Nuggets
You may remember the Harvard Basketball team who took Youtube by storm a couple of weeks ago with their song in the back of a van.
Well the inevitable has happened and a bunch of copy cats have come along but this video featuring a women’s rowing team is the best of the bunch with their unique “foot dance”. The time and effort that most go in to making these videos is something else! Via Simply Viral
The Creative Designer behind Lightbox, acquired this week by Facebook, has announced plans to launch a new global design consultancy and build a portfolio of brands “as cherished as Coca-Cola, Apple and Nike”.
As the seven-strong Lightbox engineering team prepares for its relocation to the States, Creative Director and Product Designer Giles Peyton-Nicoll is staying in London and is set to launch a new agency. [more…]
TFM&A Manchester 2012 : The biggest industry innovators and gurus will be sharing their insights, experience and future predictions surrounding all things marketing and digital commerce in the Keynote Programme.
Former Radio Times advertising director, Andrew Mercer, has joined Scout Media, publishers of Scout London, the free weekly magazine for London’s social life. Mercer is developing tailored print ad packages for advertisers ahead of the Olympics and bolstering Scout London’s integrated advertising proposition across its print, online and mobile device editions.
Banter Marketing, a new London based marketing agency, has appointed Chris Mitchell to the role of PR Director.
Chris, who joins Banter Marketing from The Media Foundry, will be responsible for growing Banter’s PR division, as well as developing and implementing PR strategies for the company’s current clients. [more…]
Complaints about an advert for bookmaker Paddy Power featuring transgender people have been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority.
The TV advert shown in February ahead of Ladies' Day at the Cheltenham Festival invited viewers to spot the "stallions" from the "mares".
Twitter is rolling out a new feature that sends users a weekly digest of the most popular tweets in their network.
News and Apple editor at thenextweb.com, Matthew Panzarino, explained on the site that the new option is being pushed out over the next few weeks; giving people a list of the most popular stories along with the people who shared them. By Red Rocket Media [more…]
Facebook critical in helping brands build momentum in emerging market. Ahead of IPO, new data from Socialbakers reveals that:
One of the UK’s leading trade unions Community: The Union for Life, has chosen award-winning digital agency Redweb to design and build its new user-centric website.
In addition to developing an all-new site aesthetic, the Bournemouth-based agency will be working closely with the union to deliver a comprehensive restructure of its content and information architecture. [more…]
Samsung has teamed up with Swindon Town FC and Leyton Orient FC to launch the third annual ‘Win A Pro Contract’ campaign ‘Win A Pro Contract’ gives amateur football players from across the UK the opportunity to live the dream of becoming a professional footballer.
