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Brazil wins and makes fun

Football fans probably know Brazil won the Confederation Cup last Sunday defeating Argentina in the final match. The victory has been celebrated also through advertising, as these ads taken from Voxnews clearly show     The first ad for Onda, highlights stormy weather for Argentineans after the defeat, the other ad for Guaraná Antarctica congratulates Argentina for being vice-champion in the Cup.

Targeting by weather for Yell.com

In the UK Yell.com has launched an online advertising campaign which will target users according to the weather. Ads appearing on local sites like This is London, will change according to the current weather conditions in the city. Revolution Magazine explains the campaign idea is to explain Yell gives users exactly what they want. If it’s sunny, the ads will present, for example, outdoor activities, if it’s raining, you’ll get indications to have fun and not get wet. AKQA for the creative and I-Level for the media planning are behind the campaign.

It’s Sunny!

Fort Lauderdale is running a multi-channel marketing campaign to attract tourists during the winter season. As The Sun Sentinel reports, last week a “Beach Mobile”, a heated, glass-enclosed trailer with a palm tree, beach sand, lifeguard stand and two bathing suit-clad models was moving around New York, and more cities will be visited in the next weeks. A part from the guerrilla marketing approach, print and tv are part of the mix, as well as the Internet with ads running on Weather.com, TheKnot.com and PlanetOut.com, and a sweepstake giving away a five-night stay. The campaign just features the URL of the dedicated web site: Sunny.org.

Weather forecast via SMS

I will soon be able to get weather forecasts delivered directly to my mobile phone. In my region (Friuli Venezia Giulia) I will be able to get the info via sms in Italian, German and English. Via Yahoo! News.

Online Adv: don’t forget of media players

The power of the Internet as an advertising media goes beyond the browser. The latest trends talk about “desktop” advertising, but Instant messaging promotions are doing pretty well too. The new possibilities of getting in touch with the consumer through a computer are analyzed on IAR, quoting the opinion of Andy Jedynak, senior VP and general manager of desktop app WeatherBug who says that:

Apparently, marketers now have new tools to create surround advertising session (and don’t forget of media players!).

Monster’s new campaign

�Portraits� the new Monster’s campaign is now online with a series of rich media ads. Among he the websites presenting the ads there are Weather.com, About and Lycos, which features a special job section in partnership with Monster.

Unicast presents the video commercial

Unicast, the online advertising solutions provider, has announced in press release the birth of a new online ad format that enables advertisers to deliver their message with full-screen, broadcast quality video. Unicast’s Video Commercial is built on the Microsoft� Windows Media� 9 Series platform and is delivered to consumers via Unicast’s patented pre-cached technology. AT&T, Honda, McDonald’s, Pepsi, Vonage, and Warner Brothers are currently participating in a six-week, pre-paid beta launch of the Video Commercial. The idea of video advertising is interesting, but I don’t understand if people need to install Unicast’s software on their machines. If this is true, I won’t expect a lot of users to agree, at least at time being. There’s too much spam and spyware around. First you need to build trust and educate people about this kind of advertising. I mean, users can’t skip ads, the Internet can’t exist without advertising, so it’s just better to build a relationship with users, telling them about existing formats and asking them the one they prefer. See the example of WeatherBug I talked about a couple of days ago. On the topic, you can also read the eCommerceTimes, where Jay Lyman interviews Michael Kelleher an analyst at Yankee Group. He says that the video ads are the next generation of online advertising, particularly with the growth of broadband Internet connections. However, the analyst added, the ads might not win the favor of users if they interfere with their online routines.

Registration: the key to successful targeting

Thanks to Steve, I’ve found out an excellent article on iMediaConnection about targeted advertising. It’s an interview with Andy Jedynak, senior vice president and general manager at WeatherBug, who explains how the website is helping advertisers with a precise and effective targeting. Through users’ registration and wit WeatherBug has developed a rich database which has been the base for building a frank relationship with consumers. What we understand from this interview is that in the online world the “ask-listen-talk-listen” is a crucial circle to build a site’s success, generating traffic and providing advertisers with satisfying results.

Pop-ups: extinction is close?

Pop-ups are annoying and even non-effective but… they are still there, alive and somehow healthy. However, according to the opinion expressed today on IAR, pop-ups are their way to extinction. I particularly liked the way Paul Iaffaldano, Weather.com’s chief revenue officer expressed his opinion about pop-ups :

Let’s meet here in one year time and see what has changed. I’m not so sure pop-ups will disappear so easily.Pop-Ups Under Siege

The ads that will affect your life

Google will provide target advertising and web search to Weather.com. The news is reported in a press release on Biz Yahoo!. I’m always astonished by reading the high-sounding declarations that usually come with these business deals, and Weather.com makes no exception by saying through Joe Fiveash, senior vice president of Product and Business Development:

Wow, these guys are soooo nice to users, they really care about them and their life… Please, don’t forget business is… business, not charity!