Category Archives: Branding online

Skyy Relaunch Goes To The Movies

Skyy Vodka yesterday relaunched Skyy.com, hoping to better align its online presence with its film-centric advertising and events strategies. Quoted on MediaDailyNews Skyy public relations manager Sue Hearn, explains:

“Our brand has been based around film-related activities for some time now. Given the technology that’s out there at this point, the web is one of the best vehicles to communicate that brand identity to consumers.”

. I immediately surfed on the Web site… it’s nice, very emotional, it makes you want to have a drink… maybe not exactly a vodka, given the fact that now it’s early afternoon Btw the thing I liked the most is the possibility to choose you lounge music while browsing the web site. There are about twelve tunes to pick, from Bebel Gilberto to Ursula 1000.

File under: branding online, lounge music, online presence, skyy vodka

Lycos new face… ops, muzzle

Lycos held auditions for the new role in London after deciding, in a blatant case of ageism, that the current Lycos dog was too old for the job. As reported on Revolution Magazine they have now picked Monte… Advertising rules are tough, even for dogs

File under: lycos

Online Branding: The Next Generation

Online, a strong brand is vital. This is the key statement by Gary Stein in his today’s column on ClickZ. I really enjoyed what he wrote since he pointed out four important and useful elements that are often forgotten or worse, underestimated, when taking a brand online.

File under: brand building, branding online, personalization

McDonald�s delivers food facts on new website

Created by Tribal DDB Sydney McDonald’s has launched a new website that coincides with the launch of the second phase of advertising in the company�s strategy to counter what it describes as myths about its food. I’ve tried to look at the Web site, but it’s funny to see that it not directly linked from McDonalds’.com, which instead, presents an ugly framed html page. The news is reported today by B&T Marketing & Media.

File under: brand image, new web site, restyling

New eBay deal welcomed by brands

eBay is launching a new points-based member program designed to give consumers more currency on its site. According to MediaPost the news has been welcomed by big brands who look at this deal as a new interesting marketing opportunity to get in touch with the huge eBay audience.

File under: ebay

Sony to Launch ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Game Online

Charlie’s Angels will come back as a video game. Sony Corp.’s movie division on Monday said would release an online video game based on “Charlie’s Angels” to coincide with the new “Angels” movie which it is also releasing. It’s no doubt an interesting example of how the gaming industry might help reinforcing the marketing mix to support a new product launch. I’m not sure if this can be exactly defined as “advergame” but I thought it was worth posting anyway. You can watch a preview on Animated Angels.

File under: advergame, charlie's angels, entertainment, sony

Online advertising, branding and direct response

Does online advertising influence branding or yield direct response? This is the key questions to which eMarketer tries to give an answer. In today’s newsletter David Hallerman, using DoubleClick’s numbers, explains that marketer are in increasingly understanding and taking advantage the Internet as powerful medium for both branding and direct response campaigns.

File under: branding, direct response, DoubleClick