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Branded Content, aka Advertainment. What’s Your Policy?
"Transit," a short film by Steph Green The Responsibility Project from Liberty Mutual is a microsite that builds on the brand's "Resonsibility. What's Your Policy?" ad campaign. Here's how the brand describes it: It all began when we ran a TV commercial about people doing things for strangers. The response was truly overwhelming. Thousands of emails and letters from people all over the country thanking us. We …
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When A Book Is An Ad
According to The New York Times, Charm!, a book written by a character on ABC's soap “All My Children” is doing well at retail, having sold 100,000 copies since its debut in February. The book also appeared on the New York Times best-seller list. Naturally, a fragrance called Charm, which is a product of the cosmetics company in the novel as well as a plot point on the soap, will be on sale in Sears stores …
Acme Widget Content Co.
Ad Age is running an article on the former chief operating officer at WPP's Alliance, David Caruso. Caruso has started a new agency, Acme Content Co., dedicated to branded entertainment. "I felt in a big agency [branded content] still wasn't being treated with the respect and thought leadership that the other disciplines were," he said. "It was still sort of a black sheep." Part of the value of having an independent …
As The Pendulum Swings…
Newsweek is floating the idea that the heyday for consumer generated content has come and gone. In short, the expert is back. The revival comes amid mounting demand for a more reliable, bankable Web. "People are beginning to recognize that the world is too dangerous a place for faulty information," says Charlotte Beal, a consumer strategist for the Minneapolis-based research firm Iconoculture. Beal adds that choice …
Content Is Still King
According to the Online Publishers Association's Internet Activity Index, 42.7% of consumer time online is spent with content sites, 28.6% is with communication sites, 16.1% with commerce sites and 5% on search sites. The OPA describes content sites as those designed primarily to provide news, information and entertainment. Examples of those included in this segment are CNN.com, ESPN.com and MapQuest. [via Ad Age] …
L.C. in da House
Lindsay Campbell, formerly of Wallstrip, has been charging around Austin this week with her camera crew in tow. Her goal? To better understand the mind of an SXSW attendee. Her new show, which is backed by CBS, is called Moblogic. It's a news, culture and politics program. …
Where Commercials Once Were
I can't believe I haven't heard about Lovebites, a content play from JWT for Sunsilk Hair products, until now. Thankfully, Damiano Vukotic has heard. Lovebites is a 2-minute show that runs during commercial slots on "Sex in the City" reruns. The show was developed by JWT in conjunction with Paul Reiser (Mad About You). According to JWT's blog, The Good Stuff, a second season of 65 episodes was commissioned by the …
