Farmers to Offer “Assist” to Latest Lays Campaign

Very interesting campaign from Frito-Lay and great overview article by Tanya Irwin in MediaPost:

Lay’s is kicking off a nationwide experiential tour featuring the company’s potato farmers.

The PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division brand is using a mobile greenhouse designed to bring a rural farm experience to city-based consumers. The six-city tour kicked off July 26 in New York [...]

Top 20 Super Bowl Spots of All Time – Ranked by CreativityOnline

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Got GUTS???

From AdAge (read original article)

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Even in recession, there’s an upside opportunity. And there might be billions of retail dollars up for grabs for smart marketers able to expand their footprint by taking advantage of cheaper leases.

The downturn that began in December 2007 has been disastrous for companies including Circuit City, Steve [...]

Cool “Guerrilla Marketing” from KFC

From the AP:

Fast-food chain KFC is giving two Indiana cities $7,500 so it can emblazon founder Colonel Sanders’ face on their hydrants and fire extinguishers to promote new “fiery” chicken wings.

Experts say to expect more ads like this, on public property from sewer grates to the local landfill, as companies look to cut through the [...]

100 to Watch for in 2010

From Ann Handley (of MarketingProfs.com) for American Express Open Forum:

Dec 29, 2009 -

What do bacon, Bogota, yumberries and Foursquare have in common? They are all on the list of 100 Things to Watch in 2010 by the marketing communications company JWT.

Certain trends on the list suggest clear implications for businesses. JWT’s Ann Mack says that [...]

“Virtual Gift Giving”

by Rita Chang
Published: December 21, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO (AdAge.com) — In a sign that virtual goods aren’t just the province of gaming anymore, marketers from Anheuser-Busch to 3M have offered up free virtual wares for social-media mavens to pass around to their friends. But how well have these online “gifts” paid off?

Chances are, if you’re a [...]

Burger King Launches “Shower Girl” Campaign Aimed at New Breakfast Offerings in U.K.

By Emma Hall for AdAge

LONDON (AdAge.com) — Call it the Subservient Shower Girl.

Burger King U.K. is inviting young men to watch and interact with a bikini-clad girl as she takes her daily shower, in a new “glorious mornings” promotion which urges consumers to “seize the day your way.”

The www.singingintheshower.co.uk website is billed as “the world’s [...]

The New Methods of Story Telling

By Christine Huang for AdAge:

The fourth Futures of Entertainment conference hosted by the Convergence Culture Consortium took place at MIT before the holidays, bringing together scholars and key thinkers from across TV, advertising, activism, new media and beyond. The hot topic of the weekend was transmedia.

A primer for those unfamiliar with the term: transmedia is [...]

In-Store Marketing Beats Traditional Ads

From Kenneth Hein at BrandWeek:

In-store marketing is more effective than traditional ads, according to “The Elements Report” released today (Tuesday). Nearly a third (32 percent) of the 999 shoppers polled online in March said that in-store marketing is “very effective.” Only 27 percent said the same about ads living outside of the store.

The report, which [...]

Word-Of-Mouth Campaign of the Week (9.14.09)

WOW!

A Zoo in Belgium has totally wowed us with this campaign!

“Unique,” “Buzz-Worthy,” “Viral,” etc.

No other words or commentary necessary, just look at the campaign (from CMD Global)

See WOM Campaign in action

It’s giving us some ideas for the Nashville zoo!  Developing…