While automakers getting ready for the Super Bowl by creating new TV ads, Venables Bell & Partners, an independent San Francisco ad agency conducts a study regarding the game and Americans’ digital consumption habits. VB&P is Audi of America’s agency of record and creator of five years’ worth of Super Bowl spots.
Facebook has started introducing new Timeline apps from Foodspotting, Foodily, Ticketmaster, Pinterest, Rotten Tomatoes, Pose, Kobo, TripAdvisor etc.
After the launch of the Timeline service for all users and providing fans with specific business cards, Facebook is rolling out a new music service that allows users to enjoy their favorite tracks with friends. You can now listen to music together in a group while one of your friends plays DJ.
Brands are trying to make use of the new feature, Facebook’s Timeline, which has been rolling out globally starting last week, and incorporate it into their communication with fans. Now, Facebook Timeline is not open for brands, so they have to be inventive enough in case they want to use this feature for strengthening their connections with fans online. “We are currently focused on Timeline for individuals and will consider how to make consistent experiences for Pages,” commented a Facebook representative to Mashable, “but we have nothing to announce at this time.”
But Mountain Dew has find a way out—it is encouraging its consumers to download the free, customizable images (851 x 315 pixels) in the Mountain Dew style for their Timeline profiles. Now, users can add the skin images to their profile and so get the brand ‘embedded’ into their lives.