Monthly Archives: September, 2013

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Mind the gap: Bennett looks for the PR sweet spot with new consultancy
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After departing Eleven PR a few months back and passing the TBWA\ baton to Lauren Vosper, Kelly Bennett has officially launched his new PR consultancy One Plus One Communications and is looking to fill the gap he believes exists “between some of the more well-established, traditional corporate PR agencies and others, which are often housed within advertising agencies or media companies, that offer consumer and activation services”.

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Old Spice gets it very right by being very wrong
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No-one does absurd advertising better than Old Spice and W+K. And to celebrate the launch of the NFL season it’s released four absolute pearlers that continue the trend of its bar soaps campaign and parody the hell out of the ‘transportation’ genre of advertising.

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Yahoo!’s logo pogo—UPDATED
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Everyone loves critiquing a logo, which means that releasing a new one is a fairly nerve-racking experience for any business. But Yahoo! has taken a different, slightly more democratic approach to the unveiling of its new logo, offering up 29 different variations over the past month and asking for feedback. Which one would you choose?

Movings & Shakings
Movings/Shakings: 4 September
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A couple of senior departures from DDB, an addition at DraftFCB, Julie Elstone joins Waitemata Films, Charles Miller takes the reins at Mailshop, Belowtheline shows its stripes at APPA and announces new clients, Siobhan Keogh joins Datacom, Voice Brand Agency opens up in Oz, InMobi announces a new Australia/New Zealand leader and Ecoya chooses a new PR agency.

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Would Tony tweet that?
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Tony Abbott’s been in the news for a string of gaffes, now his rivals are imagining tweets that would make him really unpopular. Nothing’s new in the murky world of political campaigning, except perhaps catchy music.

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Brought to you by the letter K
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Google was up to K for the latest version of its Android OS, 4.4 – this time generic sweet treats have taken a back seat to some Kitkat campaign deliciousness. These chocolate bars are the perfect second screen companion, compatible with all liquid accessories.

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#DiorRob
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First there was Scotaganus. Now there’s the smouldering Robert Pattinson doing some smell the fart acting, driving down the beach in an old BMW with some babes, running on a roof and having a roll in the hay with Camile Rowe in the new Dior Homme ad.

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Telecom accessorises Fashion Week with digi-bling
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Telecom has given Fashion Week a digital edge with a new mobile site called Sheek. The HTML site offers a quiz challenge with a chance to win a $5000 wardrobe with choices from Kiwi designers Hailwood, Andrea Moore, Zambesi, Annah Stretton, Huffer, Karen Walker, Kate Sylvester, Cybele and Twentyseven Names.

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Esport a new world for marketers
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Kiwi marketers can tap into new revenue streams in the world of social sports gaming, played out at events and internet cafes and watched via online TV, a Wellington researcher says. Victoria University’s Dr Yuri Seo says the eSports world is a far as you can get from hibernating at home playing games. And it means new ways for brands to reach consumers through games.

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Red Bull brings BMX cool to Peugeot
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Red Bull has launched its shiny new poster boy for the Peugeot 208 GTI, Jaden Leeming, in a new web and TVC campaign made in house. The 90 second version was made for its web channels while 15 and 30 second cuts will soon hit TV screens.

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Galleries: TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards
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There were plenty of Kiwi companies who were celebrated for their stellar efforts at the TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards last week (you can check all the winners out here and read the in-depth stories of how they did it in the latest edition of NZ Marketing). And while we know everyone in this industry gets excited about a good dose of cross-organisational stakeholder management, you’re also quite fond of spending hours of work time looking at glamour shots from events. So fill your boots.

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‘Hell in paradise’
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For the past three months, Heineken has been plucking real men out of their daily lives, dropping them into the great unknown and making them do ridiculous things as part of its Dropped campaign. And the fifth and final episode, which features two chaps on a desert island in the Philippines who are handcuffed to each other and have only one survival kit between them, has just been launched.

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