Google AdSense now available to tech incompetents

LONDON – Google is targeting small business with little technology expertise in a new campaign inviting them to use its AdSense programme to generate revenues.

Al Nahda Resort & Spa …..

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Advertising Agency: FP7, Oman
Creative Director: Noufal Ali
Copywriter: Arun
Art director: Noufal Ali
Graphic Designer: Sanoop Ramachandran
Additional Credits: Ajay Menon, Manish Rodrigues, Pradeep

Via [AdsoftheWorld]

Lancome launches virtual makeup app for iPhones

LONDON – Hot on the high heels of Maybelline’s vibrating mascara and L’Oreal’s roll-on mascara, Lancome is launching a digital make up application for iPhones.

Yahoo Q3 profits soar as it makes deep cutbacks

LONDON – Yahoo’s pre-tax profits surged by 244% year on year in Q3 to $186m. However, with revenue falling 12%, its profit increase was generated by deep cutbacks.

OgilvyOne revives David Ogilvy for campaign to ‘reinvent direct marketing in the digital age’

SAN DIEGO – WPP-owned OgilvyOne Worldwide has launched a mobile-accessed video of its iconic founder David Ogilvy extolling the virtues of direct marketing as part of what it calls “a movement to reinvent direct marketing in today’s digital age and reassert creativity at its core”.

OMD to power Google Chrome OS launch

LONDON – Google is expected to unveil plans for its new operating system, Google Chrome OS, later this month, and global media planning and buying behind the launch campaign will be handled by Omnicom’s OMD.

B&Q introduces green army to combat carbon emissions

LONDON – B&Q has announced a number of initiatives to help customers make their homes greener.

Guardian to axe American website homepage

LONDON – Guardian News & Media is axing the homepage of its American website, GuardianAmerica.com, due to “low traffic”.

Jellyfish to handle search drive for Haymarket consumer titles

LONDON – Haymarket Consumer Media has appointed digital agency Jellyfish to handle subscriber acquisition across magazines including Stuff and F1 Racing through pay-per-click leads.

ASG Media seeks suspension of its share trading

LONDON – ASG Media, the out-of-home media owner formerly known as Avanti Screenmedia, has requested a suspension of its shares on the London Stock Exchange while it seeks funding.

Centaur rejects CIG takeover bid

LONDON – Centaur, the B2B publisher, has rejected a takeover approach by Critical Information Group, the media acquisitions company that counts Peter Bazalgette among its directors.

TV hard man Kemp turns tree-hugger for new Sky show

LONDON – Documentary filmmaking’s hard man Ross Kemp is turning his sights on global warning, with two new programmes about deforestation in the Amazon rainforest to screen next year.

POSTAL STRIKE LATEST – ISBA warns postal workers that strikes will drive marketers from direct mail to email

LONDON – ISBA, the body representing UK advertisers, has warned that a national strike will encourage its direct mail-using members to reduce direct mail volumes in favour of email.

Fabregas takes over Facebook in Nike campaign

LONDON – Arsenal and Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas is taking over Nike’s Facebook page to field questions from fans around the world.

Duracell Ultra Print

Dans la continuité du très réussi spot Duracell Ultra : Bunny Fusion par le studio Pleix et l’agence Ogilvy, voici la déclinaison de la campagne mettant en scène le lapin en peluche rose. L’affichage print est à découvrir avec différents visuels dans la suite.



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Coca-Cola to teach the world to be happy via social networking sites

LONDON – Coca-Cola is no longer content to merely teach the world to sing in perfect harmony — it now wants to teach the world how to be happy, appointing a team of Happiness Ambassadors to show us the way.

Government climate ad to be investigated after 350 complaints

LONDON – The Advertising Standards Authority has launched an investigation into a Government climate change ad campaign by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO.

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LONDON – Today’s round-up of the biggest business stories

Cadbury fights Kraft takeover with upbeat trading statement

LONDON – Cadbury, the maker of Dairy Milk chocolate, has said it expects to beat forecasts on revenues and profit margin, in what is likely to be its final shot at dissuading US food giant Kraft from making a hostile bid for the company.

Yahoo! revenues down 12% but profits leap

SAN FRANCISCO – Yahoo!’s third quarter revenues dropped 12% on last year to $1.58 billion (£958m), but cost cutting has helped boost net income by 225% to $188 million.