Archive for January 14th, 2010

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Coke & Unilever drop campaign sites in favour of social media

Coca-Cola and Unilever are shifting their digital focus away from traditional campaign sites and towards community platforms, such as Facebook and YouTube, as social media begins to dictate their marketing activity in 2010.

The FMCG giants are moving away from sites created on a campaign-by-campaign basis in favour of investment in existing communities. While both companies will continue to create campaign sites for certain brands in the immediate future, they have said the long-term future lies with social media on platforms populated by their target consumers.

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Jan
10

Ford takes third place: 2009 Mobile Marketer of the Year

Ford Motor Co. took third place for the 2009 Mobile Marketer of the Year award.

Based on the nominations received from readers and submissions from this publication’s editorial team, Mobile Marketer is convinced that Ford serves as role models for outstanding use of mobile advertising and marketing. Here is a breakdown of Ford’s work in the mobile space in 2009.

Building awareness
Ford tapped Microsoft Advertising to build awareness for the Ford Sync product via branded experiences for MSN, XBox Live and mobile.

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Jan
10

Lufthansa Tool Sends Auto-Updates via Email

Lufthansa in October introduced MySkyStatus tool – It gave travellers the option of having their flight status updates posted automatically to either Facebook or Twitter. Some 17,000 automatic tweets have since been posted as a result, and now the German airline has expanded the free service with new capabilities.

Still available for passengers on any airline, the MySkyStatus tool now gives users the option of having their departure, in-flight location and arrival updates sent via email as well. Travellers can choose who will receive their updates and when; they can also add a personalised message. In addition, a new drop-down menu lets them share their reason for flying.

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Jan
10

Video: Converge Hosts a Special Screening of Avatar

As talked about earlier, Converge Technologies held a special screening of Avatar at Cineplex on 9th January, 2010. This was in celebration of our Digital Partnering with Jazz Mobilink for the digital contents of Avatar along with SMS/Web Promotions for one of the biggest movies of the year.

Many senior employees from Mobilink, Unilever, Interflow, HBL, HMB, Faysal Bank, Samba Bank and Candyland were also present.

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Jan
10

Walmart, Microsoft leverage in-app ads for product pushes

Walmart and Microsoft’s advertising within NBC’s Today Recipes iPhone application is an example of the opportunities and various ad formats that brands can take advantage of when targeting savvy smartphone users.

Walmart opted for banners and Microsoft is running preroll video ads for its Windows 7 PC operating system. The sponsorships showcase that while banner advertisements are available to brands within applications, there are a multitude of advertising units that can be weaved into a user’s experience.

“We wanted to create an editorially driven Today experience that also gives the sponsor an appropriate way to reach consumers with not just a branding message, but also useful ideas on how to use their products,” said Randy Stearns, deputy editor of the East Coast at MSNBC.com, New York.

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Jan
10

Colgate joins the Facebook club

Hong Kong – Colgate has rolled out a Facebook game to promote its 360 Actiflex toothbrush targeting young adults.

The Facebook initiative aims to increase the product awareness of 360 Actiflex and engage consumers with its claimed benefits of being able to move in all directions in a flexible manner to achieve cleanliness for the whole mouth.

Colgate’s core target audience are between 25 to 30, whom are more concerned with oral health and enjoy shopping for toothbrush.

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