Tag archives: football

Introducing… Nike Goal for the iPhone

I apologise, but I need again some space for self promotion… I’m very proud to share with you Nike Goal, an application for the iPhone that we at Nike Italy developed together with the Italian agency H-Art. Nike Goal has launched only seven days ago, with no press release, no promotion at all, but it’s already one of the most downloaded free applications on iTunes Apps Store Italia.

Nike Goal is an application that brings the world of Nikefootball.com live on your iPhone. It features live scores from the Serie A matches, highlighting the goals by Nike players and showing the boot they are wearing. On top of this, Nike Goal features also all the latest news about Nike products, players and stories. And this is just the beginning, we have a lot of ideas to make it richer, more interactive and fun to use!

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File under: football, iphone application, nike goal

Danone: football for kids

In Spain Danone is running an integrated campaign to target kids who love football on the way to Germany 2006. They have created a site, danet.es in which users can navigate as if they were walking around a stadium (moving from the bar to the locker room or the press room etc…). Images of Ronaldinho, Danet’s testimonial, are everywhere, but the site offers more than just his smiling “bunny” face. It is definitely content rich, and the interface offers a good experience to discover all the goodies available. As explained on Marketing Directo, mobile is also part of the effort, with branded content available for download.

File under: danone, football, spain

Nike launches video podcasting push

Nike has just launched a multimedia campaign starring Ronaldinho and the new Tiempo Legend shoe. As NMA explains, the campaign includes mobile, online and video podcasting push. Nike is going to be the first brand to enable consumers to download Ronaldinho’s video on their iPod. There is no above-the-line media spend for the campaign, so Nike will only rely on word-of-mouth to spread the idea. The campaign idea is great, I mean, the fact that they combine digital channels to deliver the message, but I saw the video and it isn’t really as good as I expected. Ok, I’m not a big football fan, nor a football player but I found it rather boring.

File under: football, mobile, nike, Ronaldinho, video podcast

Buzz marketing ideas Adidas football

In France (via JDN), Adidas is generating buzz around its brand by targeting football fans with an integrated campaign. A website with some funny content featuring popular comedians Omar & Fred is at the center of the stage, but the campaign idea is to drive 15 to 24 years old guys to the Adidas stores around the country. The concept (by JMS L’inconscient collectif) targets in particular the fans of Olympique Marseille (sponsored by Adidas). An email marketing campaign (currently with an amazing 96% opening rate) invites young people to visit the Tyaimesoubien.com website, download a postcard, answer the questions it presents, and deliver it to the local Adidas store for the chance of winning tickets for OM matches.

File under: adidas, buzz marketing, football, france, viral marketing

Bus shelter football

JWT Mexico for Nike Football. [spotted at Brief Blog]

File under: football, jwt mexico, nike

User generated content and 3G phones

In the UK, the BBC has just launched “Your shout” a trial service which allows football fans to send in 3G video messages with their opinions on football. The best video comments will be shown on Saturday’s Football Focus and on the Football Focus website. The technology for this service has been developed by VoxSurf. Andy Munarriz, co-founder of VoxSurf explains:

“It combines the immediacy of the phone with the excitement of video to allow anyone to create personalised content and become a football pundit. With 3G becoming mainstream we see major opportunities for leading broadcasters to get even closer to their viewers.”

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File under: bbc, football, mobile phones, user generated content

Ten football advergames for MBNA

Launchfire Interactive has developed a series of ten advergames for the for MBNA U.S.A. 2005-06 NFL sponsorship. Each game functions the same but is uniquely branded to the participating NFL team. In addition each game broadcasts short rich media ads between quarters to promote the credit card companies (Visa and Mastercard) and their respective 2005-06 NFL promotions. For example, you can check out the New England Patriots or the Denver Broncos game.

File under: advergames, football

Adidas, it’s football time!

A few days ago I posted about a disappoiting web site created by Adidas to promote a shoe. Now I’m glad to write a good online campaign the German brand is running on the way to the World Cup 2006. If you’re a football fan you will surely enjoy this highly interactive website where David Beckham, Raul, Kakà and other top players welcome you with video interviews. I didn’t register, but it looks like there are several goodies to enjoy (games, downloads etc…). The only negative aspect is that the site is pretty heavy to load. Sorry but I don’t know which agency did the job.

File under: adidas, football

Pepsi Handball an advergame for young football fans

The UK Pepsi portal dedicated to football has a new advergame developed by Graphico. The game, called Pepsi Handball, aims at promoting the Pepsi Soccer Schools. It looks like Tetris… If you’re looking for advertainment ideas, I suggest you browsing the whole site which is a good example of branding targeting teenagers.

File under: advergame, football, pepsi, uk

MMS’ for football fans

German football fans can download the pictures (as MMS) of their favourite players directly to their mobile. The initiative, which runs a few weeks before the European Football Championship, is developed by MindMatics and sponsored by Ferrero’s snacks, Duplo and Hanuta. As Net Tribune (in German) reports, users find in the snacks a collectible sticker with a the short code that allows them to request, with a premium rate SMS, the MMS picture of the player. A series of 28 players and trainers is available. The service costs 0,99 euro per picture.

File under: european championship 2004, ferrero, football, mms