Category: Advertising

  • Volvo Trucks creates a broad footprint across the social web for new truck launch

    Some of the most imaginative uses of social media in support of marketing and brand communication are in the car industry. If you follow what’s happening in that industry from a social media perspective, you’ll know about what companies like…

  • Real beauty isn’t retouched says Dove

    One company that’s earned credibility for its open and authentic approach to brand marketing and communication is Unilever for its campaigns for the Dove personal care product range. Who can’t recall the ground-breaking Dove: Evolution video from 2006, showing image…

  • An experiment in brand story-telling

    Since starting this blog in 2006, I’ve been the sole writer and publisher of content,  making only a couple of exceptions over the past few years with content written by named guest writers. I strongly believe in transparency where disclosure…

  • Enter the pop-up agency concept

    You’ve heard about the pop-up store: the retail outlet that appears one day – “popping up” – is there for a few days or perhaps weeks, often tied to an event of some kind, and then shuts down. The idea…

  • The key to podcasting is community

    Podcasting should be the PR consultant’s best friend, says Phil Szomszor in a good assessment of podcasts and their role in public relations. Or, rather, the role podcasts ought to have in PR. In his optimistic assessment, Szomszor cites the…