Effie Worldwide and Warc, the global online provider of ideas and evidence to marketing people, unveiled the list of the most effective marketers of the 2011, derived from almost 2,000 finalists and winning entries to 39 Effie Award competitions worldwide, which unveiled leaders in the field for the past 12 months. The Effie Effectiveness Index, which was launched in 2011, “recognizes the architects of the most effective marketing communications ideas from around the world.” The Index shows winners both by the business type category (Most Effective Marketers, Most Effective Brands, Most Effective Agency Networks, etc.) and by region.
Unilever
Unilever has commissioned Italian agency Reverse Innovation, specializing in brand and product design, to create the graphic design for the new range of Signal Expert Protection toothpastes. The creative team was tasked to develop a design which would reflect the core characteristics of the product using meaningful visual elements on the packaging.
AXE’s promotional activities traditionally revolve around major interests of young men—hot girls, dating without any responsibilities and the ways to attract the opposite sex. Now, AXE is kicking off an online promotion for new product, which builds on another male passion, gaming. The brand has unveiled a new mobile game, Axeman, and launched a new online destination Planetaxe, where guys can play and earn points, which can be ‘turned’ into prizes which cost $1+ million rewards, gear from MTV, GameFly, Xbox, SteelSeries, Live Nation, Philips, WildTangent, and Klondike.
Dove is determined to help every women feel confident and satisfied with her look, and has launched numerous initiatives to achieve this goal. Now the brand is expanding its ‘Real Beauty’ campaign, giving Facebook users an opportunity to replace offensive ads about ‘jelly rolls,’ ‘love handles’ or ‘muffin tops’ with positive beauty messaging using Dove’s ‘The Ad Makeover’ app in Australia.