Advertising Age - Agency News:
DETROIT (AdAge.com) -- Omnicom Group's DDB and independent Wieden & Kennedy have been eliminated from Volkswagen of America's pitch as its new national creative of record, leaving the race for one of the most sought-after acc (Read More)
AUTO Weblog:
Volkswagen (alleen Zweden?) komt met een fantastische viral campagne om de merkbeleving een boost te geven; The Fun Theory. Op de website opent men met een fantastische toelichting op de campagne: 'This site is dedicated to t (Read More)
Marketing Campaign Case Studies:
Making its mark in the ad industry, the campaign in 2004 snagged a Clio Award in the Integrated Campaign category. At the 51st Annual Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, the ‘‘TurnOut’’ television spots won 5 of (Read More)
Marketing Campaign Case Studies:
When the Gill Foundation awarded DDB its advertising work, it presented the ad agency with research. One study showed that more than 80 percent of Americans believed that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation shou (Read More)
Submitted by awolk
from blog:
Just when you thought the DDB/WWF thing couldn't get more over the top, what with Keith Olbermann calling them the Worst People in the World (see video above) and mainstream media beating up on them, it seems that there's als (Read More)
Marketing Campaign Case Studies:
According to Eric Gutierrez, a creative director at DDB, ‘‘TurnOut’’ targeted voters who ‘‘might be open to a discussion about rights in the workplace.’’ Polls conducted by the Gill Foundation showed that, out of a wide range (Read More)
Marketing Campaign Case Studies:
In 2004 the issue of same-sex marriage catapulted into the media spotlight when San Francisco’s newly elected mayor, Gavin Newsom, allowed city officials to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Colorado became a focal (Read More)
Submitted by awolk
from blog:
Tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday, July 21st) I'll be hosting two panels in Chicago that should be very interesting no matter what your specialty is.The first, slated to start at 2 PM, entitled "Is Craft Dead?" is going to look at (Read More)
Advertising Age - Agency News:
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Tax preparer H&R Block has shifted its $120 million marketing account to Omnicom Group's DDB without a review, dealing a blow to the marketer's creative agency of nine years, Interpublic Group of Cos.' (Read More)
Submitted by stephaniefierman
from Twitter:
Long-time DDB employee writes book trashing Bill Bernbach, but "hopes it doesn't completely obliterate his importance" http://bit.ly/XhPam. (Read More)
Submitted by awolk
from blog:
As many of you know, I was out in Boise, Idaho last week, speaking at a Boise Ad Federation luncheon and then judging the local award shows.I had a fantastic time and was very impressed both with the city and with the people (Read More)