Last week we had the Google Zeitgeist 2012 and this week we’re looking at what the world has been loving on YouTube this year! Rewind YouTube Style 2012 takes a look back at the year’s biggest YouTube hits. This mash-up was an original production, rather than just a montage of already-existing footage, highlighting YouTube’s launch [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 5, 2012
I think everyone has had some sort of idea for the Skip Ad button on YouTube, but here’s a live one for a government environmental care agency in Chile (by MayoDraftfcb) showcasing a range of environmental messages that challenge you to either skip the ad or skip the behaviour. In just one week, over 80,000 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 23, 2012
Check out the new YouTube ‘Politics’ Election Hub that’s just launched, a custom aggregation of political content around the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election from across the world, no need to watch the news how, you’ll get it all here, from sources like Aljazeera, The New York Times, ABC News, WSJ, Larry King and BuzzFeed. Make [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 22, 2012
May 21st 2012 marks the 7th Birthday of YouTube, and to celebrate they’ve compiled a video showcasing everything that has made them great to this very day, including a host of great statistics about what happens on YouTube. Thanks Alicia. Here’s just a few YouTube stats for 2012: There are over 4 Billion Videos viewed [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 26, 2012
With most brands just trying to work out how to best use social media, it’s interesting to look at the flip side where social loyalty is now the big focus of the airline industry (look at all the great KLM work), where social loyalty plays will no doubt transform traditional style frequent flyer programs faster [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Here’s a great infographic showing what happens on the internet every 24 hours, and as you’d have guessed, it’s a lot. The volume of blog posts, time spent on Facebook and video content being uploaded to YouTube has exploded yet again! A few facts that really stand out – each day: 294 billion e mails are [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 5, 2012
Here’s a great campaign from Axe/Lynx. Their latest ad campaign in the US, Axe Anarchy, features a video about two experimental fragrances that are unleashed on the world and the chaos that ensues. To support this Axe are launching the first comic to be created in real time, by you! This graphic novel will have [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Well, what a year, particurally for the growth and promotion of online video, and as always, YouTube has released the YouTube Rewind 2011 Showcase for your viewing pleasure, just in case you missed it among the first 3 million views of the round up video so far… here it is! Via AdsMitchell. So what makes [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Here is a really interesting way to run a competition using YouTube videos. IKEA Belgium wanted to celebrate the Swedish mid-summer vibe, a time when sales are usually pretty flat for them in Belgium, so they created a series of product based videos called “Catch The Swedish Light”. The stop motion videos showcased the latest [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 10, 2011
Audi is claiming to have launched the world’s first interactive YouTube driving experience for the new Audi A6. The interactive YouTube experience uses the indexing feature so you can control the video with your keypad numbers, allowing you to jump from section to section to provide the illusion that you are actually controlling the car. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 26, 2011
Here is a neat little idea for Caja de Ruidos, a leading music production company in Argentina, who’ve set about showing everyone how to create their own personal, interactive mixers for any video on YouTube, enabling people to create their own experiences in YouTube’s comments field. While most of us might know how to use [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 7, 2011
After almost 8 years, Blink 182 have launched a new single, and with that, a very unique approach to re-engage their fan base, by trawling YouTube for every video uploaded that used their music without permission, then they set about cutting it into their very own music video, turning the tables on their fans, and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 29, 2011
The highly anticipated follow up video from BMW Canada has landed. Just over two weeks after the BMW 1M vs Concrete Walls video was released they bring us the BMW 1 Series M Coupé versus the world’s highest helipad. This is a pretty cool video and manages keeps you on edge as you watch it. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Sony Pictures were looking for a way to encourage people to update their movie collection and buy new DVDs, a hard job in a dying market. Iris, Sydney came up with a fun solution with ‘The Great DVD Amnesty’, people could trade in their old, unwanted DVDs and get $5 cash back, thus freeing up [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 11, 2011
How many times do you hear “I want my video to go viral”. To make this happen you have to create content that is pretty innovative, exciting and cool so that your audience will want to share. Well here’s the kind of video that ticks all those boxes. BWM Canada have released this “BMW 1M [...]
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
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