Archive for the ‘Guerilla Marketing’ Category

Supersized Audi TT – She is no beauty

Friday, April 7th, 2006

It is old news: Audi loves to present their cars at prominent arches/monuments. They have a thing for it. Remember the shots of the R10 race car last October in Paris right at the Arc de Triumphe? Here is the next Audi-arch story: The new Audi TT is hitting the roads ...

Making your own car commercial – Chevy puts you in the directors’ seat

Friday, April 7th, 2006

It is very easy to bash the Detroit Auto makers these days. I have certainly been guilty of it. They suck in so many different ways. So the good really sticks out (maybe that's part of their marketing plan). Enough said. Here is something pretty cool: At Chevy "The Apprentice" they ...

Sumo is not only for wrestlers: World Cup iPod Cases

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Thanks to coolhunting we came a across a neat World Cup idea: iPod cases from Sumo. They've got it all right: They are using the ball (not copyrighted by FIFA) and not the ludicrous World Cup logo. We at conceptbakery think that this is a great idea that could be very ...

Bild Zeitung meeting guerilla marketing?

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

Jung von Matt Hamburg upgraded the men's facilities at the Art Directors Club awards in Berlin. The mirrors read "Nothing is harder than the truth". We wonder how the ladies' rooms looked like but that information has not been reported yet.

Some thoughts on the state of guerilla marketing

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Guerilla marketing is maturing. This means there are more people fishing in the pond. More people trying to reinvent the wheel, trying to come up with the next great idea. We know that guerilla marketing was first defined by Jay Conrad Levinson in 1982 and brought to popularity by environmental groups ...

Marketers lose confidence in TV advertising

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

From Adage.com 78% of all advertisers have less confidence today in the effectiveness of TV advertising than they did two years ago (according to a survey released at the Association of National Advertisers TV Ad Forum). The study asked 133 national advertisers representing more than $20 billion in ad dollars about their ...

Who is going to win the World Cup 2006? Adidas, Nike, Puma or even Joma?

Friday, March 17th, 2006

32 teams will be competing for the Soccer World Cup in Germany this summer. But this is only a small piece in the puzzle. A total of 7 manufacturers made it into the tournament and are going to compete just as hard behind the curtains as the players on the ...

Supersized Meals

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Today's entry belongs into the "have you seen that website" category. Being funny and shocking is definitely a good way to create a stir and the creators of Supersizedmeals.com have found a nice way to mix both effects. The website features stories about some real big meals, homemade or eating-out. ...

Viral Video Suggestions

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

What's required for viral videos to take off? You might be contemplating the idea of using viral videos as part of your marketing activities. It is definitely worth a thought. But viral videos pose a huge risk: They either are hugely successful and completely take off, or they are completely ineffective ...

The 2006 World Cup in Guerilla Marketing

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

Today I am in a rage. I am mad at the FIFA and its president Joseph Blatter. The FIFA tries to protect its sponsors at all cost and tries to squeeze every penny out of the World Cup that they can. This essentially leads to a lockout of most major German companies ...

The Milliondollarhomepage

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

It sounds like a fairy tale: Alex Tew a 21 year old student from Nottingham (UK) decides he is too poor and want to do something about it. Within minutes he comes up with a plan: Setting up a barebones website and selling 1 million pixels at a price for a ...