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Towards the end of last week, Ogilvy Public Relations announced a pro-bono partnership with the “Women in Public Service Project” (WPSP), which is run by the Wilson Centre in Washington D.C. Ogilvy will be bringing their brightest talents...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Blackpool Council and The Merlin Entertainments Group have teamed up with TBWA\Manchester in order to help put Blackpool back on the map as a legitimate holiday destination suitable for families this summer holiday. The campaign will be capitalising...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
That which was designed to save us, is spoiling our lives. Which is a fancy way of saying that passwords have become a terrible pain in the elbow. About fifteen years ago, when most of us began our connection to the sprawling internet beast, we only...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
WPP CEO, Sir Martin Sorrell has survived yet another revolt against his gigantic salary and bonus package, after over a quarter of the advertising giant's shareholders failed to back it at the company's annual general meeting yesterday, which took...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
By way of distraction from the work I was supposed to be doing today, I clicked on a link to a piece of writing on a reputable music website. About a paragraph into the article an unexpected thing happened. The webpage was suddenly obscured by a...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Publicis Worldwide announced yesterday that they will be partnering with Google and magazine publisher Conde Nast to launch a new end-to-end premium marketing service called 'La Maison' (“The house” in English). The service is aimed at...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Southeast Asian online gaming brand Garena plan to capitalise on the football mania created by the 2014 World Cup, hyping the free EA Sports multiplayer football game, FIFA Online 3 with the help of Saatchi & Saatchi Thailand. Garena was launched in...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In much the same way as cinemas now use the lure of movies to sell popcorn at vast profit, so the World Cup can be seen as deploying football games as a lure to sell enormous quantities of advertising. Which is absolutely fine by me as I find...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
It was announced over the weekend that singer, songwriter, actress and pop culture icon, Courtney Love, will feature at the 8th Annual Legends of Music Seminar, presented by Grey, the global advertising and marketing agency. The seminar will be...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Since an art director colleague introduced me to Banksy many years ago, I’ve enjoyed his stuff enormously. In that time he has painted throughout the world, from Sydney to Camden, LA to Palestine. The art critics bemoan him - too obvious, too...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
From Cicero to Aubrey Beardsley, human beings have never had to look too far for individuals touched by the hand of creative genius. But finding intellects so inspired, profound and insightful they actually manage to predict the future, is more of a...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
In a shocking move, it would appear that Omnicom's OMD have poached the $1 billion-plus Johnson & Johnson US media buying account from Interpublic's J3, a unit of UM dedicated solely to J&J business. The shift is effective immediately. However,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
‘Nobody knows anything’. So goes the famous quote from screenwriter William Goldman, suggesting that it’s impossible to predict public taste. It’s a theory that would certainly be supported by the haphazard history of the...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Three days of non-stop events, lectures, and installations can be a sensory-overload for most, but not for the those creative professionals who attended Clerkenwell Design Week. It was impossible to get to everything with over 250 exhibiting brands,...
Posted by: Alexandra Schott
How much would you pay for a copy of Nik Kershaw’s album ‘The Riddle’? Should you wish to add it to your iTunes collection via Apple’s store, it would cost you about £5.50. On Amazon’s marketplace, you could pick up...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
In a new ad spot from AKQA London and Mind's Eye director Luke Bellies for Oreo, the legendary cookie company is asking their fans to “Lick for it,” whenever conflicts arise. The ad reveals pairs of friends and siblings arguing over...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As you may have noticed, there's an election on the way. It's not one of those important ones, where we get to choose a bunch of be-suited clowns to spend five years making a wholesale mess of everything. It's one of those other ones, where we get to...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Working Mother magazine has recently unveiled their “Best Companies for Multicultural Women” for 2014. This is a great honour, which recognises and celebrates the 25 corporations based in the U.S. that utilise the best practices in hiring...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As the footer of this column will tell you, I’m a copywriter. And a blogger. I also dabble in journalism and podcasting. These are all quite enjoyable and satisfying things - at least from time-to-time - and I’m pretty lucky to do them...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
From the most intricate folding cardboard and metal cards to contact details printed on balloons, the humble business card has developed into an art form in itself. With different cards out there trying to stand out and grab your attention more so...
Posted by: Creativepool
BBDO and Proximity Singapore launched a shocking and unique digital campaign last week entitled “World Under Water.” The campaign takes the form of a bespoke website, which aims to raise our awareness of global warming by showing us...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I am writing this blog on a train on the way back to the Big Smoke following a few days mini-break in Cornwall, Mevagissey to be exact. As usual I have found the green hues, sea air and laid-back friendly locals a tonic to my tattered nerves and eye...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
Here’s an odd thing about rock music: the more frightening it tries to be, the more hilariously ludicrous it becomes. Ozzy can bark at the moon till the end of time, but he’ll still be more golden retriever than werewolf. Ronnie James Dio...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Though world renowned weight loss brand Weight Watchers have been with McCann Erickson New York for seven years now, it was announced late last week that their advertising business will now be covered by Widen + Kennedy, the independently owned,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I may be preaching to the converted here, but you’ve gotta love London. A lot of people - and certainly the majority of Creativepoolers - would say it’s the centre of the creative industry, and not just in the UK. But even leaving the...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Chicago-based emerging cultures marketing agency Lapiz, have promoted the 2014 Chicago Latino Film Festival with a new marketing campaign entitled “All About Great Stories,” which explores the importance of a great story at the movies....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It's been reported that Apple are planning to hire up to 4 new digital ad agencies. This follows evidence presented in the latest Samsung-Apple lawsuit earlier this week, which revealed Apple's senior vice president of marketing Phil Schiller's...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In the advertising business, there's only one thing worse than the most prestigious account on the planet going horribly sour - and that's the most prestigious account on the planet going horribly sour and it all leaking out across the web. So spare...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Naming their children Apple and Moses would be reason enough for a lot of people to mock Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin: a slightly bizarre melange of Hollywood new age tree hugger and artiste-who-takes-himself-a-bit-too-seriously. As if those same...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
“If you look at the UK, we are suffering because we are not putting the time into the idea and there’s empirical evidence to say that the quality of our output has gone down. It’s not my opinion. Empirical evidence from the audience...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
For the past week, Facebook has been awash with no make-up selfies. You will now be looking at your colleagues, friends, bosses maybe even girlfriends, with new eyes, knowing now exactly how everyone looks first thing in the morning, albeit via the...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
In the UK, we have the odd instance of a fringe school pressing for the right to teach archaic or arcane ideas to children. This is usually the desire to include creationism, or other religious notions, in their science classes. In the USA it's a...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
So ridiculous, it would have been rejected as a plotline in 'The Thick Of It'. That's not (or not necessarily) my opinion, it comes from the creators of 'The Thick Of It' and it refers to the 'advertisement' placed on Twitter by Grant Shapps,...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
After hundreds of thousands of pitches, to hundreds of thousands of clients, you'd the think the creative industry would have the process off pat. Sheer statistics would suggest pitching has now reached critical mass, a point whereby every...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Back in the eighties, I worked for a radio station which ran a campaign for a double glazing firm. This campaign never actually ended. Like those sofa sales, it just continued year in, year out. The ads were very straightforward, consisting of little...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
@Summerbreak is the real-time reality show with a difference; the entirety of the show's content is shared through social media, meaning that the stars experiences are shared the same way they are 'in real life'; through real-time Twitter, YouTube,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns