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From Bart Verbeeren (from 02/07/2009 @ 15:14:50, in Web design, read 29 times)
Which color do you think the word “Fuzzy” has? What’s the color other people have in mind for that word? De site of the paint manufacturer Benjamin More lets you find out. Instead of just showing color samples, visitors have the opportunity to ad colors to certain words and publish them on the site. Of course, all color you can choose among are real colors in the “Ben” gamma.

http://www.paintwithben.com/






 
From Onno Hesselink (from 02/07/2009 @ 11:06:16, in Thoughts, read 67 times)


Het was mooi weer in Cannes dit jaar. De Belgische bureaus brengen de ene na de andere gouden leeuw mee naar huis. Fijn is dat. Verdiend ook vaak. Die bannerconcerten van Boondoggle bijvoorbeeld. Spot-on reclame vind ik dat. En bovendien perfect uitgevoerd. Brussels reclamebureau Happiness brengt ook tas vol leeuwen mee naar huis. Eentje voor een campagne waar mensen wordt gevraagd een dansje in een auto te doen. Dan denk ik: dansen? In een auto? En dan opladen zodat mensen op me kunnen stemmen? Zou ik nooit doen. Hoeft ook niet, zolang de doelgroep het maar doet. Zolang de boodschap zich maar verspreidt, zodat veel mensen gaan dansen in een Toyota. En hopelijk veel mensen ook effectief een Toyota gaan kopen. Want daar gaat het om natuurlijk. Hoeveel geld investeer je in een campagne en hoeveel exact brengt het op? De ROMI dus, om maar eens een hippe term te gebruiken.
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From Onno Hesselink (from 29/06/2009 @ 18:35:54, in LUON campaigns, read 81 times)


Vive la Fête tshirts. Ontwerpen uit 2004 alweer.
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From Glenn Van Hoof (from 26/06/2009 @ 17:55:42, in Blog & social networks, read 178 times)

Next week Thursday July 2nd, VTM kicks off season 2 of Chef vs Vlaanderen. Amateur chefs get a second change to defeat professional chef Jeroen De Pauw in a head-to-head cooking duel. To do so they have to convince the jury of their culinary skills in a blind taste test. 

Yesterday we invited 5 reputable girl geeks to form the panel of judges. Who better to judge about food then 5 opinion leaders with a strong track record in food tasting, right?

To see the girls in action you will have to wait until the episode airs somewhere around the end of August, beginning of September. But here's already a sneak preview:

Like last year, all the duels, recipes and exclusive footage will be posted on the Solo Open Kitchen website. So if you want to judge the recipes for yourself or if you are just looking for some daily cooking inspiration you can head over to the Solo site and follow the preparation from A to Z.

Thanks again to @bnox, @imkedielen, @sasvangent, @tamaragielen and @beatever for their professional judgment and the wonderful time!

@glennvh



 
From Bart Verbeeren (from 25/06/2009 @ 14:38:06, in Web design, read 64 times)
http://www.uniqlo.com/calendar/
Uniqlo’s newest campaign is a very nice designed daily calendar which also provide local weather updates. Besides this, the site shows a selection of video’s, showing location in Japan. Tilt-shift techniques have been use to create a shallow depth of field. By doing so, the scenes almost look model-like or man made. When users click on one of these video’s, the video stops and creates a grid, composed of the latest Uniqlo products. Remarkable is the way Uniqlo integrates the e-commerce into the conten: a simple though intuitive interface pushes the visitor gently towards Uniqlo’s e-commerce portal.



 
From Glenn Van Hoof (from 23/06/2009 @ 10:47:59, in Customer marketing, read 140 times)

eMarketer kicks in an open door stating: "The need for measurement and analytics is growing in importance."

The statement is backed by a new study reporting that 79% of marketers feel that the need to measure, analyze and report marketing effectiveness is greater now than in previous years. However, a whopping 59% say they do not have the budget for these necessary measurement efforts.

Even more disturbing, 31% of marketers worldwide allocate 0% of their budget towards ROMI measurement.

The article concludes with five recommendations which will guide you through these tough times:

  •  Estimate ROI potential in the planning stage.
  •  Invest in measurements and analytics with immediate payback.
  •  Increase experimentation and testing.
  •  Prepare for aggressive competition during the recovery.
  •  Pursue efficiency and effectiveness.

Proven ROMI and measurement are at the heart of our customer marketing approach. We have the joy to work for such clever clients who understand that you have to sow before your reap.

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From Onno Hesselink (from 20/06/2009 @ 09:02:46, in LUON campaigns, read 247 times)


But before you head out to enjoy the sun, make sure you pick up your copy of the new Fnac summer catalogue at a Fnac store near you. Need a GPS to guide you straight to your favourite beach resort? Or what about a new portable game console to keep the kids busy during the long drive to the south of France (promise: we won’t tell anyone you bought it for yourself in the first place). Or why not treat yourself to that water resistant MP3-player you’ve been daydreaming about all year? Whichever holiday gadget turns you on, it’s available at Fnac....

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From Bart Verbeeren (from 16/06/2009 @ 09:44:13, in Web design, read 117 times)
Doritos Brazil came up with the idea of putting a QR code on the packs of Doritos Sweet Chili, the latest flavour. This code releases a Dorito Lover, a kind of cartoon caracter. They can be added to their owner’s Orkut profile - the largest social network in Brasil - as a special app. Once this is done, owners can take take pictures of their Lover, create birth certificates or even put the unwanted Lovers up for adoption.

This Lovers can interact with other Lovers and introduce their owners to each other. It’ s most unlikely that 2 of the same Lovers will appear since their are 18 trillion possible Doritos Lover combinations.

http://www.doritos.com.br/sweetchili/site/


 
From Onno Hesselink (from 16/06/2009 @ 08:55:02, in Graphics, read 125 times)


Our friends at Famous take the idea of a "Romance de Gare" another step further. For the opening event of the renewed Antwerp railway station, they asked 5 flemish authors to write a novel together. Herman Brusselmans, Oscar van den Boogaard, Joke van Leeuwen, Tom Naegels and Anne Provoost will be writing an entire day in the monumental stationhall, each contributing a chapter of a serial.

The result will be a unique novel, that will be distributed in 5.000 copies. But what's more: the cover can be designed by you. All you have to do is subscribe here, make a killer cover and who knows... maybe your design will be on the cover of a true 'Romance de Gare'.



 
From Onno Hesselink (from 15/06/2009 @ 16:38:56, in LUON campaigns, read 131 times)


LUON is based in Overijse, a village near Brussels world famous for its grapes. Life is great in this cosy village. So when the community asked to develop an information guide for its inhabitants, we didn’t think twice. At first sight, it looked like a simple task, but errors are easily made.
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From Glenn Van Hoof (from 11/06/2009 @ 13:39:59, in Thoughts, read 215 times)

Most of you will look at this video and see a bunch of weirdos showing of their "dance" moves.
Seth Godin looks at it as a prime example of how Tribes are being formed.

He points out that Guy #1 initiated the whole thing, but it's Guy #3 who made it a movement.
Guy #1 is the leader, Guy #3 is just as important, Guy #49 is irrelevant.

Who would you rather be?

In his book Tribes - Whe need you to lead us Seth Godin points out that it takes a tribe to bring about substantive change and it takes a leader and passion to initiate a tribe. That is why true leadership makes for the best marketing tactic for any organization.

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From Glenn Van Hoof (from 10/06/2009 @ 12:21:35, in Web design, read 199 times)

Nothing much to say really.
If you are anywhere close to being even remotely interested in webdesign, the presentation below is a must see.

Just turn up your volume, sit back and get inspired!



 
From Onno Hesselink (from 04/06/2009 @ 21:05:07, in LUON campaigns, read 259 times)

Eurostation recruitment showreel from LUON on Vimeo.

Eurostation conceives station environments that make the surrounding urban area come to life. As the company planned to present themselves at some of Belgium’s biggest recruitment events, they looked for a way to convey their lively image to job seekers nationwide. And you know us, we never turn down a good challenge.
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From Glenn Van Hoof (from 04/06/2009 @ 16:58:37, in Blog & social networks, read 283 times)

Op 21/04 organiseerde Stichting Marketing het seminarie ‘Social Media in België: merken bouwen via social media en blogs’. Aangezien dergelijke initiatieven traditioneel voornamelijk volk vanuit agentschappen op de been brengt, was er deze keer enigszins verrassend veel interesse vanuit de adverteerderswereld (o.a. SBS Belgium, Fortis Bank, Electrabel, Mars Belgium, e.a.). Aan de vragen en reacties van het publiek kon je echter al snel opmaken dat er nog steeds erg veel argwaan heerst omtrent social media. Daarom worden in deze reeks enkele mythes en misconcepties van naderbij belicht.

Deel 1 - Social media is hetzelfde als op Facebook & Netlog zitten

Deel 2 - Social media is gevaarlijk

Deel 3 - Social media is enkel voor big brands

Enkel bekende merken kunnen hun profijt halen uit social media, commodities hebben er niets te zoeken.

Eerder schreef ik al dat 'het merk' in eerste instantie een creatie is als oplossing voor de groeiende fysieke en mentale afstand tussen consument en producent, wat eigen is aan het tijdperk van massaproductie, -consumptie en -communicatie. Een merk zorgt m.a.w. voor een placebo-effect als compensatie voor het ontbreken van een directe vertrouwensrelatie met de handelaar. Des te groter de emotionele band met het merk, des te kleiner de behoefte naar rationele overtuigingsmiddelen bij iedere (her)koop.

Het komt er op neer dat big brands zich via grote verhalen en veel reclamege(we)ld weten te differentiëren van de kleinere spelers om zo de consument aan zich te binden. Nu is het zo dat menig marketeer social media louter beschouwt als een nieuw vehicle om hun verhaal aan de consument kwijt te kunnen. Een A-merkstatus wordt daarbij verkeerdelijk ingeschat als conditio sine qua non voor social media succes.

Hoewel hierover onenigheid bestaat, verklaar ik de kracht van sterke merken en hun verhalen verre van dood. Toch brengt de evolutie van het internet in het algemeen en van social media in het bijzonder nieuwe implicaties met zich mee:

1) Attention > Het is onmogelijk geworden de aandacht van je consument af te kopen. Zijn mediagebruik is dermate gefragmenteerd dat hij zelf bepaalt voor welke boodschap hij ontvankelijk is, waar, wanneer en via welk kanaal.

2) Authenticity > De consument en zijn sociaal netwerk legitimeert het verhaal. Merken kunnen wel mooie praatjes verkopen, indien deze niet overeenstemmen met de ervaring die de klant met je merk heeft, zal dit eerder kwaad dan goed doen.

3) Word-of-mouth² > Het is namelijk bij monde van de consument en via sociale media dat het verhaal wordt verteld en verspreid.

4) Customer Experience > Bouw daarom je identiteit op grond van datgene wat jouw merk werkelijk uniek maakt in de ogen van de consument. In de onderstaande presentatie van InSites Consulting ontdek je welke touch points van belang zijn in het scheppen van de juiste klantervaringen en het opbouwen van customer equity (i.t.t. brand equity).

5) Proximity > Social media brengt mensen dichterbij. Massa maakt plaats voor one-to-one, one-to-many en many-to-many. De tools zijn voorhanden en het gebruik is goedkoop en laagdrempelig. Kleinere merken hebben vaak het voordeel de flexibiliteit en het engagement te hebben om een oprechte conversatie te voeren met de consument.

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From Onno Hesselink (from 03/06/2009 @ 09:00:16, in LUON campaigns, read 179 times)


Yeah, we know. It seems we can’t stop producing catalogues these days. It’s just that they’re so much fun to do. This week, the new Fnac photo catalogue hits the stores. 42 pages of inspiration for all you photographers out there, novices and pros alike....

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From Onno Hesselink (from 31/05/2009 @ 12:34:43, in Graphics, read 195 times)


Ik heb Louvain-la-Neuve altijd een spookstad gevonden. Een beetje zoals van die verlaten skioorden in de zomer. Grauw en leeg. Als kind vond ik LLN maar een enge stad. Maar de laatste jaren is men er aan een heuse relance bezig; het winkelcentrum is volledig vernieuwd (een Fnac lekker dicht bij de deur!), je hebt er parkeerplaats te over en nu opent er ook het Hergé museum.

Oorspronkelijk zou het museum in Brussel komen, maar dat werd dus LLN. Een trio experts - de Hergé-biograaf Philippe Godin, de voormalige directeur van het Franse stripmuseum Thierry Groensteen en de Nederlandse illustrator en stripauteur Joost Swarte - werd ingehuurd om een scenario voor het museum te schrijven.
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From Glenn Van Hoof (from 28/05/2009 @ 15:22:32, in Inspiration from the world of advertising, read 217 times)

We're almost halfway through the year already.
It'll be X-mas before you know it.

High time to start cooking up those jolly, corky, tear-jerking, interactive End Of Year campaigns.

Need some inspiration?
Check out these 120+ campaigns from last year.

In 2008 we did see a lot of interactive games, online videos and even some early augmented reality treats.

What do you think will be the new fad in this year's End Of Year campaigns?

Cast your vote in the poll below and immediately find out what other people think:




If you choose Other, please specify in the comments below or by sending me a tweet @glennvh



 
From Bart Verbeeren (from 28/05/2009 @ 14:46:52, in Inspiration from the world of advertising, read 144 times)
If you can’t be the best hotel in the world, why not call yourself the worst hotel in the world? That’s exactly what they did at Hans Brincker Budget Hotel. That’s the idea behind their marketing strategy for the last 15 years and they‘ve become famous for it. Last month they’ve released an nice book called “The worst hotel in the world”. It contains ads, pictures and testimonials.

http://www.hans-brinker.com/





 
From Onno Hesselink (from 24/05/2009 @ 18:15:51, in Product Design, read 198 times)


Going through a box of old stuff this weekend, I came across this great innovative product by the Belgian Post. Back in the eighties, they launched an idea called "Cassettepost". It consisted of an empty cassette and a stamped envelope; all you had to do, was put the cassette in your taperecorder, record a message and mail it to the recipient. Magic! What a way to build dialogues. Not sure if it was a big success though. Anyone of you ever used it?

The example shown here was used by the worst Belgian band ever, the Bad Preachers, to distribute their first demo tape.



 
From Onno Hesselink (from 23/05/2009 @ 20:53:04, in Graphics, read 145 times)


Some of you may have forgotten, but there were days when you couldn't just open your laptop, launch InDesign, type a few words and print some type. ...

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