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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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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Makita Drills Their Point Across

Rarely is a billboard the best place to do a product demo, but for Makita, a blank wall proved to be the perfect way to show off what their drills can do.

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GE Plugs Into The Smart Grid With Augmented Reality

GE’s Smart Grid - Augmented Reality campaign is a fantastic example of how augmented reality can be used to engage viewers and encourage them to interact directly with the message.

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Smart Favicon Games Promote The Fortwo

Banner ads are definitely not the future of ads, but once you start to think outside the banner, you often don’t have to go far to come up with a good idea. For Jung von Matt, they only needed to go as far as the favicon before coming up with a fantastic campaign for Smart fortwo.

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Coraline Raises The Bar For Influencer Outreach

Wieden+Kennedy’s Coraline campaign is a textbook example of how to build buzz around a product using many different types of outreach.

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Fanta Uses Mobile Augmented Reality To Play Virtual Tennis

Fanta’s Virtual Tennis is one of the first real examples of a company using augmented reality in a new and unique way to advertise their products.

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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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HBO Shares Secrets For Big Love

‘Big Love’ is all about secrets, and HBO has created a campaign that’s full of them.

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This Is Where We Live Captures The Imagination

For 4th Estate Publishing, their understanding of online video and its potential led to the creation of a beautiful stop motion film called This Is Where We Live that celebrates 2009 as their 25th anniversary, as well as their ground-breaking, international literary agenda.

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