Online ads are dropping in price and blaming online communities. Yet social advertising rarely work because we are chatting with mates, and not to be interrupted by situationally irrelevant ads.
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Australia Toyota Yaris social media campaign Downfall
Toyota have chosen 5 or 6 agencies and have asked them to spend $15,000 each on a “social media marketing campaign”. Think “stunt” and you have a better idea of what they are talking about.. And while traditional media pitches means war to get content into banner ads, on TV and radio, when it comes [...]
KFC Potholes and Social Network Spotlights
Kentucky Fried Chicken offer to fix potholes in exchange for graffiti – err sorry – advertising on the hole covers. From The Chicago Tribune: Colonel Sanders look-alike Bob Thompson helps a repair crew in Louisville “re-fresh” one of the estimated 350 million potholes nationwide. (KFC Corporation photo/ March 24, 2009) There is a danger on [...]
Print: Tribune Bankrupt, Ad revenue plunge
From RintiniWriting Media giant Tribune Co., saddled with billions in debt since it became a privately held company last year, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court this afternoon, becoming the first major newspaper or chain to declare bankruptcy in modern history. (Washington Post) Wall Click for bigger picture. Total print and [...]
ROI on Social Media Advertising
Hmm you know, this guy is me in man-drag…… except I don’t yell as much, I giggle more, I’m prettier etc. Rather taken with the annotations and popups. More my collaborative style than the traditional locked down content on YouTube. Gary Vaynerchuk’s original “Do you know why? R.O.I.” post. You might like to read more [...]
MEDIA : International Herald Tribune to shutdown
Shutting down of the online IHT and merging it into New York Times made me sad – I read both online and paper versions when based in Jakarta, Singapore, Amsterdam and Milan: In August, ad revenue at the New York Times Media Group, including both the Times and Tribune, dropped 15.1% from the same period [...]
Australia: BandT Awards
The fish are: Media Salesmanius, Marketus Directus, Startup Emergius, Peeyarus Agencis, Pitchus Winnus and others on the PDF. BandT have an awards night coming up Which species are you? B&T is looking for the best of breed – entries are now open for the B&T Awards. Go to www.bandt.com.au/awards to download an entry form. The [...]
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Outdoor Advertising = Graffiti
Our children observe a world filled with advertising and emulate it in their graffiti. Are they responsible for not understanding that only certain people can dump branding on certain walls? Advertising is branding and expression of the company. Graffiti is self-branding and self-expression of the individual. Does that make it wrong? Osaka advertising wall (foto [...]
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