Archive | March, 2011

American Advertising Federation Inducts Founder of Hill Holliday into Advertising Hall of Fame

30. March 2011

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American Advertising Federation Inducts Founder of Hill Holliday into Advertising Hall of Fame

The American Advertising Federation is planning to induct Jack Connors into its Advertising Hall of Fame.  Connors is the founder and chairman of Hill Holliday, a very successful ad agency.  The induction ceremony will take place in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria. Hill Holliday, which is one of the biggest ad agencies in [...]

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New Search and Advertising Hybrid Unveiled by Yahoo

25. March 2011

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New Search and Advertising Hybrid Unveiled by Yahoo

In the last two years, Yahoo lost four percent of its share of the search engine market in the U.S.  It has now introduced a new version of its search engine that it hopes will draw in more users and market share, as well as new advertisers.  The newly revised engine, which is currently in [...]

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MDG Advertising Wins 21 ADDY’s In 2011

16. March 2011

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MDG Advertising Wins 21 ADDY’s In 2011

MDG Advertising brought home more ADDY awards this year than any other agency. The firm took home an astounding 21 awards at the award ceremony, held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. MDG won a total of five gold awards and 16 silver awards spread across 8 clients and 13 categories. The gold awards were won for [...]

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Coca Cola Company Launches “Coca-Cola Music”

15. March 2011

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Coca Cola Company Launches “Coca-Cola Music”

Coca-Cola is launching a new music program called “Coca-Cola Music” dedicated to teens worldwide. The new program, produced by Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam, will offer teen fans an inside look at some of the music industry’s top artists at work. “Navigating the insecurities that inevitably come with the teen years is never easy. Coke is unencumbered by [...]

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Adidas Launches Largest Marketing Campaign Ever

15. March 2011

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Adidas Launches Largest Marketing Campaign Ever

Adidas has revealed a new ad campaign, one that it is calling its largest marketing campaign ever. It involves a minute long video commercial “centerpiece,” and has acquired the participation of an array of established athletes as well. In North America, Derrick Rose, a guard for the Chicago Bulls, will star in the commercial which [...]

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“Mac & Jinx” Hits Twitter

8. March 2011

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“Mac & Jinx” Hits Twitter

Crispin Porter + Bogusky, the ad agency responsible for Burger King’s ad campaigns for over the past ten years, is helping Kraft get the twitter-verse talking about its most famous (arguably) product Mac & Cheese. The new campaign is an innovative usage of the relatively new Twitter technology. It will work as follows: when two [...]

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AT&T Teams Up With Placecast To Bring You ‘Shop Alerts’

1. March 2011

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AT&T Teams Up With Placecast To Bring You ‘Shop Alerts’

As previously reported by Advertisement Journal, advertising via Smart Phones is going to become increasingly location-based. It was just recently announced that AT&T has joined up with the location-based advertising firm Placecast in order to bring their customers what is being called “Shop Alerts.” Not to worry, for those of you who would just rather [...]

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Dell Taps Three New Agencies To Oversee Creative & Marketing

1. March 2011

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Dell Taps Three New Agencies To Oversee Creative & Marketing

Dell has hired on the Montreal-based independent ad agency, Sid Lee, as the company’s new consumer-marketing agency. Additionally, Dell hired on Havas’ Arnold in Boston to take charge of the creative for the company’s small to medium business sector. Late last month, the Minneapolis-based Barrie D’Rozario Murphy took over the creative duties for the public [...]

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