Cesviamo Stop Aids| The Condom Mob

Cesviamo (www.cesviamo.org) is an italian social network created by Cesvi, a non-profit cooperation and development organization of social utility. The basic idea of the network is very simple: you can make a bet envolving all your friends in order to raise money for social issues. In this case, they had 3 goals: to increase the awareness of the website, to explain how the social network works turning fundraising into “funraising”, and to make people – and above all students – more conscious about AIDS, an actual and vivid issue. So they launched the biggest bet ever: the “Condom Mob” – 100 young person in a condom against AIDS! The word of mouth has grown up trough the main social networks (facebook, twitter, friendfeed) and the event took place inside two italian universities: the first one in Milan, well known for communication studies, and the other one in Genoa, specialized in medical studies. The result was beyond their expectations! In the first case they managed to reach 223 person entering the condom, while in the second case the person involved was 230! The media coverage of the campaign was and still it is beeing impressive (tv, radio, magazines, social networks and hundreds of website and blogs). In the end the bet was won, and Cesvi saved the life of a child in Africa preventing him from AIDS (in detail, Cesvi supplied a complete therapy that reduces nearly 100% the risk of aids transmission from a HIV positive mother to her child).


Advertising Agency: Now Available, Milan, Italy

Copywriters| A collection of working portfolios

Modern Copywriter is a new site from Jason Siciliano that celebrates the work of "fabulous copywriters," which he describes as "gentle souls in a rough biz.

Domino's listened

Domino's will be marketing their new pizza aggressively in the next several weeks with advertising on many top-rated entertainment and sports programs, sampling opportunities throughout the country and a strong web-based presence. They will also motivate trial with a special introductory offer of two medium, two topping pizzas for $5.99 each.
www.pizzaturnaround.com

Funniest Thing Ever

For the non-Arabic readers, that literally says “Microsoft launching “Google Wave” officially next year” :D

Brands, strategy, innovation and the world of account planning| A reflection on planning by planners|

Is planning impotent?





What makes a good planner?





Are planners glorified researchers?





Is planning handicapped by advertising?

Estee Lauder ME launches regional website

Estée Lauder launched a regional website for the Middle East.

The new website, www.esteelauder-me.com, is available in both English and Arabic and "has been designed to bring the exceptional service experience that consumers' have come to expect at Estée Lauder's counters to the web," according to a release announcing the launch.

The site provides detailed product information and enhanced product images that are grouped into seven categories. This includes a section dedicated to Estée Lauder’s skincare range which features’ Estée Lauder’s Beautiful Skin Solutions, an easy guide for customer’s to find their perfect skincare regimen, combining the proven Repair and Moisturizer formulas targeted to the their specific needs. Information on Estée Lauder’s repair, moisturizer and eye category as well as its popular Nutritious skincare range are also featured in this section.

Customers can enter the “virtual immunity” from the visible signs of aging with Estée Lauder’s most luxurious skincare range, Re-Nutriv.  In this section, customers can learn all about the history and inspiration behind the Re-Nutriv range and the benefits of each product in the collection.

The website also features a dedicated section on Estée Lauder’s comprehensive brightening system, the Cyberwhite Ex range, which comprises of targeted technologies to brighten every kind of spot differently and thoroughly.

Detailed information on Estée Lauder’s make-up line up is featured in the make up section which includes Estée Lauder’s long wearing, stay-in-place Double Wear range as well its mascara, lipglosses and lipstick collections.  Customer’s can build a wardrobe of scents to express their mood with Estée Lauder’s most well-known fragrance collections, including Pleasures, Beautiful and most recently Sensuous, which are featured in the fragrance category.

The “What’s New” section provides the customer with information on all the latest products that Estée Lauder has launched in the region.  For any products of interest customers can click on the Store Locator to find out where they would be available in their country.

Soy Mamelle|

KIAN Brand Agency of Moscow undertook an interesting project. The project – a packaging concept for Soy Milk was aimed at informing regular milk consumers that milk obtained from natural plants is as good as cow’s milk using design elements that resemble a cow.

AIDS Awareness| Calendar

Make everyday an awareness day.

Creative Director: Naveen Verma

Art Director: Rono

Copywriter: Sunil S

Nike |(Red) Laces Fighting AIDS

Nike has launched (Nike) Red in thirteen countries around the world, a campaign timed to coincide with World AIDS Day. The Nike (Product) RED laces are designed to fight AIDS in Africa, with 100% of the profits going to the Global Fund and to Nike football-based programs.

(RED)™ is a simple idea that transforms our collective power as shoppers into a financial force that helps those affected by HIV in Africa. To date, $140 million has been generated and 4 million people have been helped through Global Fund programs that (RED) supports. When you choose to buy products from (RED) partner companies up to 50% of the profit goes towards eliminating AIDS in Africa. Joinred.com.

HSBC| YouTube Channel

Check out the site: http://www.youtube.com.br/hsbc
A reindeer needs to recover a yo-yo that falls within the seekbar of YouTube for Christmas to happen.


Advertising Agency: Midia Digital, Curitiba, Brazil
Creative Director: Juarez Zaleski
Copywriters: Fernando Christo
Art Director: Dagmar Nesi
Production: Open The Door
Aired: December 2009

Australia|World AIDS Campaign

Here in Australia it’s now December 3, two days after World AIDS Day. The campaign has been picked up by a large number of organisations, brands and web sites. Twitter turned red in honour of the day, in collaboration with Product Red. The Inspiration Room Daily site has gone red. Google has a special page for the day. The red ribbon is everywhere. It’s all part of a much larger campaign, run over many years, to uphold a commitment to reach universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. The World AIDS Campaign has released four posters and two postcards that pick up that commitment to human rights.

World AIDS Day Beginning

The World AIDS Day concept was developed in 1987 by James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter, two public information officers for the Global Programme on AIDS at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. The campaign was picked up and promoted by Dr. Jonathan Mann, Director of the Global Programme on AIDS (now known as UNAIDS), with the first World AIDS Day held on 1 December 1998.

Bunn suggested the date of December 1st to ensure coverage by western news media, something he believed was vital to the success of World AIDS Day. He felt that because 1988 was an election year in the U.S. media outlets would be weary of their post-election coverage and eager to find a fresh story to cover. Bunn and Netter felt that December 1 was long enough after the election and soon enough before the Christmas holidays that it was, in effect, a dead spot in the news calendar and thus perfect timing for World AIDS Day.