Bupa turns to ‘conversational and irreverent’ tone for first global campaign

Bupa turns to ‘conversational and irreverent’ tone for first global campaign

Bupa is launching its first global marketing campaign as it adopts a more “conversational” tone and seeks to get its Ground Miles walking app into “as many hands as possible”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmtQ1PIhdfA#t=29 The digital marketing campaign featuring an “overblown American stereotype” called Chad Stryder is being supported by a global seeding strategy in order to support […]

Burberry readies festive social media takeover

Burberry readies festive social media takeover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb5IyBK24n8 Burberry is preparing for a romantic Christmas with a campaign that ties its “With love” message to a film that shows London smothered in snow, set to Tom Odell’s ‘Hold Me’ track. The activity will be supported by a “full festive takeover” of social media sites, including Twitter, Instagram and Chinese sites Sina Weibo […]

Global TV Ad Spend Up 4.2%, Internet Ads Skyrocket

Global TV Ad Spend Up 4.2%, Internet Ads Skyrocket

Worldwide TV advertising spending grew modestly — low-single-digit percentage gains — in the first half of 2013, while Internet advertising continued to rocket higher with big double-digit percent hikes. Nielsen says TV grew 4.2%, now at a 57.6% market share for the first six months of the year. The second-largest media in terms of advertising […]

NBA launches first international ad push

NBA launches first international ad push

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has launched its first ever ad campaign targeting international fans. The marketing campaign, “one game one love”, incorporates six TV spots as well as print and online ads and a presence at the NBA international games. It is timed to coincide with the pre-season games across the globe. The first […]

Twitter acquires mobile ad specialist MoPub for $350m

Twitter acquires mobile ad specialist MoPub for $350m

Twitter has acquired the mobile-focused ad exchange, MoPub, for a reported $350m (£223m). MoPub’s technology lets mobile application publishers manage their inventory and optimize multiple sources of advertising — direct ads, house ads, ad network, and real-time bidding through the MoPub Marketplace — in a single product. The deal represents the micro-blogging site’s largest acquisition […]

Burberry launches TV and Instagram push for new fragrance

Burberry is supporting its new men’s fragrance, Brit Rhythm, with a global music-focused ad campaign staring the These New Puritans front man George Barnett and incorporating a TV spot, as well as crowd-sourced images. The campaign runs across TV and social, and will culminate with three gigs in late October. It was made in-house under […]

Nissan launches ad to promote Versa Note

Nissan has launched a new US ad to showcase how its new Versa Note hatchback can open the door to adventure. The ad, created by TBWA\Chiat\Day, transports viewers to different locations as a camera travels through the boot of a Versa Note and out into the car to show numerous adventures it can allow drivers […]

Lynx launches campaign starring Kelly Brook

Kelly Brook, the model and TV presenter, has starred in two Turkish ads as part of a campaign to promote Unilever-owned Lynx’s Apollo fragrance. The first ad is set in a space ship and starts with Brook waking up before dousing herself in Lynx, known as Axe outside the UK. She sets course for Istanbul, […]