Blog Profile / Ads of the World Blog
| URL : | http://adsoftheworld.com/blog | |
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| Filed Under: | Marketing / Advertising | |
| Posts on Regator: | 148 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.4 | |
| Archived Since: | May 9, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Personal Assistance during the Cannes Lions Festival
Creative ad student offers personal assistance for 1 lucky CD/ECD/CO/CCO/CEO etc. during the hard Cannes Lions Festival days in exchange for a Cannes Young Lions Pass and accomodation. You can visit his Facebook page for more info.
Sanjiv Mistry & Jamie Mietz appointed Creative Group Heads for McCann London
McCann London today announces the appointment of Sanjiv Mistry and Jamie Mietz to Creative Group Heads, working under newly appointed Co-Presidents and Chief Creative Officers Rob Doubal and Laurence Thomson. Jamie and Sanjiv join from Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town where they were Creative Group Heads.
Charity ad shocks the UK: “I wish my son had cancer.”
Alex Smith's 6 year old son, Harrison, has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy which is a degenerative condition that will kill him slowly and painfully, probably before he’s 20.
Ads of the World March 2013 Winners
Best Film
Why Google+ will suddenly take off in the next few month
Google a few weeks ago introduced a new feature on search. Try searching for "Ads of the World" on Google and you will see a section in the right sidebar showing latest posts from Google+ for business/community pages. This is like a free AdWords campaign for your Google+ page.
“Dishonored” grabs the Gold in Gaming
Psyop and ROKKAN’s project for Bethesda Softworks and Arkane Studios, “Dishonored: The Tales from Dunwall,” took gold at the 2013 Game Marketing Awards in the Best Long Format Featuring Promotional Content category!
Nissan responds to Vine spoof
Nissan is one of the only auto brands on Vine. In response to a fan Vine spoof of the Nissan "Executive Carpool" commercial, Nissan North America today released their response to the fan Vine, chopping the original commercial down to a 6-second Vine version.
Fan Vine Spoof:
How classic ads might look in the social media era
Dublin-based advertising creative and copywriter Eoin Conlon has revamped a series of classic ads to bring them “up-to-date” with the social media era. Re-working iconic ads from companies like Volkswagen, Rolls-Royce and Apple, he imagined how they will look like if social media networks like Facebook and Twitter were available in the past.
Ads of the World Jobs
One of the most requested feature by Ads of the World members was a job board exclusively for advertising professionals. Today we are launching a Beta version of the AotW Jobs section.
Fallon creatives Peck and O'Leary follow Damman to Carmichael Lynch
Ryan Peck and Scott O'Leary today joined Carmichael Lynch in the role of creative directors. The agency’s recent new business wins have prompted a surge of high-profile hires by chief creative officer and managing partner Dave Damman. The pair joins Goodby Silverstein recruit Marty Senn, who arrived in January as executive creative director.
Ads of the World visited from the International Space Station
See country No.3 in this screenshoot of a live Google Analytics page which shows the locations where Ads of the World is visited from. This is of course one of several Google's April Fool's Day's activaitions. See more here: http://adsoftheworld.com/taxonomy/brand/google
The story of the controversial Ford Figo campaign by JWT India
You must have heard by now about the Ford Figo campaign by JWT India that created quite a commotion for a campaign that probably never run. Several people asked me what exactly happened, so I though I should write down the events from my perspective and my opinion about the campaign as well.
Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century
Herbert Marshall McLuhan, CC (July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian philosopher of communication theory. His work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory, as well as having practical applications in the advertising and television industries.
The making of Orangina Statistics campaign
Check out the making of the latest Orangina spots Pigeon and Cannon ball by Fred & Farid's creative team Gian Carlo and Rolando, and directed by Glue Society (Gary Freedman).
The Most Truthful iPad Ad Ever
CONAN Highlight: Finally, Apple comes clean about how most people use their tablets: porn.
Reinvent Olay Pro-X
The “Reinvent Olay Pro-X!” contest by Procter & Gamble is a design competition which allows community members and fans of Olay products to submit and share innovative ideas for new Pro-X products, redesign its packaging and transform the way the Olay Pro-X story is told. Any form of creative designs are welcome, including visual designs, drawings, photos and 3D renderings.