It started out as a hashtag. It is now a song based on a democratic message, which is compiled with 2704 tweets posted by people across India and filmed with the support of 330 people. #DontSmokeBecause is the first ever Twitter crowd-sourced song conceptualised by Creativeland Asia for the brand Godrej Aer. #DontSmokeBecause was launched […]
Twitter and WPP have signed a deal that will see the ad giant integrate Twitter data into its media and analytics platforms, and will include the launch of data products. The global strategic partnership spans a number of WPP companies, including GroupM, Kantar and digital agencies including Wunderman. Sir Martin Sorrell, WPP chief executive, said: […]
Twitter has revealed its latest marketing tool Twitter Amplify which allows media companies to promote small video clips, for example sports highlights, which are accompanied by a brief video ad as a pre- or post-roll. Launch partners for Twitter Amplify include the likes of Clear Channel, New York Magazine, VEVO, Warner Music, and VICE, as […]
BNP Paribas is celebrating 40 years of partnership with the French Open with a social media-controlled robot that launches tennis balls at Jo-Wilfred Tsonga live on a tennis court. The ‘Tweet and Shoot’ event on 23 May, created by We Are Social, will see social media users able to drag-and-drop a tennis ball on a […]
To celebrate the launch of its Weetabix On The Go breakfast biscuits, the Weetabix factory in Kettering created a giant biscuit to form the basis of its Twitter feed. The ‘Tweetabix On The Go’ biscuits, which are 15 times larger than the real thing and took the team of expert Weetabix bakers a day to […]
London-based design consultancy Berg has built interesting Twitter-driven cuckoo clock for Twitter UK that they call #Flock. While it’s easy to appreciate the lovely craftsmanship of these clocks, what’s even more interesting is how they’re wired into the Internet. Using an Arduino board, the #Flock cuckoo will not just make a bird pop out to […]
DDB and Volkswagen Spain created a campaign around an online game called Polowers. They integrated the Twitter API into the Polowers microsite and required users to become followers to play. Every time a player tweeted using the #polowers hashtag, a Polo on the site would advance a few metres. The person to send the last […]
To celebrate the start of the F1 season Sky Sports has worked with Brothers and Sisters to create the Twitter Grand Prix, where fans will be able to race against the clock on Twitter answering questions in real time to win prizes.
Sky Sports has launched a £5m campaign, including a Twitter competition that offers the chance to win tickets to next year’s Australian Grand Prix, to promote its Formula 1 coverage. The campaign, by Brothers & Sisters, promotes the company’s Sky Sports F1 HD upgrade service, currently on offer for £5 a month for six months. […]
Nearly one-third of viewers to the Super Bowl were so taken with commercials during the game that they watched at least one of the spots again online afterwards. A new survey from media shop Mindshare polled nearly 2,200 adults in the days following the game (Feb. 4-6) and 31% of those who watched the game indicated […]
@GreatBritain, @Israel and@Sweden are the best examples of country promotion on Twitter BEIJING — Burson-Marsteller, a leading global public relations and communications firm, today released the second part of its “Twiplomacy” study (http://twiplomacy.com), looking specifically at country branding on Twitter. The study shows that only 9 governments out of 193 UN member states own their country name Twitter handle. […]