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Ups and Downs Of Advertising vs. Social Media From Google Trends

Peter · April 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment

“Interesting” look at search interest over time for two of our favorite terms… Advertising is red and social media is blue. I think that the colors should be switched. “Advertising” is feeling a bit blue.

Google Trends   Web Search Interest  social media  advertising   Worldwide  2004   present

 

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Update: Goodby Silverstein & Partners And Coming Soon

Peter · April 19, 2013 · 2 Comments

See the RED copy below for the update from Goodby. Funny!

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I am finishing “Good, Bad & Ugly”, a presentation on advertising agency websites for the 4A’s. I’ve got a couple of bads and will write about them soon. But, I need to share this BAD with you right now.

It’s hard for me to believe that a few advertising and digital agencies have Coming Soon home pages. Coming Soon…?! How can they fuckin do this? It is really insane and lame. What poor brand imaging. Does it mean that they couldn’t come up with a real creative solution or even some patience as they build their new website?

So, are there any famous agencies doing this? How about Goodby Silverstein & Partners?

Get this… their current site is Coming Soon and so was their 2003 version. I call them the king of Coming Sooners. Here are the home pages. First the 2003 version and then today’s (as of 4.19.13)

Goodby  Silverstein   Partners old 1983 1
Goodby Silverstein   Partners   Full Service Integrated Ad Agency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 2013 Update… The new Goodby Silverstein website lives. I know this because they sent me an email with this message: “we came.”

 

 

Goodby Silverstein   Partners   Full Service Integrated Ad Agency

 

 

 

 

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The Six Second Advertising Agency C/O Vine

Peter · April 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment

vine-twitterAdvertising agencies ask…. “How can we look / sound / act different that the other 4,000 agencies?” Well, why not become the “Six Second Agency”?

Business Insider reports that “Nissan Says A 6-Second Vine Might Have Been Better Than Its 30-Second Commercial”

Would certain commercials be better if they were condensed into 6-second Vine videos?

In October 2012, Nissan released a TV spot in which a mid-level accounts guy gets mistaken for a high ranking executive after he gives his boss a ride in his Sentra.

Then a consumer edited the 30-second ad down to six.

Nissan then posted on Vine, “Hey @ellencmayfield you’re on to something. Maybe we only needed 6 secs of airtime for the Carpool ad. :)”

I wouldn’t be surprised if the six-second Vine got more attention that the TV commercial. Why?

  • Vine is still new so any Vine TV spot will get extra attention until advertisers overwhelm us with this type of advertising.
  • We are collectively way ADD. Six seconds is good.
  • Advertising effectiveness wasn’t hurt when TV spots went from :60 to :30 to :15’s.

Back To The Six Second Agency Idea

Here is what I’d do if I still had my agency:

  • Create a micro-department and call it The Six Second Agency.
  • Create 5 Vine spots.
  • Build a simple website.
  • SEO the hell out of it.
  • Make some noise… go get some PR.

If it works, great. If not, hey you just had some inexpensive fun, your employees will think you are cool and your clients (at least the savvy ones) will smile and be glad that they are working with such a smart agency.

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5 Brands With Vine Potential (And, Where Are The Ad Agencies?)

Peter · April 15, 2013 ·

I’ve been surprised at how few advertising agencies use Twitter’s Vine for agency promotion. What gives? It fits in well… ad guys have smart phones, have ADD which works for Vine’s 6 second videos and the ECD’s all want to be movie directors.

While a lot of brands have Vine accounts, a relatively small percentage of them have been using them particularly effectively, if at all. Here are 5 brands that have made an effort; attempting to d…

Read more from the source: theawsc.com

Facebook Begins Big Advertising Blitz To Tout Its New Android “Home”

Peter · April 8, 2013 ·

Wieden+Kennedy (like who else) launches new TV for Facebook Home. As usual, a sweet TV spot. But, am I the only person that does not need to be digitally connected to all of my friends all of the time? I guess it dosen’t matter when you are starting with a user base of 1.06 monthly users.

The social network is using a combination of ads on its own site and TV commercials to pitch its new Facebook Home software.

Read more from the source: allthingsd.com

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