09 Apr 2008
| by Andrew McCormick
LONDON - Viral site Bore Me has hired DBMGroup as its exclusive ad sales house, as it seeks...DBMGroup, an agency offering social media, viral and other online ad services, will use DBMGrid, its branded content distribution arm, to handle advertising on Bore Me. DBMGrid will run display advertising, channel sponsorships, distribute viral videos around the internet and create campaign sites ...
29 Jan 2008
| by Media Week
Supermarket giant Asda will launch its first viral marketing campaign next month, after hiring...backed by advertisers. Matmi
was behind the viral game "Let it Flow", which promoted Comic Relief
2007 ...
Asda has appointed the agency to create a viral game aimed at children
and parents. The game ...
with
new methods of reaching potential customers. The company hopes that viral and word ...
29 Jan 2008
| by Andrew McCormick
LONDON - Supermarket giant Asda will launch its first viral marketing campaign next month, after...by advertisers. Matmi was behind the viral game Let it Flow , which promoted Comic Relief 2007 and attracted ...
Asda has appointed the agency to create a viral game aimed at children and parents. The game ...
with new methods of reaching potential customers. The company hopes that viral and word-of-mouth marketing ...
14 Aug 2007
| by Media Week
The UK viral marketing industry will be worth between £25m and £30m by the end of the year...Viral video website Kontraband has completed its annual survey of the
sector and has found that the amount of virals being produced increased
by 40% year on year. The website obtained figures from viral ...
the Central Office of Information is set to
run one of the biggest viral campaigns of the year, starting ...
12 Dec 2006
| by Richard Eyre
one of those viral thingies - you know, where you just pay the production costs of a funny film...The appeal of a successful viral ad - aside from its beguiling economics -
is that rather than floating around in a general half-conscious soup
alongside most other advertising, it registers its ...
viral campaign, is
impossible to plan in and just buy - occurs when an audience shares a
moment ...
06 Mar 2007
| by James Livesley
Lycos UK is to relaunch its viral channel under the new name of OMG, standing for Oh My God...The channel will be open to brands that want to promote their virals on
the new service. The relaunched system will also allow users to create
personal profiles using previous virals they have uploaded. People will
be able to communicate with other users to rate and talk about the
virals. OMG is currently ...
01 Apr 2008
| by Andrew McCormick
Online entertainment and viral specialist Kontraband has hired two senior TV figures as it prepares...involve offering advertisers a global platform to promote their brands, while also providing targeted advertising opportunities in individual countries. Kontraband last year appointed investment bank GP Bullhound ...
to offer them global opportunities to advertise. We re going to start geo-targeting ads in the US and UK ...
05 Jan 2001
| by MediaWeek
Advertiser Of The Year...Whassup? Advertiser of the year, that’s what. If there was one campaign this year that cut through ...
the programminghappening of the year with the advertising event of the year. The other impressive aspect of the campaign ...
Hill Carnival and V2000 – were targeted via e-mail and SMS. In a great example of how viral marketing ...
25 Jun 2007
| by Isabella Piasecka
LONDON - Sony Pictures Releasing has today become the first UK advertiser to stream video...The media campaign, planned by Omnicom media agency Manning Gottlieb OMD, will target male Facebook users aged 18-34 with a sponsored video story. It will also use display advertising on Facebook ...
of the more shocking scenes in the film will be seeded on viral sites Kontraband and Bore Me, while click ...
29 Oct 2007
| by Andrew McCormick
, found that a third of online advertisers in Europe plan to use profiles on social networks to engage ...
than 50% of online advertisers in Europe have run advertising campaigns that encourage user interaction and two thirds will do so in the next 12 months. Viral marketing campaigns are the most common form ...