Product placement is hot in Hollywood and television right now. Fueled largely by advertiser’s fear of consumers fast forwarding through their ads, product placement deals are popping up everywhere. Related to this trend is the rise of "Advertainment," in which advertisers focus on creating entertaining branded content. This is not about simply placing your brand
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Add to: | blinklist | del.cio.us | digg | yahoo! | furl | rawsugar | shadows | netvouz As TV marketers start to get ready for the new fall season of TV shows, the challenge of introducing new shows is the same as it ever was. Marketing a television show is steadily taking more and
Continue reading »I came across an interesting viral campaign for the upcoming movie "Snakes on a Plane" where users can go online and enter names to have a personalized viral message sent to someone spoken by Samuel L. Jackson. I have seen this viral talking idea before, such as with the "7 days left" campaign for The
Continue reading »Add to: | blinklist | del.cio.us | digg | yahoo! | furl | rawsugar | shadows | netvouz A quick look at any marketing industry publication over the last few weeks will yield more than a few examples of how authors and publishers are getting smarter about marketing. As more and more outlets compete for
Continue reading »In a promotion for charity announced yesterday and noted on the Cancer Blog, Ritz Camera will partner with Carmen Electra to promote two new printing services, standard square print sizes of 5" and 6", and the ability to also get large prints in 1 hour (previously unavailable). Aside from the interesting partnership with Head for
Continue reading »Wikimapia is one of the most recent mashups with Google maps getting a lot of love on del.icio.us lately. The site is a global effort to get people to describe the places they live in the same way that Wikipedia has become a global encyclopedia of knowledge on nearly every topic in the world. The
Continue reading »One of the more anticipated documentaries coming up for widespread release across the country is the new film "An Inconvenient Truth" – focused on telling the real story of global warming and leveraging the growing popularity of Al Gore’s "resurrection" (as Wired magazine termed it) from the "former next president of the United States" –
Continue reading »After much fanfare over the last few weeks, The Da Vinci Code opens in theaters across the US today. Though some early reviews from the Cannes Film Festival premier have been less than perfect, there is no denying that the marketing machine behind the film has generated buzzworthy firsts, from partnering with Google to open
Continue reading »Searching for a movie this weekend, I cursed my way through yet another painful online experience dealing with AMC Theaters. The main problem, in their case, is that I know their brand and I have been to their theaters. And because I do, I have higher expectations from AMC. For one, I assume the theater’s
Continue reading »One of the surest ways to confirm your uber-geek status is to be able to solve riddles, puzzles, and other mental challenges. Google first made it’s mark in this world with their innovative recruiting billboards in the valley designed to drive techno-geeks to a secret URL to test their intellect in order to get a
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