The Future of Ads

Hidden ASCII Art Generates Buzz For Dante’s Inferno

When the team behind the Dante’s Inferno video game hid ASCII art in the source code of many popular websites and then waited for that art to get discovered, they were taking a huge risk, but sometimes big rewards can only come to those that are willing to take equally big risks.

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POPURLS And UPS Team Up For The Brown Edition

Most companies would love to have people spend a few minutes of each day thinking about their brand, and many pay a lot of money for the privilege. However, paying to put your brand in front of people’s eyes and having people want to look at your brand on a daily basis are two very different things, with the former often leading to brand fatigue while the later leads to a case study and high fives around the office.

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Ken Block And DC Shoes Make Gymkhana A Viral Video Guarantee

Viral videos aren’t usually made, they’re chosen, but the second Gymkhana video from Ken Block and DC Shoes was born to be viral.

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PETA Is Too Hot For TV With Veggie Love

The football part of the Super Bowl has recently taken a back seat to the advertising gridiron that plays out 30 seconds at a time as companies battle it out for Monday morning water cooler bragging rights.

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Never Hide Films Are Viral Successes For Ray-Ban

To help promote their line of sunglasses, Ray-Ban created a series of viral videos called Never Hide Films. With 11 total videos to date, they’ve seen multi-million view successes, and four-digit failures, so it’s an interesting look at what works well as an online viral video, and what doesn’t.

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Skinit Helps HP Attract New Customers

Though more branded and less exclusive than Tabbloid, HP’s customized Skinit portal is another example of their ‘added value application’ approach to advertising.

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