Brands, which represent after-hours life, often provide its fans with a detailed partying and dating guide (usually, alcohol brands embark on this mission as the example of Carlsberg proves), but technological giants also have something to tell the world when it comes to interpersonal relationship. Sony Europe has teamed up with French agencies Reflex Virtual and Point-Barre to release a hilarious webseries entitled ‘A Geeks Guide to Get Girls’ starring Bruno Sanches, Loïc Bartolini and Loïc Fieffé as nerds who are trying to turn into machos in the eyes of the girls who live next door. The time has come when technology helps improve personal life.
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Personality tests aimed at figuring out one’s way of thinking will never be out of fashion. Building on the success of such questionnaires, Hyundai has launched a new global campaign New Thinkers Index on online platform to provide visitors with a chance to explore the notable thinkers’ outlooks (ones of actors, musicians, outstanding athletes and other notable people), read articles and watch a series of short 4-minute videos revolving around the think theme and take a test online to figure out how well they do in eight major areas of thinking ranging from natural and interpersonal to music and visual.
Some automobile brands work hard developing new groundbreaking concepts and presenting innovative models, and some brands look back into the past and source inspiration from its rich heritage to appeal to more consumers. Volkswagen has launched a new campaign entitled VW Fanwagen in the Netherlands, blending a modern social media twist with a retro vibe. The new promotion, developed by Dutch agency Achtung, has been launched on Facebook—the brand is offering its fans an opportunity to built ‘the most social car ever’ and promises to give it to one lucky participant.
Sony Ericsson has rolled out Xperia Studio, an online entertainment platform for artists and collaborators to create and share their most innovative content. This is a part of the Xperia phones promotion and Sony Ericsson’s commitment to care about high-quality entertaining content for their customers. Erlier this year, the company promoted Xperia through the Xperia Hotspots campaign.
Carbonated drink brands put male into focus this fall—a few weeks ago, Dr Pepper rolled out its Ten version for machos across the U.S., and now Pepsi MAX, another brand targeting male consumers, is stepping out with the new marketing activity revolving around male friendship. For the new digital campaign dubbed Top Mates, which has been launched on Facebook, the brand teamed up with advertising agency Clemenger BBDO Sydney. The promotion, which is supported by TV and radio elements across the country as reported by www.bandit.com.au, will be running for a month, but the brand is going to continue using this idea for further fan engagement.
Greenpeace is known for taking bold and extravagant actions to protect environment and help jumpstart the conversation about ecological dangers, but this organization is not the only one to persuade people to take actions for the planet protection. Australian Red Cross has teamed up with Belgiovane Williams Mackay (BWM) Sydney and digital agency Pollen to launch a social campaign Target Nucler Weapons aiming primarily at younger generation—the aim of this initiative is to start conversation about the legitimacy of the use of nuclear weapon and get more supporters to raise awareness of the devastating consequences of this weapon of massive destruction and advocate for banning it.