Nov 30, 2020 | Content marketing, Marketing transformation, Online advertising, Online video, UK
Earlier this year, Santander launched PagoFX, an international transfer, service. Here, the financial giant reveals how it managed to produce a full campaign during a pandemic.
Nov 30, 2020 | Ads, Content marketing, Online video
Animation studio Aardman have teamed up with feline charity Cats Protection and TV presenter Holly Willoughby for the charity’s Christmas campaign “Casper’s Magical Journey”, inspired by the true story of a young boy and his missing cat.
Nov 30, 2020 | Content marketing, Online advertising, Online video
Improved Internet connectivity and skills have helped many countries to cope with the health and economic crisis from COVID-19. Yet the pandemic has raised the bar for the digital transition and underscores the need to close the digital divides that risk leaving some people and firms worse off than others in a post-COVID world, according to a new OECD report.
Nov 27, 2020 | Content marketing, E-commerce and E-retailing, Online advertising, Online video, UK, Viral and buyrals
Sainsbury’s has decisively taken the top spot in Mediaocean’s fourth annual Top 10 Christmas Ad Rankings, while Amazon and LEGO broke into the top ten for the first time.
Nov 27, 2020 | Content marketing, France, Online advertising, Online video, Viral and buyrals
Publicis Conseil has created a different kind of Christmas for Orange this year in the new festive campaign that the funny and heartwarming story of a grandad who is given a smartphone on Christmas Eve.
Nov 25, 2020 | Content marketing, FMCG digital marketing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Online advertising, Online video, Viral and buyrals
With Christmas ads now live on our screens, new data from Taboola analyses how the ads have impacted each brands’ pageviews and the changing consumer behaviour around the big ‘reveal’.
Nov 24, 2020 | Content marketing, Online advertising, Online video, Social, Viral and buyrals
Snapchat is giving away $1 million per day to users who post content using the new ‘Spotlight’ feature, allocating the money based on popularity.
Nov 23, 2020 | Ad tech, Content marketing, Online advertising, Online video
2021 will be the year of Baby Boomers and Gen X, as the pandemic accelerates a more permant shift to online for commerce, finance and social-connectedness, according to new research.
Nov 20, 2020 | Ad tech, Content marketing, Online advertising, Online video
As Royal Mail gears up for the Christmas rush, the company is launching a TV advert reminding consumers and business customers of the many ways they can send and return parcels this festive season.
Nov 18, 2020 | Ad tech, Content marketing, Online advertising, Online video
YouTube has launched audio ads, its first ad format for listening on YouTube, to help advertisers reach their audiences with audio-based creative made for that listening experience.
Nov 13, 2020 | Clothing, Content marketing, E-commerce and E-retailing, Online advertising, Online video, UK, Viral and buyrals
John Lewis has launched its much-anticipated Christmas ad, and has taken a different creative direction to reflect a year like no other.
Nov 12, 2020 | Clothing, Content marketing, E-commerce and E-retailing, Online advertising, Online video
Sky Media has renewed its partnership with Jacamo, which celebrates ‘big’ in all its glory to showcase the fashion brand’s 2020 Autumn/Winter range.
Nov 11, 2020 | Ad tech, Content marketing, Online advertising, Online video
Video advertising platform Unruly has struck a global partnership with LG Electronics that enables advertisers around the world to access native smart TV ad placements through its supply-side platform (SSP), UnrulyX.
Nov 10, 2020 | Content marketing, Online advertising, Online video, UK, UK digital marketing, Viral and buyrals
We’ve heard that Christmas will be ‘like no other’, so how does the current crop of ads from Aldi, M&S Food, Amazon and others fare? Lynne Deason, Head of Creative Excellence, UK at Kantar has provided her analysis below on five campaigns.
Nov 9, 2020 | Content marketing, E-commerce and E-retailing, Online advertising, Online video, UK, Viral and buyrals
Amazon has launched its UK Christmas advert that tackles the Covid crisis with an uplifting tale of a young determined dancer.
Nov 5, 2020 | AR, Clothing, Content marketing, E-commerce and E-retailing, IoT, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video, Transformation, Viral and buyrals, VR
L’Oréal Paris has launched a digital make-up line that works on live video using augmented reality technology.
Oct 30, 2020 | Ad tech, Content marketing, Online advertising, Online video, Paid search, Programmatic, Search Engine Optimization, UK
The UK ad market is now not expected to recover fully until 2022, as the global pandemic continues to hit marketing budgets, according to the latest WARC adspend forecast.
Oct 30, 2020 | Content marketing, E-commerce and E-retailing, Online video, Social
TikTok has formed a global partnership with the e-commerce platform Shopify, as the popular video sharing app expands its social commerce ambitions.
Oct 29, 2020 | Content marketing, E-commerce and E-retailing, Facebook marketing, FMCG digital marketing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video, Social, Twitter marketing, Viral and buyrals
Parties and trick or treating may be on hiatus this Halloween due to Covid, but that hasn’t stopped brands coming up with inventive marketing campaigns. We look at the top 10 contact-free ads for Halloween 2020 from around the world.
Oct 26, 2020 | Ad tech, Content marketing, Facebook marketing, Online advertising, Online video, Social
Global ad spend grew 56.4% in the third quarter of 2020, making average spend nearly double its level at the lowest point of the pandemic in late March, according to new research.