The struggle between deadlines and creative started the day marketing and advertising was conceived. Unfortunately one side seems to always win. So it's how we handle these unavoidable pressures that differentiates the great from the weak. The truly great creatives have figured out a way to turn that tight deadline into a positive situation--they revel in it.
How? First let's talk about those dreamy, mythical deadlines that are weeks or even months away. Besides the natural tendency to procrastinate, the tendency to over analyze becomes the greater issue. The more time you have, the more you second guess what you're doing or the less willing you are to commit to a direction until you feel it is the ultimate solution. Or something could be great at first, but because you have all the time in the world you don't know when to say when. You keep building up and tearing down until you're left with something average or safe, not realizing that brilliance was staring you in the face days ago.
When you have a tight deadline, you're forced to immediately focus on the ask and quickly come up with an efficient game plan. Once the essence of the brief is understood,... Read more
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Mobile marketing is going to make some major moves in 2013 - just not how most imagine.
Following up on our list of Top 10 Mobile Marketing Initiatives of 2012, it's time to look at some trends we'll see emerge and/or evolve in the year ahead.
Among the most prominent (not necessarily in this order):
5. Mobile Advertising Picks Up Speed (For A Time)
According to Forrester Research, mobile ad spend will boom next year - to $15 billion. Why? Because consumers now spend 10% of their media consumption time on mobile devices, yet mobile attracts less than 10% of ad dollars. The firm reasons that the old school Internet's ad growth from 8% of spend to 22% of spend means mobile must follow course (even though marketers get less and less from that increased Internet spend). But, the firm says, even a small step toward closing the gap will mean big dollars for this medium.
I'm not completely convinced. As a marketer, I find mobile advertising a bore (even some of the newer, much hyped expandable ad units). As a consumer, I find it all a snooze fest.
Mobile's far more powerful than just trying to replicate ad models from the old school Internet and... Read more
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This is a little different than our other Tops lists for 2012 – a list of digital promotions that didn’t
involve consumers interacting with any kind of screened device, mobile or otherwise.
Here, the interface may be your voice, your body or your brain. All that matters is the fun.
5. Honda’s Life Size Paper Model of Its New Car
Sure it’ll crumple in a crash. But I hear it’s very light and picks up speed in a stiff wind.
4. Mini ID’s Your Driving Style & Offers You A Cup of Joe to Match
Crazy ass drivers get an industrial-strength espresso, while slow pokes may get a mild Americano.
3. VW’s ‘Up!’ Care Powered by Cheers (tie)
How many miles-per-cheer can you get with the Volkswagen up!?
2. Fridge Magnet Orders Pizza for You
What's not to love about a fridge magnet that orders your favorite pizza when you push it?
1. Coca-Cola Amplifier: Magazine Ad Turns into a Speaker System for Your iPhone
Bringing whole new meaning to the term “plug and play.” Yes, it does involve a mobile screen, but the promotional device itself is print. Brilliant (see video above).
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I know, I know. It's still early in the year-end roundups season, but we couldn't wait to get started.
First up, 10 (well, okay, 11) of the best augmented reality initiatives for 2012.
11. Net-A-Porter: Augmented Reality Meets Window Shopping
Who knew fashionistas would go ape sh*t over AR?
10. Holiday Inn: World's First Augmented Reality Hotel
Just in time for London's 2012 Olympic Games, patrons of one hotel find the place crawling with athletes.
9. Nokia Lumia Augmented Reality 'Angry Birds'
For me, 2012 was really the year Live AR started to really take off - and this is just one way consumers get in on the action, no special glasses or mobile devices required.
8. Marco Tempest Makes Magic with Kinect-Powered AR at TED Conference
Say goodbye to PowerPoint; this is a glimpse of the future of live presentations.
7. Ikea Brings Augmented Reality to 2013 Catalog
This is a brand with 211 million ways to make an impact on how we use augmented reality to sell.
6. Angry Birds Augmented Reality Game
While Nokia's promo was just that - a promo, this effort shows us where gaming's going fast.
5. Boo-Boos Be Gone: Kermit & Piggy Bring AR to BAND-AIDS
If a BAND-AID and a kiss won't cut it... Read more
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Tony Quin on November 14th, 2012 at 11:32 am
The Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA), for which I have the pleasure of being chairman of the board, just released the second edition of its biannual trend publication, The SoDA Report, featuring content from some of the most influential thinkers in the digital marketing world. Through a unique mix of insider industry intelligence and rigorous content creation, this new edition is filled with forward-looking, thought-provoking content on the issues, challenges and opportunities shaping the future of digital marketing.
The SoDA Report features research, articles, infographics and case studies from top digital agencies, elite production companies and client-side digital marketing executives worldwide. Industry leaders from North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia have contributed to this edition which is now available for iPad.
SoDA represents the cream of the digital marketing industry in the U.S. and abroad, and that intelligence is on full display in this, the latest edition of The SoDA Report.
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