In this helping of Michael Carney’s Marketing Week:
Steve Jobs introduces the Death Star. And more iPad tomfoolery, this time with our old friend velcro.
The second installment of the Olympus PEN series. 355 pictures were taken, printed in billboard size and shot again – and the video was produced with the Olympus PEN itself, without any tricks … Read more »
In this installment of Michael Carney’s Marketing Week:
Hark! The iPad hath been released, the feverish purchasing (300,000 on its first day in the US, Apple says) hath begun and the opining, reviewing, analysing and critiquing of one of the world’s most talked about devices is well underway. And, overall, it seems the opining, reviewing, analysing and critiquing of this ‘game changing’ gadget has been very positive. Read more »
This week in eBuzz from Michael Carney’s Marketing Week:
Over the past few years, there have been numerous attempts to make magazines more interactive. Sadly, most of those attempts tended to revolve around gimmicky, impractical augmented reality stunts, where a magazine might be held up to the computer screen and a photo ‘comes to life’. There was already a medium for this: it was called video. And there was plenty of it on that thing called the internet. But for the first time in a long time, if some of the app demonstrations deliver what they promise, the integrated digital content soon to be offered up appears to offer actual benefits to everyone involved in the process—the readers, the advertisers and, if the money starts coming back, the publishers. Read more »
The world – well, mainly the technorati – once again went temporarily gadget mad a few weeks back when Steve Jobs waltzed on stage, resplendent in a tucked in t-shirt and blue jeans, to show off his new iPad, Apple’s latest shiny weapon in the fight for convergence. And Nielsen has gathered a few numbers that show the product launch is about to break records when it comes to online discussion. Read more »
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Who’s it for: Rexona by Generator United and Curious.
Why we like it: Depending on your viewpoint, the last Rexona spot that aired around the Rugby World Cup was either overwrought and overly earnest or powerful and beautifully shot. The follow up is fairly earnest as well, but Darryl Ward’s made it look purty in black and white and the slightly more casual approach works for us.
Who’s it for: Telecom by Saatchi & Saatchi and Prodigy
Why we like it: A simple idea, well executed—and there’s even a dose of sexy vampire-related humour. Extra points for the lead character’s rapid line spitting and the numerous attempts it probably took to get it right.
Who’s it for: National Bank by DraftFCB and Robber’s Dog
Why we like it: There’s a rich heritage of city slicker agencies claiming to know how to talk to the rural audience. But DraftFCB nailed it with this one (which we completely missed when it was launched ages ago as part of the ‘For the Places You’ll Go’ campaign).
Mio changes everything, apparently.
VW tugs on the heartstrings.
Samsung’s take on the spinning ball of death.
Intel’s big budget Ultrabook campaign takes us to the movies.
The invisible Mercedes.
Google’s Story of the Send.
Amnesty International’s graphic new ad shows that money can hide terrible things (depending on your workplace’s severed head policy, possibly NSFW).
Two-and-a-bit minutes of beautiful outdoorsiness for Decathlon’s in-house brand Quechua.
Cute kids review Skrillex.
Pumpers gotta pump, Quiky gets violated, Yahoo’s digital struggles explained, Skechers gets a smack, the QR code that requires beer and how did General Aladeen convince John Key to hold a machine gun in Cannes?
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