Remember the company that donated the value of a Super Bowl ad in free snacks to anyone who wanted, instead of paying the extortionately overpriced airtime? A Mexican immigrant with a father who survived the Holocaust, CEO Daniel Lubetzky set up Kind Snacks, their core mission not just to provide nutritionally rich snacks to make people feel good, …
We live in a dangerous time. A country 5 times larger than North Korea is amassing the greatest chemical threat ever known. Yet its aggressive expansion is being ignored. Governments refuse sanctions, and leading corporates continue to profit from it. The battle for the Pacific has already been lost. But this is just the start. Expanding its borders …
“We won’t accept a world where autistic people are shut away. We know that people don’t set out to be judgmental towards autistic people. The problem is that they often don’t see the autism, they just see somebody acting in a way that isn’t familiar to them.” Mark Lever, Chief Executive of the National Autistic Society (NAS), …
I’m going to be straight with you, I am not a sports fan. Sure, I’ll watch for the food and beer, but this Sunday is different. It’s the Superbowl. Which means, in between snacking on jalapeño appetisers and the game itself, the ads. And the Superbowl is, well…The Superbowl, for advertisers. Brands bring their A game …
Budweiser “Stands By” Its Emotional Approach to Superbowl Advertising Read More »
2017 was rough, ya’ll. There’s some collective trauma no matter what side of the aisle or world you’re on. Case in point: the US government basically admitted to the existence of UFOs and somehow it didn’t make breaking news? It can often seem easier to tune out and remain numb than engage with or act …
It’s a rare case in which advertising for social impact can cause a complete cultural shift. But that’s what was needed to salvage the livelihoods of Colombian fishermen, who were being increasingly threatened by the invasive Lionfish. Chowing through a large chunk of their fish stocks, it was fast becoming a risk to national security. So, in an …
We join James Temple, CCO at RGA and President of the data, IoT and marketing innovation jury, who tells us about his favourites at Cristal this year. Namely: The Aland Index This initiative by the Nordic Aland Bank features a (compostable!) credit card that measures the carbon footprint of your consumption. Their wider Baltic Sea Project …
Cristal’s most impressive campaigns, over coffee Read More »
