Don’t Lose Your Joie de Vivre


It's rough out there. Even if you're lucky enough to have a job, the likelihood of getting a raise or a promotion is pretty slim these days. Everyone is overworked, which means nobody is getting as much attention or gratitude as they deserve. Without incentives, it's easy to lose inspiration. I asked some friends and tweeps how they stay motivated, and what they came back with was so utterly perfect and brilliant, I had to share it.

Partners Andrews Aldridge splits with Visit Wales

LONDON – Visit Wales, the Welsh Assembly’s tourism body, has parted company with its direct marketing agency, Partners Andrews Aldridge, by mutual consent.

‘Guitar Hero’ vs. ‘Rock Band’ — Which Media Plan Rocked?


Product launches for Activision's "Guitar Hero 5" and MTV Games' "The Beatles: Rock Band" last September became a high-stakes marketing strum-off. Each marketer showed off a combination of skillful hammer-on and pull-off like maneuvers in media to bring its product to market. We decided to evaluate each brand's media strategy.

DMA salutes Crozier’s impact on direct marketing

LONDON – DMA spokesman Robert Keitch has praised the impact outgoing Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier has had on direct marketing during his seven-year tenure and said he could help the cause further in his new role heading ITV.

iPad T-Shirts – Custom Fashion that Spoofs the Apple iPad Includes Lots of Period Jokes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The media has officially been hit with an iPad craze, but so has the DIY fashion world. These iPad t-shirts were found in various Zazzle stores only a day after Steve Jobs’ big unveiling of the Apple iPad…

Yawn. Times Two. GoDaddy Ad Banned From Super Bowl

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Seriously? Seriously? Are we actually writing about this? Are we actually going to give GoDaddy’s Bob Parson’s the time of day for yet another “banned” Super bowl commercial stunt?
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In Praise of Seth Godin’s ‘Linchpin’


Seth Godin's premise is that today's organizational structure is a throwback to the days of factories, with interchangeable parts and interchangeable workers. Basically, this means that if you do your job as you're told, then you're easy to replace. Seth wants you to "become indispensable" instead.

Campanha de verão da Skol vai ser apenas online

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Esse ano, a esperada campanha de verão da Skol será apenas online (e aberta à colaboração do usuário).

Com o conceito “Skol por um verão redondo“, a marca lança um Guia de Verão colaborativo, que traz dicas sobre praias com lugares e atrações consideradas incomuns para os guias convencionais.

Ao entrar no Guia do Verão Redondo, totalmente interativo, você poderá conferir Pontos Redondos do litoral. Daí você assumirá o controle de uma pequena escuna, para desbravar as dicas mais “redondas” de verão.

Cada dica te dá acesso a fotos, vídeos e textos do local, assim como a previsão do tempo exclusiva da Garota do Tempo Skol.

Por ser colaborativo, cada usuário pode assumir o papel de “guia turístico”, enviando dicas e fotos sobre os pontos do litoral que ele considera imperdíveis. Todos esses Pontos Redondo serão identificados no Google Maps.

Assim, a campanha consegue ficar super alinhada com o público-alvo de Skol: uma galera jovem e conectada, mas que adora o verão, a praia e a diversão.

A Skol garante que não haverá outro meio (a não ser a internet) para promover o “Verão Redondo“.

Gran Pantalla: God does not exsit

“Gran Pantalla. Billboards you can see from far, far away.”

Advertising Agency: McCann Erickson, Madrid, Spain
Creative Director: Leandro Raposo
Art Director: Javier Wandosell
Copywriters: Leandro Raposo, Isidro Casanova
Illustrator: Javier Wandosell
Producer: Silvia Gutiérrez

Future hires Carat’s Payne to head planning department

LONDON – Future, the specialist publishing group, has appointed Carat associate director Steve Payne to the new role of ad planning director.

Spain Blurs the Line Between Programs and Ads With Extended Telepromotions


LONDON (AdAge.com) — Spain is flouting European Union laws on maximum ad time by allowing telepromotions — features that blur the boundaries between programming and advertising — to air over and above the 12 minutes of commercial airtime that is legally permitted each hour.

DMA launches information security standard DataSeal

LONDON – The DMA has launched DataSeal, a new information security standard specifically for companies and agencies that use consumer data for marketing.

Google Exec: We’re Here to Help Newspapers


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Devices like Apple's iPad may help newspapers and traditional publishers, but only significant evolution will save them, Google's chief economist, Hal Varian, said.

Kiss and Magic launch iPod tagging tech

LONDON – From this week listeners tuning into Bauer Media stations Kiss 100 and Magic 105.4 via their iPod will be able to tag songs, to purchase later, while listening to the radio.

Indicia chief executive leaves as data and creative agencies merge

LONDON – Data and direct marketing group Indicia has merged its two agencies Entire and Marketing Databasics together under the Indicia name and parted company with chief executive David Perkins.

EHS Brann appoints David Williams as managing director

LONDON – EHS Brann Group, the full service direct, digital and data marketing group, has appointed David Williams as managing director of EHS Brann Cirencester, replacing Alison Hamer who is not returning from maternity leave.

EHS Brann appoints David Williams as Cirencester managing director

LONDON – EHS Brann Group, the full service direct, digital and data marketing group, has appointed David Williams as managing director of EHS Brann Cirencester, replacing Alison Hamer who is not returning from maternity leave.

Soleil Noir Showreel

Découverte des nouveaux projets du studio interactif et de l’agence parisienne Soleil Noir. Réputé en flash et en direction artistique, voici leur showreel et leur carte de voeux pour 2010, entièrement conçu en stop-motion et représentant leur identité visuelle.



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Bauer appoints King as regional managing director for radio

LONDON – Bauer Media has appointed Steve King, group programming director and managing director of the Kerrang and Q radio stations, to the position of regional managing director of the North West and Midlands, replacing Michelle Surrell.

Super Bowl: Facebook será meio de apoio para a campanha social da Coca-Cola

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Ao contrário da Pepsi, a Coca-Cola não vai abandonar a publicidade nos intervalos do Super Bowl, mas também prevê invadir as redes sociais.

Para promover os seus anúncios no Super Bowl, a Coca-Cola e a Wieden+Kennedy anunciaram uma campanha no Facebook. A nova campanha “Live Positively” permite aos usuários enviar garrafas de Coca-Cola virtual para seus amigos na página da marca.

Para cada gift enviado, a marca fará uma doação de US $ 1 para a instituição Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Como incentivo, os usuários poderão assistir uma prévia dos comerciais que a Coca-Cola vai veicular no Super Bowl.

No final do ano passado, comentei (aqui) sobre o projeto social da Pepsi, como substituição dos tradicionais anúncios que a marca fazia até então.

O Super Bowl desse ano acontece no dia 7 de fevereiro.

:: Via AdAge