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Kellogg’s Uses Tweets As Currency

Posted on September 27, 2012September 27, 2012 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Kellogg’s has setup a pop-up shop in London’s Soho where customers can get buy their new type of crisps and pay with a Tweet on Twitter.

Tagged advertising, marketing, twitter

Nationwide ATM To Appear In Coronation Street

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

Nationwide Building Society is to become the first brand to use product placement in a primetime TV show.co

Tagged advertising, banking, marketing

Google Business Photos

Posted on May 9, 2011May 8, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 2 Comments

Google has launched a new service which it hopes will help them show even more detail on businesses in their search results and map listings.

Tagged Business, google, marketing

Go Compare “Most Irritating Ad” Of 2010

Posted on January 13, 2011August 15, 2023 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

The Go Compare adverts, featuring their opera-singing character Gio Compario, have been awarded the dubious accolade of being the most irritating adverts of 2010, according to Marketing magazine.

Tagged advertising, marketing

First Direct “Buddy iPhone App” Spoof

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

First Direct has launched a series of viral videos depicting their “First Direct Buddies”, a team of specially-trained employees who are on call to help out customers in need of assistance, whatever their needs.

Tagged banking, iphone, marketing

Guerilla Marketing By Banks

Posted on April 28, 2010April 27, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 2 Comments

The Financial Brand has posted 15 examples of guerilla marketing (not to be confused with gorilla marketing) by banks around the world.

Tagged banking, marketing

HSBC Mocks Ogling Aussie Banker

Posted on February 8, 2010February 8, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Remember the pervy Aussie banker caught ogling a near-naked model on his PC screen whilst his colleague was interviewed on TV?

Tagged banking, fun, marketing

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