Check out this #1 viewed Youtube video for the week ending Oct 30, 2009 with 2.5 million views. volkswagon_funtheory1 It's a great viral campaign sponsored by Volkswagon, Sweden. The video leads viewers to the website: www.thefuntheory.com where you can learn about a contest they are sponsoring to get people to submit ideas on how to cause social change by … [Read more...]
Internet ad spending out paces TV
Internet ad spending in the UK out paced TV ad spending for the first time ever in history. While TV ad spending commanded 22%, the internet took up 24% of advertising expenditures. While some were quick to write the obituary for traditional media, the UK market is a bit of an anomaly with its restricted advertising on the BBC and an abundance of broadband penetration. However, … [Read more...]
An enlightened use of social and traditional media
Seems the Vancouver Sun is seeking enlightenment on many fronts with their latest cross-promotional effort involving the Dalai Lama, Twitter, Facebook, CKNW radio, print advertising and guerilla based publicity. In the face of dwindling readership, it is this type of effort that signals a truly enlightened approach to media choices: use the best tool in your kit to get noticed, … [Read more...]
The rise of the RENEGADE and the EVERYMAN
Meet the renegade and the everyman. The renegade is a challenger. He does things differently. Frequently seen as the underdog initially, he can often grow to become quite powerful. Never one to shy away from a dust-up, he is at his best when matched with a challenger, knowing he has identified an underserved populist niche. The everyman is synonymous with the common masses. … [Read more...]
Backvertising hits Kits Beach
Think you’ve seen it all when it comes to clever delivery of advertising messages? Think again. Enter to latest human ad platform: backvertising. Take one very hairy man, carve out your message on his follicle-enhanced slate, and send him strolling down Kits Beach handing out Parissa Wax Strip samples on July 25. It was sure to be a head turner, and generate talk both on the … [Read more...]
