Hasta La Creative!

According to Brian Morrissey at Adweek, the agency business has miles to go before it sleeps.

TNS Media Intelligence/Cymfony polled more than 60 marketers in North America, France and the U.K. to gauge how they are faring navigating the world of social media. It asked them feedback on their agencies’ abilities to help. TNS found, in its words, “Agencies don’t get it.”

Clients complained that their agencies — creative, media, public relations, design and others — typically treat social channels like blogs as traditional media. In other cases, their ideas are not backed up by practical skills in the area. What’s more, one client pointed out that his agencies have little of their own experience using social networks or video sharing sites for themselves.

Hmmm…

The agency where I work has a MySpace page, YouTube page, Flickr page, a company blog, a robust extranet with massive user participation and we bring social media solutions to our clients. I understand BFG is different, but we’re not the only one.

Designed on your style.

Advertising Agency: Touché, Bologna, Italy
Art Director / Copywriter: Luca d’Alesio

LONDON – Digital agency Front of Mind has appointed Kenneth Kawamoto, former head designer at The Hub, to the newly created role of head of creative.

To burn the calories from two spoons of sugar you will have to do 360 minutes of ballet dancing that involves spinning around on one foot which will be even more difficult than reading this or simply use Sugar Free Natura which contains zero calories to avoid the trouble altogether.

Advertising Agency: Rediffusion DY&R, India
Executive Creative Director: Sagar Mahabaleshwarkar, Ramanuj Shastry
Art Director: Amisha Shah
Copywriter: Mayuresh Wagle
Photographers: Amisha Shah, Bapi Bit
Production: R Viswanathan, Suresh Manjrekar, Rajendra Bitling
Released: September 2007

LONDON – The Conservative Party is using social networking sites to recruit supporters as part of the digital strategy for its new ‘You Can Get It If You Really Want It’ campaign, which uses the Jimmy Cliff song of the same name as its theme.

(TrendHunter.com) Italy has passed a law that says that men cannot touch their private parts in public. Yes dudes! When you travel to Italy remember to keep your hands from wandering into your genitalia or you’ll face criminal charges for excessive crotch grabbing.

The ban was extended to apply in cases the Eternal…

Child education society calling for support.
About 1 out of every 8 children in the world is trapped in the most abhorrent forms of child labour. Help us to give them a better life.

Advertising Agency: The Greenroom, Mumbai, India
Creative Director / Art Director: Maheindra Thakur
Copywriter: Rohit Mukherji
Published: January 2008

Advertising Agency: Dieste Harmel, San Francisco, USA
Chief Creative Officer: Aldo Quevedo
Executive Creative Director: Carlos Tourne
Senior Creative Director: Raymundo Valdez
Art Director: Eduardo Cintron
Senior Copywriter: Alex Toedtli
Photographer: Dorit Lombroso
Agency Print Producer: Tish Verdin
Published: January 2008

Proud sponsor of the 2008 Canada Winter Games.

Advertising Agency: Grey, Toronto, Canada
Art Director: Gerald Schoenhoff
Copywriter: Jonathan Careless
Photographer: Frank Hoedl

Published/Released (Month, Year): February, 2008

Advertising Agency: Grey, Toronto, Canada
Art Director: Gerald Schoenhoff
Copywriter: Jason Buback
Photographer: Stock
Published: December 2007