Ryanair steps up charm offensive with ads declaring ‘we’re changing’

Ryanair steps up charm offensive with ads declaring ‘we’re changing’

Ryanair is ramping up its charm offensive with a new marketing campaign detailing the changes it has made to its services. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjfmjznXksU Ryanair’s TV campaign details the service enhancements it has made to woo disgruntled customers that have switched to rivals. A UK outdoor campaign has launched declaring “we are changing” with a list of […]

Motorola readies ‘unorthodox marketing’ for Moto X launch

Motorola readies ‘unorthodox marketing’ for Moto X launch

Motorola is readying an “unorthodox approach to marketing” to back the European launch of its forthcoming flagship smartphone the Moto X as it looks to build on the sales success of its predecessor the Moto G. The stand-out feature of the Moto X smartphone, on sale in the UK from 1 February, is its touchless […]

Super Bowl Spots Pull Record High, Commercial Time Rising

Super Bowl Spots Pull Record High, Commercial Time Rising

The Super Bowl as a TV advertising vehicle remains strong — in terms of revenue, commercial time, and more importantly, commercial tune-in. Last year’s event on CBS pulled in 11% more revenue to $292 million over 2012’s game, and was 14% higher to $4 million for the average 30-second commercial, according to Kantar Media. This […]

Snakes on Little Portland Street

Snakes on Little Portland Street

Communications agency Exposure started today with an event to inspire fearlessness among its staff. Hijacking the firm’s weekly company meeting, Exposure’s Brand Experience team set out their plans for the year in a fully produced experience, before inviting a number of ‘professionally fearless’ volunteers to enter a screened-off boardroom. The five employees – Hannah Grant, […]

Start 2014 with a Cleaner Social Life

Start 2014 with a Cleaner Social Life

http://vimeo.com/83818275 Each day, millions of users are bombarded with social noise and clutter as a result of their past ‘likes’. VML & GPY&R teamed up with Colgate’s hero surface cleaning brand, Ajax, to create an easy solution for people to clean their social networking feeds. Called Ajax Social Wipes, it’s a new online tool that […]

Fitness First rebrands with ‘energetic’ red

Fitness First rebrands with ‘energetic’ red

The Clearing has rebranded gym chain Fitness First, scrapping the incumbent blue and white brand colours to create a look that symbolises ‘energy and strength’, according to the brand. The interiors of the gyms are being overhauled by Checkland Kindleysides. Richard Buchanan, The Clearing founder and director of consulting, says, ‘We wanted to create a […]

Clever Billboard Ads Highlight The Discrimination Faced By Prostitutes

Clever Billboard Ads Highlight The Discrimination Faced By Prostitutes

The creatives at Anti Advertising creatively changed the look of the billboards at bus stops to highlight the discrimination that prostitutes face. Conceived for the 30th anniversary of the Norwegian National Center of Expertise on Prostitution, these billboards use visual cues to show that sex workers have been stepped on, treated like trash and are […]

Land Rover to get new identity from Brand Union and Digit

Land Rover to get new identity from Brand Union and Digit

WPP consultancies Brand Union and Digit are creating a new identity for Land Rover. The consultancies were appointed following a six-way pitch and are tasked with creating an identity that will ‘support Land Rover’s ambitions for growth in new international markets’. The consultancies will also work on a set of brand guidelines for parent company […]

Kia launch tennis serve app in Australian Open tie in

Kia launch tennis serve app in Australian Open tie in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_oHVdKYEU4 Korean car brand Kia has launched an app in time for the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament which commences next week, which allows people to simulate returning a high-speed tennis serve live from their TV using their smart phone as a racquet. The serve is simulated to be from Australia’s Sam Groth, the […]