Coke's New Site Challenges Consumers to Create Bottle Film
The Coca-Cola Co. has relaunched its Web site around the theme of its latest global marketing platform for the Coke brand, "The Coke Side of Life," and challenges consumers around the world help it become a major content portal. ...
What Podcasting Can Do
(Direct Newsline)—Marketers: Wary of associating with the uncertainties of blogs and unruly bloggers? Why not leapfrog directly to podcasting? At least that's the advice offered by several advertisers at a recent Ad:Tech Chicago session on RSS and podcast advertising. ...
Jeep Taps Karaoke, Avatars for Compass Campaign
DaimlerChrysler is out with a new campaign targeting young hip consumers around the new Jeep Compass that "talks" to drivers in their language via user generated content, music and premiums. ...
Lassie Pet Contest Goes to the Dogs
Lassie Pet Products is on the hunt for a new best friend to appear on packages of its new Lassie Natural Way dog food and is giving consumers a chance to let their pets shine. ...
TiVo Enhances Research Capabilities; Creates Division
TiVo has created a new division to focus on audience research and measurement that, for the first time, will provide second-by-second data and analysis on DVR viewing of ad content, TiVo said. ...
Toyota Promotes Yaris Via Tour, Video Game Ads
Toyota Motor Sales USA is reaching consumers through events and video games as part of a new marketing effort to boost its latest subcompact vehicle, the 2007 Yaris. ...
Sprite Takes its TV Spots to TiVo
Spite is taking its DVR-ready TV spots for its new SubLYMONal campaign to a new venue, the TiVo Showcase, where viewers will have access to the interactive ad. ...
Bud Photographs Event Goers and Says,'Pass it Along'
Bud Light has teams of field reps out roaming the grounds of dozens of neighborhoods in Chicago, taking photos and making videos of consumers at various events. The same day the photos are taken, the event goer gets the images and clips, all branded by Bud Light, via e-mail. ...
P&G Shares Secrets In New Campaign
Procter & Gamble is toasting the golden anniversary of its Secret deodorant brand with a new cause-marketing campaign that gets women to reveal their innermost secrets. ...
Pop-Tart Webisodes Plus-up Idol Tour
Kellogg Co. is taking American Idol fans backstage for the first time in its five years sponsoring the American Idols Live! tour. ...
HomeDepot.com Now Selling Ads
The Home Depot has begun selling ad space on its Web site to key vendors who want to extend their reach beyond Home Depot aisles. ...
Cingular Dangles Mobile Coupons for Customers
Cingular Wireless is offering customers a new service: electronic coupons and discounts. ...
Maxell Stars 'Blow-Away Guy' in Online Game
Electronics maker Maxell Corp. of America is showcasing its "blow-away guy" in an online game that stars the iconic advertising character. The debut of the game coincides with Maxell's first-time sponsorship of ESPN's X Game 12 in August; both efforts are a bid to jump start sales with a younger demographic. ...
Starbucks Uses Trivia and Texting in Scavenger Hunt
Starbucks is out with an interactive scavenger hunt that will get consumer texting on their cell phones for a chance to win a trip to Costa Rica. ...
Crest Goes Mobile to Reach Gen Y in Social Settings
Crest is tapping into the sensitive issue of bad breath by targeting young people where irresistible fresh breath can really count; when boy meets girl. The SMS campaign is one component in a broader effort to drive sales and brand awareness of its new toothpaste, Crest Whitening Plus Scope Extreme. ...
Weird But True
Here's the clue: Every day in this town, a hanged man proclaims his innocence in the only way a dead man can. Since 1877, his handprint on his cell wall...
