Category Archives: Advertising

An Apple or Samsung commercial? No, even better: Somersby Cider (yes, made with apples)!

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Stefano

This commercial is so brilliant! We all know how people (us) queue up outside stores whenever Apple releases a new product. It’s amazing how much this event has become ritual: door opening, store people welcoming customers, people getting crazy around … Continue reading →

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Foursquare meets business users with ‘Foursquare for Business’ App

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Stefano

News from the check-in king: Foursquare For Business, an iOS app designed to let business owners manage specials and view analytics. Foursquare for Business, introduced on Tuesday, promises to let businesses attract customers by posting “beautiful photo updates, view recent … Continue reading →

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Xmas 2012 version of a Reindeer Race? Social with Facebook, ‘real’ with Arduino!

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Stefano

Australian-based agency VML created this XMas-themed race with some technical and social cool elements! Reindeer Race allows you to race your… reindeer (four available) and race against other people or some bots (according to who’s online). The cool fact is … Continue reading →

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The future of shopping and online retailers – according to Newsweek

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Stefano

Newsweek’s current issue features a nice story by Megan McCardle about shopping, selling and the future of retailers – online too. The article deals with Amazon, Best Buy and a lot more. Sales were $12.1 billion in the third quarter … Continue reading →

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Coke Zero and 007 Skyfall challenge train passengers with “Unlock the 007 in You” [Street marketing]

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Stefano

Coke Zero challenged unsuspecting train passengers to unlock the 007 in them for their chance to win exclusive tickets for the new James Bond movie SKYFALL. However, the exclusive tickets weren’t free. People had to go the extra mile and … Continue reading →

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Newsweek: after 80 years says farewell to paper – will be online only

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Stefano

Sign of the times – as they say. Newsweek, after 80 years, will cease publishing on paper and will survive in the online version only. According to Bloomberg, Tina Brown, current editor-in-chief, has tried almost everything to keep it alive: … Continue reading →

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Identifying social trends and influences pushes for new social media analytics tools

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Stefano

MediaPost just published this cool post, take a look! Some hints? Brennan Carlson, VP of strategy at Lyris, called for search terms similar to tweets in microblogging sites like Twitter. He said Google and Twitter offer analytics tools, but can’t … Continue reading →

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iPad magic promoting Stockholm with Charlie Caper and Erik Rosales: incredible communication video

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Stefano

This is the kind of magic I love! It’s a promotional video produced on behalf of Stockholm, Step2 Communication and performed at MIPIM in Cannes by communication experts and magicians Charlie Caper and Erik Rosales. As you can see, several … Continue reading →

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London 2012: James Bond escorts The Queen to the Olympics Games opening ceremony

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Stefano

Ok, I’m a James Bond/007 long-time fan, but this video by BBC gets the real Crown (!) for the London 2012 Best Promotional Video ever (IMHO)! Forget about boring TV ads, old-style promotional video reels: this is the kind of … Continue reading →

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Forget economic downturn: here come the top 10 luxury social media marketers!

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Stefano

What’s really selling in these hard times, when economic downturn depresses economy, markets and people? Luxury, of course. Overpriced goods, exclusive stuff gets more attention by more people – not only those who can afford it. Even though it’s still … Continue reading →

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