At Virgin Money they've launched a new campaign to promote the Virgin Climate Change Fund. This is an investment fund which invests into high performing shares, and filters out those with a poor carbon footprint. So people that invest money, can do a......
We do like hilarious UGC material, but we are mainly looking for compelling BGC (brand generated content) concepts and virals. Brands like Virgin Mobile, Virgin Atlantic and Burger King are a great catch for us, since they have lots of guts and thus ......
Again a great concept by the Miami creative hotshop Crispin Porter + Bogusky. In just a few years, the CP+ B team have really revitalized the Burger King brand in a rebellious way. An eye-opener for many agencies and brand managers.
Burger Ki......
The Hasbro vs the Scrabulous Facebook application case is a great example which shows why most companies still don't get the new world of marketing. Bloggers and tech pundits alike unanimously slated Hasbro for this, what some described as 'idiotic',......
Do I believe that brands still need a traditional PR and Media agency? Yes Sir! But I am even more convinced that in this digital era, brands also need a Social Media Agency; with brand engagement architects, strategic social media planners, viral, s......
China is the very fast growing economy. China will host the Beijing 2008 Olympics Games this year. And China's digital advertising revenues are increasing at dazzling pace. So coming months, I will focus at China several times.
China, a count......
Remember the great viral commercial 'Mayday, We Are Sinking' starring the German Coast Guard from Language company Berlitz? It was a cheap production but hilarious, and it reached millions of internet users without spending media costs or high CPM's.......
This item is about sexy girls, adult content, online video, e-commerce and fashion. Interested? Read along! The most widely known English translation of the Kama Sutra was made in 1883. The book gained global reputation for being the best of pornogra......
It might sound strange to you, but the Catholic Church is blogging and podcasting in a phenomenal way! This concept by the Catholic Church should really win a Webby Award! And yes, like many brands the Catholic Church is losing loyal customers. Like ......
With my friend Stephan Fellinger I have been doing interactieve marketing workshops for many years. It's a delight to help with brand marketers ignite their digital brand revolution. But Stephan and I keep each other sharp as a razor too.
Last co......
Today I did a LaComunidad trend workshop for Microsoft MSN in Amsterdam about online video, BGC, UGC and video advertising. Audience were brand marketers from Red Bull, Vodafone, L'OREAL and Beiersdorf. Other speakers were from MetrixLab and Universa......
You can become the 2008 buzzword wizard! Just learn about Wombagging? This exercise tries to protect, or sandbag, your brand from negative or undesirable word of mouth. Conversational tracking might be a must have for your brand? Improving your produ......
It's almost X-Mas and consumers around the globe will spend billions and billions buying food and gifts. If consumers need extra money to shop till they drop, they can visit eBay Neigborhoods, social lending sites like Zopa, other Peer2Peer Banks or......
Some consumer brands finally seem to understand some important trends: We should act more customer centric. We should embrace social media. We should shout less through interrupting ads. We should make our ads very relevant or much more entertaining.......
Do you remember when Blaupunkt was one of the leading car audio brands? 19 years ago I got my drivers license and bought a very old VW Golf (1200 Euros) with a Blaupunkt car stereo in it. It's like the Blaupunkt brand had vanished last ten years? You......
We were all shocked and surprised in the industry. MTV created a huge buzz with it's show Pimp My Ride. Lot's of dull brands around the globe suddenly started pimping in their RTV commercials.
But Volkswagen created major buzz with it's anti-t......