6 Areas That YouTube Creators Need to Focus On

We’re living in the era of digital video. “If you’re not making online video, you’re missing out” is a widely accepted platitude across the board today. People on both sides of the digital divide agree that video is the way to go. Last year was the biggest yet for online content globally, and it’s safe…

Why Ad Tech Shouldn’t Be Skittish About Supply Path Optimization

Supply path optimization, better known as SPO, might seem like another buzzy tech phrase looped into the programmatic landscape, but it’s one of the industry’s most effective ways to cut the clutter between media buyers and publishers hungry to sell their inventory. Though different players in the ad-tech ecosystem need different approaches, the general idea…

Infographic: Nearly Half of Americans Make Purchases Based on Influencer Recommendations

Influencers are still going strong, but as the novelty fades, should brands keep including them in their strategies? New research from Toluna suggests they should. While there’s still skepticism–30.4% of American consumers don’t trust influencer recommendations–almost half (49.2%) follow influencers on social media, and 49.3% have bought something based on a recommendation from an influencer….

Inside the Complicated World of Amazon’s Private-Label Businesses

In Amazon’s early days, enterprising merchants carved out lucrative niches for themselves by identifying what wasn’t being sold on the site, sourcing those products at low prices and offering them as third-party sellers. This phenomenon helped the ecommerce platform serve more consumers while mitigating its risk and made Amazon the so-called Everything Store it is…

Top 100 Tech Trends in May – From Coder Board Games to Shapeshifting Meta-Material Aircrafts (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) The May 2019 tech trends incorporate everything from smart watches that help consumers to track different aspects of their health, and medical clinics within publicly available booths, to coding kits,…

Top 100 Gadget Trends in May – From Privacy-Ensuring Biometric Locks to AI-Powered Canine Trackers (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) These May 2019 gadgets range from privacy-ensuring biometric locks to AI-powered canine trackers. Aiming to make everyday life easier and more comfortable for the masses, products like the ‘…

“Vingadores: Ultimato” faz 2 bilhões de dólares em 2 semanas e já é a segunda maior bilheteria da História

Até o momento não parece haver limites para o número de dinheiro e recordes que “Vingadores: Ultimato” pode fazer e bater, respectivamente. Depois de feitos como se tornar o filme mais rápido a ultrapassar a barreira do primeiro bilhão, fazer a maior pré-venda da História e a maior bilheteria de estreia no globo e em …

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Facebook Opens a Command Post to Thwart Election Meddling in Europe

The social network took the wraps off a special operations center in Dublin ahead of this month’s European Union voting.

Shake-Up Looms at CBS News, as a Celebrated New Boss Makes Her Mark

CBS News’s new president, Susan Zirinsky, is about to put her stamp on the network with a changed anchor lineup. Gayle King is expected to be the centerpiece of the network’s morning show.

This Short Film Is the Story of Life and Love in Advertising, Told Entirely Through Ads

What happens when you successfully crash the Super Bowl? For 10 years, Doritos offered aspiring commercial directors the chance at Big Game ad glory, with tens of thousands applying for one of the brand’s Super Bowl ad slots. Ben Callner was one of the chosen few from Crash the Super Bowl, and his spot “Goat…

Pepsi: Mother's Day With Pepsi


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Pepsi

We traveled in time to bring to life a 1991 mother’s day school production once again with the same students. They staged it as a surprise for their mothers 28 years later.

Advertising Agency:El Taier DDB, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Creative Director:Jose Contreras
Copywriters:Alex Barrera, Luis Vettorazzi, Massimiliano Ricci
Director:Agustín Chibán
Executive Producer:Paula Barriga
Producer:Lucky Chang
Editor:Juan Carlos Aguilar
Art Directors:Pauline Collinot, Jimena Pons
Makeup:Maria Conchita Valenzuela
Equipment:El Foto TV
Scouting:AF Productions
casting and research:AF Productions
Audio Editing:La Rockolita

Terra Nostra: Counter


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Terra Nostra

Terra Nostra is more than just pasture milk; the locals say, it is the best milk in the world.

Not only do Terra Nostra’s cows benefit from the uniquely beautiful surroundings of the Azores in Portugal, but the brand also follows the Happy Cow Milk Program, a Responsible and Sustainable Production Program.

The film focuses on the genuine affection the producers feel for their cows and is based on a study from the Vienna Veterinary University, which showed that human care and interaction increase cows’ ability to produce milk.

Animal welfare is a fundamental concern for Terra Nostra, and their affection for their Frisian Holstein is real which led them to implement the Happy Cow Milk Program as well as ongoing rigorous controls of the conditions in which their cows give milk.

Advertising Agency:VMLY&R, Lisbon, Portugal
Chief Creative Officer:Judite Mota
Executive Creative Director:Pedro Ferreira
Creative Director:José Quintela
Art Director:Pedro Ferreira
Copywriter:Pedro Ferreira
Client Service Director:Filipa Ribeiro
Account Executive:José Mesquita, Ines França Martins
Director and DOP:Antonio Amaral
Executive Music Producer:Som De Lisboa
Film Colorist:Light Films
Client:Paula Amaral, Paula Gomes

Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence: The Gun Violence History Book


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Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence

Following the “Most Dangerous Street” installation, I wanted to let you know about an activation that took place in downtown Chicago yesterday for the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence (ICHV). During the event, the organization, in partnership with FCB Chicago, unveiled “The Gun Violence History Book”. Outlined in 19 chapters and 853 pages, is the 228 years of gun violence history in America.

The articles, facts, and data within are intended to be a tool to teach current and future voters how we can stop repeating history. Additionally, the book has formed part of a learning plan for teachers and schools in Chicago-land.

Advertising Agency:Fcb Chicago, USA

Vanish: Vanish Whites

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Vanish

Vanish is a global brand specialized in removing stains from white clothes, making them look even whiter. So white, they would literally vanish in a white background. Then, we decided to bring this thought to paper, in a campaign of print ads. We picked characters known for wearing white, and showed that their clothes, washed with Vanish, disappear in the studio’s white background. The chosen characters were a doctor, a chef and a karate athlete. To wrap it all up, we created a simple and effective tagline, using the brand’s name: “SO WHITE IT VANISHES”.

So white it vanishes.

Advertising Agency:BETC | Havas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
CCO:Ehr Ray
Executive Creative Director:Andrea Siqueira
Creative Director:Laura Azevedo, Alexandre Kazuo, Lucas Ribeiro
Art Director:Lígia Fava
Copywriter:Maria Fiuza
Photographer:Alexandre Genga
Photographer Producer:Guilherme Young
Head Of Production:Anna Luisa Ferraz
Producer:Andrea Carmassi

What Thumbs Dream Of


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Advertising Agency:Denizen Company, Culver City, USA
Chief Creative Officers:Joseph Matsushima, Joel Jensen
Copywriter:Joel Jensen
Account Director:Ryan Parker
Business Affairs Director:Katherine Torress-Pummill
Production Company:Denizen Company
Director:Joseph Matsushima
Director Of Photography:Alex Polinni
Executive Producer:Amy Matsushima
Producer:Jack Waldman
Editor:Alexander Hendriks
Visual Effects Production:Carl Stern
Colorist:Patrick Taylor

Brewdog Beer: #ThrowBackCrash


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Brewdog Beer

Advertising Agency:Leo Burnett Tailor Made, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Allied Irish Bank: Abusive Teller Machine


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Allied Irish Bank

Advertising Agency:Rothco, Dublin, Ireland
Creative Director:Stephen Rogers
Art Director:Matt Evans
Copywriter:James Pash
Executive Creative Director:Alan Kelly
Designer:: Gerard Sexton, Stephen Flynn
Business Director:Jimi Mcgrath
Senior Account Director:Emily Lyons
Account Manager:Amy Harrington
Strategy:Bronagh O’Donovan
Data Strategy Lead:Jennifer Langan
Project Manager:Irene Sharkey
Technical Director:Daire Lennon
Senior Developer:Sean Crawford
Digital Developer:Greg Callan
Junior Developer:Niall Eccles
Production Company:Antidote
Director:Ross Whitaker
Producer:Aideen O’Sullivan
Post House:Raygun
Editor:Rob Hegarty
Postproduction supervisor:Jen Connolly, Raygun
Production Designer:Joe Fallover, Fallover Art
Sound:Raygun

Philippine Commission on Women: Macho Choir


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Philippine Commission on Women

How do you call out a problem like catcalling?
Catcalling is a rampant problem in the Philippines with 3 out of 5 Filipinas experiencing a form of sexual harassment at least once in their life.
With the lack of widespread public campaigns against catcalling partnered with the absence of a law that criminalizes it, we are faced with a culture of victim blaming and impunity around this very public form of abuse.
How can we educate Filipinos that catcalling is a serious issue? How can we move people to take action and help make public spaces become safer places for women?
Solution:
From its early beginnings as a radio campaign that featured nursery rhymes with anti- catcalling lyrics, Macho Choir has evolved into an integrated campaign featuring a website, stickers, and for social media – lyric videos.
Operating on the insight that catcalling is essentially juvenile behavior, we designed the video’s illustrations to look like cartoons to connect to visual cues from one’s childhood. With our target audience being always on the go, using neon colors proved to help make the videos pop and noticeable online or on mobile. In terms of font style, we crafted our own font which was heavily-inspired by jeepney signages.
Ultimately, we created a set of lyric videos that are easy to sing along to while serving the public a message worth learning and remembering.

Advertising Agency:DDB, Taguig, Philippines
Creative Director:Dan Pambid
Art Directors:Dan Pambid, Sam Ramos, Celine Hembrador, Inna Fortu
Copywriters:Angelo Reyes, Tero Diaz, Andrea Penaranda
Illustrator:Inna Fortu
Managing Director:Diane Chua
Head Of Talent Management:Anna Chua-Norbert
Account Manager:Micci Maurico
Creative Technologist:Enif Ruedas

Telekom Romania: Story Time


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Telekom Romania

The Telekom Storytime app enables parents working abroad to tell their children bedtime stories remotely, with the technology of the app meaning parents don’t just tell the story, they become part of it. It’s a shocking fact that thousands of Romanian children are left in the care of relatives when their parents are forced by financial circumstances to seek work abroad.

Advertising Agency:Leo Burnett, Bucharest, Romania
Chief Creative Officer:Ali Bati
Managing Director:Diana Alexa
Creative Group Head:Alin Marghidanu
Copywriter:Miruna Potop, Dan Frinculescu
Art Director:Silvana Frinculescu
Illustrator:Agi Adrian Iota
Brand Communication Director:Mihai Lucanu
Brand Communication Manager:Laura Moisa
Digital Account Manager:Maria Ilea
Digital Planner:Maria Zvinca
A:Sorin Deleanu, Alexandru Zlavog
V Producer:Sorin Deleanu, Alexandru Zlavog
App Development:Dinut Lucian, Adonis Software

Museu Nacional de Belas Artes: Hashtags of Art

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Museu Nacional de Belas Artes

Brazil ranks second worldwide in social media usage, with an average of 3 hours and 56 minutes per day. But the country is far from the top when it comes to spending time at art exhibitions: only 7,5% of Brazilians have the habit of going to museums.
So, how could the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes draw attention to the oldest art collection in Rio de Janeiro, which has been on display for the last 82 years? By bringing the social media world and art together. The’ Hashtags of Art’ is an exhibition that literally placed hashtags under secular paintings, so people could feel as close to art as they are to their internet friends.

By using fun and popular hashtags that were always based on the history and context of the artworks, we made an audience that wasn’t interested in art start to truly relate and connect to it. And we showed, for instance, that a 19th-century painting of Brazilian Monarch Dom João VI wearing a gold-embroidered mantle before his coronation is nothing more than #outfitoftheday, #likeaboss, #instaluxury, and that food still life paintings are actually a good example of #instafood, #foodiary, #glutenfree among many other examples.

The exhibition was also taken to the museum’s Instagram (instagram.com/mnbario/) where the captions explored the same hashtags that were placed under the real artworks. Overall the idea was to create a link between historical paintings and a contemporary digital behavior, showing that art and social media have more in common than people have ever imagined.

Advertising Agency:NBS, Brazil
VP de Criação:André Lima
Criação:Leonardo Konjedic, Roberto Ulhoa, Thiago Manhães
Atendimento:Alessandra Barana, Alessandra Ferreira, Ligia Susini
Rtvc:Andrea Metzker, Fernanda Afonso
Produtora:Movie Machine
Atendimento Produtora:Sabrina Val
Direção:Bruno Miguel, Isabelle Lopes
Produtor Executivo:Juliana Lago, Thiago Oliveira
Direção de Fotografia:Bruno Miguel
Montagem:Isabella Janotti
Finalização:Ari Marins
Produtora de Som:Sonido
Produtora de Áudio:Sonido
Direção Musical:Lucas Duque
Mixagem:Geraldo Cortês
Produção NBS:João Eudes, Ana Dantas
Produtora Gráfica:Alta Resolução
Atendimento Produtora Gráfica:Edson Ferreira
Rp:Camilo Coelho, Thaís Christ
Aprovação MNBA:Monica Xexéo