Warc, the global marketing intelligence service, has today released the results of an analysis of the most effective use of social media in marketing, to establish global trends and best practice in 2016. The ‘Seriously Social 2016‘ report features analysis by Peter Field, the renowned independent marketing consultant. Field scrutinised data attached to entries to […]
Even considering all of the advances in retail messaging in 2016, Agent Provocateur’s rollout of the first ever WhatsApp brand campaign is sure to turn heads—especially those of the couples the campaign is geared towards. Agent Provocateur claims that through the Ménage à Trois WhatsApp feature, the British lingerie retailer will become the first ever […]
Digital health company Babylon has appointed Ogilvy & Mather London to build awareness around its healthcare app, which provides online doctor consultations that “outperform” the NHS. The app combines artificial intelligence with real-life GP and consultant video appointments to give the public round-the-clock medical advice. The company’s chief executive and founder, Ali Parsa, began working […]
Unilever is donating 1 million meals to children facing hunger through #ShareAMeal, in exchange for a post, share, #TBT or order of a food for delivery. The FMCG giant is tapping digital companies to help spread the message. • Postmates—Order in your meal using the popular delivery service, and for every #ShareAMeal hashtag on Twitter, […]
Google is attempting to win over Black Friday shoppers with a new search function that will allow them to see how busy shops and other popular destinations are in real-time. When users search for a shop on Black Friday, Google will deliver a status update, such as “a little busy”, and information about how long […]
Thanksgiving Day brought in a record $449m (£361m) in revenue from mobile devices between midnight and 5pm ET, an increase of 58.6 per cent over 2015. Smartphones accounted for $322m of that figure, while tablets banked $127m. The report from Adobe, based on aggregated and anonymous data from 21bn visits to retail websites in the […]
In collaboration with Surf Life Saving Australia, Samsung Electronics Australia has recently launched and piloted Pocket Patrol – an Augmented Reality (AR) mobile app developed with Leo Burnett Sydney, that uses technology to help raise awareness of the number one hazard on Australia’s beaches, rips. The pilot program for Pocket Patrol took place from October 22 […]
Campaigns from the length and breadth of the EMEA region were winners at last nights MMA EMEA Smarties Awards. The variety, diversity and geographical span were the widest yet, with entries received from all parts of the region. Whilst the UK, and Turkey were well represented, there were winning entries from Russia, Germany, France, the […]
Online advertising spend grew 13.4% to €18.6bn for the first half of 2016, with mobile display and mobile search the key drivers, according to new research. The AdEx Benchmark H1 2016 study, from IAB Europe, in collaboration with IHS Markit, indicates that the €18.6bn spent on online advertising is up from from €16.4bn in H1 […]
eMarketer predicts Indonesia will have the highest rate of mobile phone user growth in Asia-Pacific in 2016 and continue to lead the region by that measure through at least 2020. But marketers hoping to connect with this burgeoning audience face an audience with lackluster enthusiasm for most mobile advertising. According to an October 2016 survey by […]