Toyota has seized on Siri voice control and uses a radio spot to interact with drivers’ mobile phones. Saatchi & Saatchi, together with the motoring giants, developed the ad, in order to get people to think twice before using the cell phone while driving. The radio spot simply communicates to the mobile to switch itself […]
After successfully using Usain Bolt to introduce Celcom’s fast 4G LTE network back in 2013, advertising agency M&C Saatchi has decided to continue its collaboration with the world’s fastest man to launch the telco’s new “Non-Stop Internet” network. The 360-campaign kicked off with a TV commercial three weeks ago that featured a baton being passed […]
“Mobile advertising as a whole is just fairly crappy,” said Sebastian Tomich, The New York Times senior VP of advertising and innovation. Mr. Tomich isn’t saying anything controversial. Most people seem to agree that those thin horizontal banners pinned to the bottom of publishers’ mobile sites haven’t won many fans. Neither have the full-screen interstitial […]
Ziploc has just unveiled a second installment in the brand’s digital film series—Little Beasts. The series, which launched earlier this year, takes a comedic look at some of the most chaotic scenarios provided by raising children. The videos make the point that while Ziploc can’t stop the crazy, they can help contain the chaos. The […]
Genesis Media, which surveyed more than 11,500 US adults in late May and early June, found that while 24 percent of respondents installed ad blockers on either their home or work computers, just 3 percent did so on their smartphones or tablets. Two things immediately jump out from those statistics: First, marketers already had plenty […]
Bigger. Badder. Birdier. This summer, one of the biggest mobile gaming hits to date is set to return to mobile and tablet screens around the world, putting the smug pigs and their feisty feathered enemies back in players’ hands when Angry Birds 2 launches on 30th July. To help promote the game’s release and recruit […]
The Moneytizer, a new ad platform specialising in online ad optimisation for small and medium-sized editorial publishers, has launched its first UK office in London. The business, originally founded in France in 2014, provides the leading ad optimisation platform for small and medium publishers such as bloggers. Its sole purpose is to give those publishers […]
NABS and Squared Online, an education initiative led by Google, have joined forces to provide funding for advertising and media professionals wishing to upskill their digital know how through a new career grant. The offer available through NABS’ Upskilling Grant programme marks the first time Google and NABS have partnered in this way. The scheme […]
New research has revealed the changing face of the UK’s native advertising market: there is more confidence and budget, with programmatic and mobile seen as the two main areas for growth. The second annual independent survey into this market was commissioned by native advertising platform Adyoulike and covered all major agencies and agency trading desks […]
Let’s face it, acne is the pits. And the acne category is awash with confidence clutter. Every brand is shouting about confidence loud and proud— and teens just don’t buy it. That’s why Droga5’s brand strategy for Clearasil taps into a more real source of confidence: reassurance. During custom qualitative research with teens, we found […]