August 01, 2012
What's in our mailbox this month: Automobile mailers. See how Hyundai, Honda, Toyota, and Volkswagen rated.
July 01, 2012
With DDB UK at the creative wheel, VW devised a tiny book of photography to encourage test drives of its smallest-ever car car by the people who matter most.
March 20, 2012
By entering into this agreement the automaker essentially signed a player who is past his prime (a prime that lasted only two weeks, mind you) and set itself up for more than 700 days worth of tagline jokes
March 01, 2012
The Toyota "It's a car!" Facebook campaign features promotional videos, an interactive game and a trunk-full of awful jokes.
December 01, 2011
Automotive manufacturer Ford Motor Co. unveiled the 2013 Ford Escape on Nov. 15 using social game developer Zynga's popular "Words With Friends" game and a competition against actress Jenny McCarthy, who played the Scrabble-like game live in Los Angeles.
December 01, 2011
Some marketers may balk at the expense of Volkswagen's videogame for Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox to support the launch of the 2012 Beetle. However, Volkswagen of America EVP and chief product and marketing officer Tim Mahoney says the game — which mirrors the campaign's TV spots, showing consumers driving around in a Beetle and giving passersby high-fives — "seemed ideally suited to reinforce the TV spot."
October 27, 2011
You may think you're a terrifically unique individual, but I'll bet that if you drive a Honda and enjoy cable TV, there are three shows in this fall's 235-show lineup that you'll *really* dig. And I know exactly which ones they are.
October 21, 2011
Hyundai Motor America's October integrated marketing campaign promoting the Veloster automobile delivered a 73% increase in Veloster-related visits on Hyundai.com, said Jon Budd, senior group manager of CRM and interactive marketing at Hyundai.
Chrysler Group hired Ignite Social Media as its lead social agency this week after a review process. Expect the firm to be on its best behavior.
July 12, 2011
Euro RSCG New York has hired Allyson Witherspoon as global digital brand director, agency CEO Jeff Brooks said July 12. She replaced Maryann Pulvirenti, who left her position as the agency's client services director in April.
Ford Motor Co. launched a national campaign promoting the 2012 Ford Focus to black women on April 11. The "Inner Child" effort campaign features digital, TV and radio components and collects consumer data for remarketing. The campaign was created by The UniWorld Group, Ford's African-American advertising AOR since 1986.
Hyundai Motor America appointed Steve Shannon VP of marketing, effective April 18. He will be responsible for all marketing activities in the US and report to John Krafcik, president and CEO. Shannon will be Hyundai's third marketing chief in the past 13 months.
State Farm Insurance will launch a Facebook sweepstakes on March 31 to expand the number of potential customers who interact with the brand and to communicate the "good neighbor aspect" of the insurance company, said Brent Bynum, marketing manager at State Farm. Agency Proximity Chicago created the promotion.
Big Fuel, a New York-based marketing and communications agency, will open a Detroit office to handle social media campaigns for General Motors (GM).The expansion will allow Big Fuel to work with GM on a day-to-day basis, according to Seth Berk, VP of business development at Big Fuel. The two companies will collaborate on social media marketing campaigns structured around each individual GM brand line. The campaigns are expected to be rolled out throughout Q1 of 2011.
Chrysler Group has hired four agencies to handle advertising for its brands. Last month, Chrysler hired Meredith Integrated Marketing to manage its CRM initiatives in the US and Canada.
Ford Motor Company, a 106-year-old mainstay of American manufacturing that has long relied on traditional media to promote its product lines, has a fairly sophisticated approach to social media. The carmaker says its strategy hinges on a dual philosophy of both being present in the conversation and consistency in execution.
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What's in our mailbox this month: fitness postcards from Retro Fitness, American Woman Fitness Centers, Union's United Taekwondo Academy, and Bally Total Fitness. (We're totally pumped.)
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