Jun 21, 2013 | CPG, Online advertising, Online video, Unilever - Research, tips and news for marketers, Viral and buyrals
Unilever’s Dove campaign, ‘Real Beauty Sketches’, has won two gold awards at Cannes Lions 2013, after impressing the jury with the most viewed online ad of the year, attracting over 55 million YouTube views so far. The film features a police sketch artist...
Jun 21, 2013 | CPG, Facebook marketing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Online advertising, Online video, Social media, Viral and buyrals
Oreo is an iconic biscuit brand with leading edge digital platforms and a highly engaged fan base in Facebook. They developed a brilliant creative idea that combined the best of PR with social media and digital production to win a Cyber Lions Grand Prix, millions of new fans and hundreds of millions of new exposures. In this Cannes Lions social media case study we show you why…
Jun 21, 2013 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Mobile
Mobile payments now account for 1 in 10 transactions at Starbuck, according to its Chief Financial Officer. Speaking at the Jefferies Global Consumer Conference, Troy Alstead, Starbucks’ chief financial officer and chief accounting officer, explaining how customers...
Jun 13, 2013 | CPG, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Online advertising, Online video, Viral and buyrals
Continuing its surreal marketing efforts, Skittles’ latest YouTube video viral campaign lets viewers select items to smash- with bizarre results. See why it’s our video viral of the week below… The campaign, created by DDB Chicago, is part of the brand’s...
Jun 12, 2013 | CPG, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Online advertising, Online video
UK web users are twice as likely to respond to in-stream video ads than the global average, according to new research looking into online video ad trends. The study, from AdoTube, an in-stream video advertising specialist owned by Exponential Interactive, found that...
Jun 11, 2013 | CPG, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Online advertising, Social media, Unilever - Research, tips and news for marketers
Unilever has extended its partnership with co-creation community eYeka, as the FMCG giant looks to further tap into crowd-sourced marketing campaigns. The deal will see eYeka’s online community of 250,000 creators work across Unilever’s brands to help create marketing...
Jun 11, 2013 | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Content marketing, CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, India, Latin America, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video, Peru, Russia, South Africa
Global IP traffic is set to grow three-fold between 2012 and 2017, with some 3.6 billion internet users in 4 years time, according to research from Cisco. Watch this video from Cisco, featuring key highlights of the report below: According to the firm’s Visual...
Jun 10, 2013 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, India
Coca Cola is testing an online store for home delivery of all its products in India, as the beverage giant looks to tap the burgeoning e-commerce market for the first time. Launched by Hindustan Coca-Cola , the company-owned bottling entity of the Atlanta-based...
Jun 7, 2013 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, Facebook marketing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video, Search engine marketing, Social media, Unilever - Research, tips and news for marketers
Amazon, Google, Facebook and YouTube are amongst the top 12 brands favoured by the UK’s ‘Generation Y’ of 16 to 34 year olds, according to a new survey. The report “Generation Y and Brand Loyalty” from w00t! Media, looks at the changing relationships Britons have with...
Jun 6, 2013 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, Online advertising
Is a sleeping giant awakening in the online ad industry? Amazon’s ad sales remain a tiny portion of its overall revenues, but this looks set to change, with the retailer announcing ambitions to ramp up targeting and bring in $800m in ad revenue this year, overtaking...
Jun 3, 2013 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Online advertising, Online video, Viral and buyrals
Mondelēz International and Nabisco’s Oreo, Trident and Ritz are using augmented reality technology to promote their sponsorship of One Direction’s 2013 North American tour. The augmented reality packaging features the band on more than 21 million...
Jun 3, 2013 | CPG, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Search engine marketing
Google has updated its search results to include details on calories, carbohydrates, proteins, sugars, and other information pertaining to nutrition, as the internet giant looks to capitalise on food search trends related to healthy eating. The move comes as more...
Jun 3, 2013 | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Latin America, Mexico, Peru
Clothing and electronics are the most popular categories for online shopers in Latin America, with brand awareness and loyalty key to driving purchases, according to a new study. The study, which surveyed nearly 1,100 respondents in Latin America, looked at online...
Jun 2, 2013 | CPG, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video, Viral and buyrals
Oscar Mayer’s latest app lets users create their own commercials centred around “Grandpa Frank.” This mobile video case study looks at how the Kraft brand created consumer engagement and brand loyalty through new technology. Frank fans are invited to create their own...
May 26, 2013 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, Online video, USA, Viral and buyrals
Sometimes juvenile humour is the key to consumer’s hearts- as shown by this ad for US retailer Kmart, getting tens of millions of viewers within weeks with an ad that repeats the phrase “Ship My Pants”… to promote its delivery service obviously. Featuring a series of...
May 23, 2013 | CPG, Facebook marketing, Online advertising, Online video, Twitter marketing, Viral and buyrals
Dove’s latest viral marketing video ‘Real Beauty Sketches’ has racked up over 114 million views since its launch in April 2013. According to research from Unruly Media, the Dove ad is now the third most-shared all-time. Since April the video has been uploaded to 33...
May 22, 2013 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, Facebook marketing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, India, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video, Social media
As more and more consumers today come with smartphone attached, the opportunities for marketers to start a mobile dialogue with their consumers anywhere and anytime are ever expanding. While some are starting to successfully include an offline call-to-action as part...
May 20, 2013 | CPG, Facebook marketing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Online advertising, Social media, Twitter marketing
Branded pages and organic posts on social media sites are not enough to produce an effective social marketing strategy, according to a new study. The Key to Successful Social Advertising report, from Kenshoo Social and conducted by Forrester Consulting, evaluates how...
May 16, 2013 | CPG, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Online video, Viral and buyrals
Evian has refreshed its hugely successful ‘Evian babies’ campaign, with a new viral video that matches dancing adults to their toddler counterparts. Supported by baby face-changing app, the ad has notched up over 45 million views on YouTube. See why it’s our video...
May 13, 2013 | CPG, Facebook marketing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Mobile, Online video, Social media
Almost a third of UK mums have decided against purchasing a product after reading a post, comment or review on online, according to a new report and infographic from Diffusion. The report indicates that brands need to be more conscious than ever of their social media...
