Category Archives: Online advertisement

A pocketful of early Internet Service Providers greeting packs from 1994.

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Stefano

Digging in my vintage-computer mess, I found this pack from Xmas 1994 – labelled Software ETC.   I barely reminded that a long-time friend, Claudio, brought me this stuff from a trip in the USA – where early Internet was … Continue reading →

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SNCF (French railways) marketing: Europe? It’s just next door

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Stefano

A brilliant campaign to promote SNCF, French railways, throughout Europe. TBWA/Paris installed coloured doors (with high-tech connected monitors) in several european cities’ public squares (Milan, Brussels, Barcelona, Geneva or Stuttgart…). Opening the door provided users a great experience of being… … Continue reading →

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KLM High Five: street guerrilla marketing joining NewYorkers and Amsterdammers

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Stefano

It’s that simple: KLM encouraged people in Amsterdam to high five strangers in New York for a chance to win flights. Nice use of technology for marketing. Touch-(or slap-)screens in Amsterdam and New York allowed perfect strangers – 3,600 miles … Continue reading →

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An Apple or Samsung commercial? No, even better: Somersby Cider (yes, made with apples)!

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Stefano

This commercial is so brilliant! We all know how people (us) queue up outside stores whenever Apple releases a new product. It’s amazing how much this event has become ritual: door opening, store people welcoming customers, people getting crazy around … Continue reading →

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Coke Zero and 007 Skyfall challenge train passengers with “Unlock the 007 in You” [Street marketing]

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Stefano

Coke Zero challenged unsuspecting train passengers to unlock the 007 in them for their chance to win exclusive tickets for the new James Bond movie SKYFALL. However, the exclusive tickets weren’t free. People had to go the extra mile and … Continue reading →

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Newsweek: after 80 years says farewell to paper – will be online only

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Stefano

Sign of the times – as they say. Newsweek, after 80 years, will cease publishing on paper and will survive in the online version only. According to Bloomberg, Tina Brown, current editor-in-chief, has tried almost everything to keep it alive: … Continue reading →

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Identifying social trends and influences pushes for new social media analytics tools

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Stefano

MediaPost just published this cool post, take a look! Some hints? Brennan Carlson, VP of strategy at Lyris, called for search terms similar to tweets in microblogging sites like Twitter. He said Google and Twitter offer analytics tools, but can’t … Continue reading →

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Forget economic downturn: here come the top 10 luxury social media marketers!

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Stefano

What’s really selling in these hard times, when economic downturn depresses economy, markets and people? Luxury, of course. Overpriced goods, exclusive stuff gets more attention by more people – not only those who can afford it. Even though it’s still … Continue reading →

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Social media and advertising analytics trends and tools that are effective, profitable (and somehow even free!)

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Stefano

A nice post by KissMetrics about social-, and -web, analytics tool that help marketers plan and report strategies and campaigns effectively. We all know these days that a good marketing strategy always includes a digital component…like email, blogs, Twitter, Facebook … Continue reading →

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Social sites and revenues? Do they make money (and how)?

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Stefano

USBundles.com published a great infographics answering to one of the hottest question these days in social media. Do social network heavyweights make money? And… by the way… how? This infographic from USBundles shows how the most popular social sites have … Continue reading →

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