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Hoje, esta foto acima foi encontrada na timeline do meu Instagram. É um anúncio do BuzzFeed em uma revista – que eu não sei dizer qual é – exaltando as qualidades sociais de se anunciar em sua plataforma, quase que exclusivamente composta por conteúdos compartilhados por seus usuários.

Vale então uma reflexão sobre qual é a proposta do BuzzFeed neste bem-humorado ataque à mídia tradicional:

O modelo de anúncio, conforme descrito no site, pode ser resumido em: pague-me para viralizar o seu conteúdo. Como o serviço já possui alcance e usuários suficientes para que a performance dos anunciantes seja razoavelmente boa, seria fácil incluir ali no meio do conteúdo bizarro que circula por lá alguns links interessantes.

Só que, apesar de prometer viralização, o BuzzFeed utiliza-se de subterfúgios para alcançar os números prometidos, como títulos quase pornôs para fotos aparentemente inofensivas e outras inutilidades para uma determinada marca. A questão sobre o que é agregado a uma determinada marca utilizando compartilhamento pelo compartilhamento, que nos proporciona aquelas incríveis imagens “curtir/compartilhar” tão disseminadas por aí, é completamente válida: será que funciona mesmo ou estamos apenas colecionando números que dizem pouco?

O outro segredo da viralização, segundo relatou o Atlantic Wire, é comprar mídia do Facebook para os posts patrocinados. Mas se o Facebook vende likes à granel, a própria empresa poderia administrar suas metas em vez de terceirizar o serviço a um veículo (perceba que a linha que separa veículo e agência virou uma grande área cinza na Internet).

Se funciona ou não funciona, o tempo e os resultados dirão. Mas a provocação é válida em tempos digitais/sociais de consumidores cada vez mais conectados e departamentos de marketing ainda conservadores. Não que eu acredite que mídia em revista não funcione mais: ela ainda pode ser importante dentro de um mix que deveria, sim, contemplar mais opções digitais. E se trouxer um elemento inesperado e não um QR Code ou uma lista-de-canais-sociais-que-não-dá-para-clicar, quem sabe não seja um meio efetivo de impacto e interesse como foi hoje?

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'Tis the season for male-grooming brand extensions. Old Spice introduced its shaving gel last week. And now, Axe has updated its range of hair products for men. It's advertising them with four new 20-second ads from BBH London that have launched in Europe and will reach North America this weekend. The creative idea is that well-styled hair is crucial when you meet someone for the first time. The spots present various quirky first-meeting scenarios—the most faux-provocative of which is probably the home-invasion scenario, in which burglar seduces buglee with his perfectly slicked 'do. "We wanted to capture a simple truth about guys and their grooming habits," says David Kolbusz, deputy executive creative director at BBH. "Whenever a man sees a woman he fancies, he tends to touch up his hair before making the initial approach. We dramatized this behavior by setting it in the most extreme of circumstances." More spots and credits below.

CREDITS
Client: Lynx/Axe
Agency: BBH London

BBH Creative Team: Matt Fitch & Mark Lewis and Harry Orton and Robin Warman
BBH Creative Director: David Kolbusz
BBH Producer: Charlie Dodd
BBH Strategic Business Lead: Ngaio Pardon
BBH Strategy Director: Dan Hauck
BBH Strategist: Tim Jones
BBH Team Director: Heather Cuss
BBH Team Manager: Cressida Holmes Smith

Production Company: Outsider and Station Films
Director: Harold Einstein
Executive Producer: Eric Liney
Producer: Jon Stopp/Richard Packer
DoP: Danny Cohen
Post Production: The Mill
Editor/Editing House: The Mill
Sound: Factory

(TrendHunter.com) Ever wondered if Vaseline could be sculpted into works of art? Quirky artist Jungki Beak wondered too, so he decided to accept the challenge and create avant-garde battle art sculpted entirely out…

Damn you, hot hunks of advertising! Damn you to hot, hunky hell! Your Grecian glutes mock me as I polish off another nacho platter, and your six-pack abs shame me as I knock back my six-pack of beer! Shirtless Josh Button is the latest addition to the ad-hunk trend, rising seductively from the sea in Deutsch L.A.'s new tongue-in-cheek commercial for Diet Dr Pepper. (They make diet soda now?) "Millions of guys are born good looking," Button's voiceover begins, as the number 70,611,600 flashes on screen. "But not many are really good looking." The number 64,891 appears. "Even fewer are really, really, really, really, really good looking. At least, that's what I'm told." The number 45 zips by. "I'm Josh Button, and I'm one of a kind." We then get a full-on view of his chiseled torso as the red number 1 appears, thrust like a dagger into my cholesterol-clogged heart. (Hey, I'm at least one of the 70 million fairly OK-looking dudes, right?!) "We're poking fun at ourselves and the trend of hot guys in advertising," Dr Pepper svp of marketing Jaxie Alt tells USA Today, alluding to hunk sightings in spots for brands like Kraft Zesty Italian dressing and Diet Coke. After decades of impossibly trim bikini babes making women feel insecure, I guess it's men's turn to suffer. At least one advertiser out there is providing a more realistic depiction of the male form. But when you consider the state of that beach bum's liver, and his life expectancy, it's cold comfort indeed. Credits below.

CREDITS
Client: Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Brand: Diet Dr Pepper

Agency: Deutsch, Los Angeles
Chief Creative Officer: Mark Hunter
Group Creative Director: Brett Craig
Creative Director: Xavier Teo
ACD, Art Director: Erick Mangali
ACD, Copywriter: Chris DiNinno, Lehr E. Ryan
Director of Integrated Production: Vic Palumbo
Executive Producer: Lisa K. Johnson
Director of Content Production: Victoria Guenier
Ken Rongey:  Senior Business Affairs Manager
Directors: Craig Brett/Mangali Erick
Director of Photography:  Greig Fraser
1st A.D.: Anthony Dimino

Editorial Company:
Spot Welders, Santa Monica, CA
Editor: Patrick Murphree
Executive Producer:  David Glean
Senior Producer: Carolina Wallace
Producer: J. Patrick McElroy

Post Facility – Color Only:
Company 3, Santa Monica, CA
Colorist:  Dave Hussey

Visual Effects:
Arsenal FX, Santa Monica, CA
Post Production Company: Arsenal F/X
Executive Producer: Ashley Hydrick
VFX Supervisor/Design: Lauren Mayer-Beug
Flame: Mark Leiss and Terry Silberman
Designers/Animators: Andrew Schreiber
Post Producer: Pravina Sippy
Production Coordinators:

Music/Composer:
Elias Arts, Santa Monica, CA
Creative Director-Dave Gold
Executive Producer-Ann Haugen
Composer-David Wittman
Producer-Kiki Martinez

Audio Post Company/City/State:
Play Studios, Los Angeles, CA

Mixer:John Bolen
Executive Producer: Lauren Cascio

Others:
Mnemonic and End Tag
Wood Shop, Culver City, CA
CD/Product Director: Trevor Shephard
DP: Tom Lazarevich
Live Action Producer: Christy Lindgren
Post Producer: Sabrina Elizondo
Nuke Compositors: John Weckworth, Forbes Hill, Jon Lorenz, Ned Wilson, Thomas Horne
3D Artist: Forbes Hill, Cody Smith CD

Client Credits
Director of Creative: Shaun Nichols
Brand Manager – Diet Dr Pepper: Angela Snellings
Director of Marketing: Leslie Vesper
SVP, Director of Brand Marketing and Sponsorships: Jaxie Alt
SVP, Marketing: Andrew Springate
EVP, Marketing: Jim Trebilcock
Advertising Manager: Sharon Leath

Additional Deutsch Credits:
Mike Sheldon, CEO
Account Management Credits:
David Dreyer, Group Account Director
Helen Murray, VP Account Director
Andrew DuBois, Account Supervisor
Kate DeMallie, Assistant Account Executive
Account Planners:
Jeffrey Blish, Chief Strategic Officer
Aileen Russell, Group Planning Director
Business Affairs
Abilino Guillermo: Director of Integrated Business Affairs

Ever forget to record a TV show and wish there was another way to do it? Brazil’s largest satellite provider, Sky, is testing a way for subscribers to record shows via Twitter.

The technology, which was developed by Sky’s digital agency in Brazil, AgenciaClick Isobar, generates a Twitter hashtag that works like a record button. According to the agency, the concept is a response to noticing that consumers were turning to Twitter and other sources for information about TV shows rather the schedule of programming on Sky’s website.

Sky, which is majority owned by DirecTV, is rolling out the service to subscribers starting today.

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