June 18, 2013
A new study by Adobe shows online advertising unpopular with consumers and marketers.
March 25, 2013
As Acer moves forward, it's refined its banner ad strategies.
December 01, 2012
Renault tapped Spanish agency Orbital Proximity to devise an ad for Pinterest, despite the fact that the social network doesn't currently allow traditional advertising formats.
April 25, 2012
I'm not one who enjoys shopping (for anything), yet an expedition over to IKEA I do not mind.
March 01, 2012
Last September, Huntington Bank launched a multimedia campaign online and across direct channels explaining the value of Asterisk Free Checking with impressive results.
January 01, 2012
The Opel Movano can move up to 3.5 tons and 2 GB. To raise awareness about the utility vehicle's actual "utility" as a transporter of large loads of cargo, Belgium-based agency McCann Lowe created a Web banner that serves double duty as an advertising vehicle and a file transfer device: The banner "carries your stuff... across the Web."
August 29, 2011
If marketers want customers to remember their brands, remember their messages and take action, they need to reach them when they are paying attention.
July 01, 2011
American Honda Motor Co. launched the "Super Civic Quest" Facebook scavenger hunt, asking consumers to scour the Internet for clues to help an imaginary Mexican wrestler find his Honda Civic.
July 01, 2011
Display advertising leaders AOL and Yahoo are stepping up their banner ad innovation to improve interactivity with consumers and fend off competition from targeted ad solutions from companies such as Facebook.
Cambridge Beaches Resort & Spa will launch a campaign this fall using direct mail, email, social media and banner ads, said Michael Winfield, president and CEO of the company. The Bermuda resort is working with Merge Consumer Marketing, which it selected last month as its AOR after an RFP process that included five agencies.
April 25, 2011
As SVP of strategy and marketing at rich media technology firm PointRoll, Catherine Spurway says that she's often asked about the challenges facing display advertisers. So Direct Marketing News caught up with the former Exelon marketing manager and Denison University graduate to discuss how marketers are combating "banner blindness" and cooperating with increased regulatory scrutiny.
Thomson Reuters, a business news and professional information provider, launched a corporate branding campaign January 24 to improve public understanding of the company. The effort, created by branding agency Interbrand and creative shop Ogilvy Worldwide, includes a microsite, traditional media, digital display advertising, mobile marketing, an iPad app and social media.
June 16, 2010
Microsoft launched an integrated campaign June 15 to support the launch of business productivity suite Microsoft Office 2010.
Kodak has launched a business-to-business direct marketing campaign to promote its i4000 Series scanners. Digital and direct agency Catalyst, a longtime Kodak partner, created the effort.
Some brands are expanding their view of e-mail marketing, reflecting that consumer inboxes now receive information from social media news feeds, RSS feeds, news sources and search ads.
May 28, 2010
Macy's delivered its 2010 Memorial Day sale book online using a Yahoo ad unit. The sale book ads use Yahoo's "Pullover" ad units in Yahoo Mail.
Fox Soccer Channel released an iPhone application May 27 to support its coverage of the FIFA World Cup, which begins June 11. Audi is the official sponsor of the "Ticket to South Africa" application.
Marketing services firm My Buys has acquired Veruta, an ad network optimization company, for an undisclosed sum.
Audi of America has partnered with Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment on a campaign promoting its cars and the motion picture 'Iron Man 2,' which hits theaters May 7. The "Tony Stark Challenge" push includes a contest, e-mail, user-generated content, banner and in-theater ads, social media and television spots.
Frito-Lay's SunChips brand is running a multichannel campaign to promote a compostable chip bag it introduced on March 31. The effort includes banner ads, online video, social media and search marketing. The brand's ad agency, Juniper Park, and media agency, OMD, created the campaign.
PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division is running a digital customer-engagement campaign to promote its potato chips. The "Happiness Exhibit" effort, which began March 15, encourages consumers to share photos of happy moments. The images will become part of a growing online photo montage.
Starwood's Sheraton Hotels & Resorts brand launched its first marketing campaign in two years on February 3, calling consumers to "rediscover Sheraton." The campaign encourages travelers to take a fresh look at the hotel brand, which has refurbished many locations following a three-year global brand overhaul.
Monster.com launched a multichannel advertising campaign on January 24 to promote updates to its job search engine. The effort is aimed at both job seekers and employers at a time when unemployment is hovering near 10%, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Tide will launch the digital elements of its "Style is an Option. Clean is Not" campaign on February 5. They will include banner ads, search marketing, e-mail and social media.
MTV Networks is working with Crisp Wireless, a mobile ad company, to create rich media units on its mobile WAP sites. The partnership, struck last month and announced January 5, has extended MTV's mobile ad unit offerings to include rich media and custom ad design.
Geotargeted banner ad revenue is expected to grow 16.6% to $1.04 billion in 2009, according to BIA/Kelsey in its Interactive Local Media spending forecast. Double digit growth continues in 2010. Geotargeted display will increase 13.1% next year to a total of 1.18 billion. By 2013, it will swell to $1.9 billion, a compound annual growth rate of 16%.
High-end fashion brand Lacoste is running its first all-digital campaign in the US in time for the holiday shopping season. Called "Momentum," the effort includes an interactive Web site, which consumers can use to create their own music videos with kaleidoscopes of Lacoste labels, images of its winter fashion collection and upbeat original dance music. Visitors can also view videos made by other users.
Jung von Matt/Neckar, a German ad agency, created buzz for publisher Eichborn at the Frankfurt Book Fair this month. The agency outfitted 200 flies with banner ads to promote their exhibition booth at the show. What do you call that? A "fly circus?"
October 23, 2009
Ask.com is running video banner ads and a Facebook-integrated microsite to promote its Ask Deals retail price index search engine.
To introduce its new four-seat sports car, the Panamera, Porsche Cars North America is running an integrated effort designed to expand the company's audience beyond sports car fans and to reach luxury car drivers. The multichannel effort, "Welcome to the Family," was created by Porsche's agency of record Cramer-Krasselt Chicago with the goal of retaining existing customers and acquiring new ones.
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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.)
Social data can improve a brand's bottom line and customer relationships. Just ask brands Infiniti and Diamond Nexus.
Here are three must-have data sets that every marketer should include in his or her email strategy.
