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Hi there! My name is Duane Brown.
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Category Archives: Advertising
How is this a game?
The title of this post is the very question I asked myself this morning as I read Cadbury eyebrows game goes live at the O2. The agency behind the campaign Drum PHD and has been working on this since the beginning of the year.
Concert-goers, who will be watching acts including Lily Allen and The Saturdays, [...]
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Cooperation in branded entertainment
Came across a post Friday night that M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment is partnering with video game development house nDreams. This is nothing new as company’s like Fuel Industries are providing global companies with these kinds of service(s) for more then a decade now. Even when nDreams appoints M&C Saatchi guru as non-exec director you [...]
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Think B4 You Speak Campaign: You’re So Gay
There has been some chatter around my circle of friends about the recent launch of the Think B4 You Speak Campaign. Even the guys at Penny Arcade have done a comic on the marketing initiative. When I first saw some the tag lines they were gong to use with the campaign posters I laughed out [...]
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The Little Fine Print in Digital Marketing
On Thursday I was surfing Facebook and noticed a Social Ad (the one to the left) for Family Guy. I don’t usually click on Social Ads but this was for a contest to win the complete series up to season 6 . I said hmm… why not make this one click. I’m that much of [...]
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Why a Facebook Page is similar to nurturing a garden
I had the please of talk with an account manager this week about how a Facebook Page is like nurturing a garden. They both take time/investment, planning and passion.
Also posted in Branding, Social Media Tagged Facebook Pages, Feverbee, Media Snackers, Passion, Richard Millington, sales Leave a comment
Facebook: Video Game Social Ads [Online Advertising Project]
I’m decide today to start a new little project to collect pics of some of the gaming ads on Facebook. I’ve always loved the collections you see online for beer, holiday menus, icon sets and even Bettie Page. You can check out the new set here on Flickr. Of course I’ll be sharing this on [...]
Also posted in Social Media Tagged Facebook, Flickr, gaming, Online Advertising Project, Social Ads, Twitter, Video game Leave a comment
Selling Music Through Video Games aka Official Rock Band 2 Set List!
With E3 coming to a close this week and a few interesting news pieces coming out of E3. The one very interesting part that I loved seeing is the continued success of music based video games including Rock Band 2. You can check out the list of tracks here.
Guns N’ Roses new album “Chinese Democracy” [...]
Posted in Advertising Tagged "Castle Crashers", "Chinese Democracy", "Guns N’ Roses", "Rock Band 2", "Stream Videos", "xbox 360", "Xbox Live Gold", 360, MTV, Netflix, XBLA Leave a comment
Ubisoft Wants the Female Market