SpringHill Suites by Marriott capitalized on the popularity surrounding mobile video by leveraging a programmatic interscroller format to offer users an immersive tour of a room, resulting in nearly three times higher ad engagement than the benchmark for hospitality brands. The subsidiary of Marriott International teamed up with video advertising and digital display platform Celtra, […]
General Mills is piggybacking on the anticipation surrounding the upcoming presidential election by asking consumers to visit a mobile-optimized microsite and vote for their favourite of its cereal brands’ monster mascots for a chance to win a $5,000 grand prize. Franken Berry, Count Chocula and Boo Berry are all in the running for the title […]
The summer and winter games have long been one of the television advertising world’s signature events. In fact, advertisers are estimated to spend over $1 billion on official television spots during the broadcast of the Rio games on NBC in August, according to Variety. Though it’s unsurprising that advertisers flock to secure TV ad spots […]
Hillary Clinton supporters are being urged to download an official smartphone app designed to help organise and motivate volunteers in support of her presidential bid by relaying the latest campaign news and events and encouraging competition by awarding points to the most ardent backers. Hillary 2016 is available now on Apple’s app store from which […]
Sephora has led the pack in mobile beauty retailers for a few years, and now it’s taking a page from games and pop culture to help re-launch the Sephora Collection—its private label brand. Sephora’s mobile and desktop site now includes two new features—dubbed “swipe it, shop it” and “beauty uncomplicator” that help shoppers whittle through […]
The rise of the bot has been one of the dominant tech trends of 2016, but apart from ordering you flowers or an Uber, the automated systems could also deliver a history lesson. News Corp Australia has launched a chatbot on Facebook Messenger that allows users to interact with Tasmanian soldier Archie Barwick, who fought […]
Beauty brand L’Oréal has launch a new emoji keyboard that lets mobile users share styles in a single symbol. The ‘Beaumoji’ keyboard includes 130 emojis from its extensive brand portfolio, which includes Urban Decay, Nyx, Giorgio Armani Beauty, and Essie. The keyboard joins a pool of over 250 other mainstream brand emoji keyboards like Dove, […]
Former TBWA Singapore and JWT Singapore creative Karan Dang has just released a new campaign from his new agency 180LA. It’s Dang’s first digital project since he joined 180LA as digital creative director a few months ago. To promote the launch of the 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage and All-New Mirage G4, Mitsubishi launches MirageG4NightDrive.com, a dual […]
Warburtons launches its latest social media campaign, ‘#140Years’, which celebrates 140 years of the brand’s rich history and heritage in 140 emojis. The #140Years campaign cleverly leverages Twitter’s 140 character feature in order to celebrate the history of Britain’s favourite bakery brand – adding a fun and rewarding element to the extensive online conversation that […]
Unilever’s Magnum is giving double meaning to the word “mobility” by partnering with Uber for a mobile campaign that delivers free ice cream to users’ doorsteps simply by having them swipe right in the application. Today, users who open the Uber app and swipe right will be able to pin their address and receive ice […]