papo entre o leigo curioso, Ken Fujioka, e o cientista PhD, Altay de Souza. OUÇA (28min 22s) ======== Download | iTunes | Android | Feed Edição: Reginaldo Cursino ======== APOIA.SE Você sabia […]

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Monday Morning Stir

-Publicis Worldwide focuses on friendship in its “Those Few People” campaign for Nescafe Gold (video above).

-Adweek shared its list of 40 “Young Influentials.”

-Another week, another racially insensitive Dove ad pulled.

-Fusion Media and its ad tech partner want to reward advertisers with the best creative.

-It’s not just Facebook: Google admitted for the first time that Russia-based parties used its algorithm to interfere with the 2016 election campaign.

-Digiday takes a look at advertising’s “Fearless Girl” problem.

-P&G chief marketing officer Marc Pritchard underscores the value of broadcast advertising, still likes primetime.

-Results International partner Julie Langley says, “Someone might buy a global holding company but it won’t be a management consultancy.”

Grey Celebrates the Always-Dynamic NFL in New, Trump-Free, Effects-Heavy Spot

Since every single news story or cultural event now rapidly devolves into an “our team vs. their team” exercise in political tribalism (UGH), it’s worth remembering that the National Football League is supposed to be about talented people playing football.

Grey launched the new season about a month ago with an FX-heavy spot that positioned itself as a trailer for the NFL as your favorite legacy TV show, back for another year of bone-crushing excitement complete with a “shock and awe” soundtrack by Miguel.

The new spot elaborates on the “Let the show begin” tagline in a very similar style. This time, the key selling point is the league’s unpredictability.

As you can see, this effort stars Demarco Murray, Jay Ajayi, Michael Thomas, and Myles Garrett making their way through a virtual obstacle course that resembles a mashup between gridiron antics and the new Blade Runner sequel. The music is from THEY, who are just as unfamiliar to us as the players themselves.

From the release: “The NFL season is nothing if not wildly unpredictable. Teams defy the odds and unknown players make names for themselves.”

That’s true in so many more ways than one.

CREDITS

Agency: Grey
Client: NFL
Campaign: “Unpredictable”

Worldwide Chief Creative Officer: John Patroulis
Deputy Chief Creative Officer: Jeff Stamp
Group Creative Director: Joe Mongognia
Creative Director/Art Director: Mike Cicale
Creative Director/Copywriter: Cameron Miller
Project Director: Hank Romero
EVP/Global Account Director: Brian Weston
SVP/Account Director: Courtney Berry
Senior Account Executive: Lucy Hallowell
Assistant Account Executive: Michael Jones
Executive Strategy Director: Tony Lederer
Senior Planner: Nicolas Pilaprat
Senior Planner: Ben Michaels
Content Strategist: Bryce Mathias

Sound Design: Sound Lounge
Co-Mixers: Justin Kooy and Peter Holcomb
Producer: Becca Falborn
Executive Producer: Mike Gullo

Production Company: Elastic
Director:  Paul Mitchell
Director of Photography: Sean Stiegemeier
Live Action Producer: Richard Weager
Production Designer:  Shel Greb

Design Studio:  Elastic
Creative Director: Paul Mitchell & Lisa Bolan
Designer(s): James Levy, Nadia Tzuo
Producer: Lee Buckley
Executive Producer: Luke Colson
Head of Production: Kate Berry
Managing Directors: Linda Carlson & Jennifer Sofio Hall
VFX Supervisor / 2D Lead: Maciek Sokalski
CG Supervisor / 3D Lead:  Andrew Romatz
3D Artists:  Dustin Mellum, Ian Ruhfass, Josh Dyer
2D Artists: Elliot Brennan, Brinton Jaecks
Editor :  Ryan Delk / Chris Hall

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Geneva Public Transports: TPG – Ricardo

In 2017, the Geneva Public Transports company (tpg) turn 40 years of existence. To celebrate and thank all the employees of the company, they created party-ballooned-portraits
of 7 real employees and used them as an institutional campaign on all their vehicles during 2 months.