Siri, Cortana, Google Now, Alexa, Amazon Echo. These voice-controlled digital assistants are the future of how people will search for day to day questions on the internet. How people search online has evolved from using desktop computers, to typing searches into a mobile device, and now searching on their devices using their voice. In voice […]
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Paddy Power: Educating audiences with comedy
The Creative Paddy Power, famed for producing edgy, offensive and sometimes hilarious adverts has produced a new set of spots. These ads feature Paddy Power’s ‘head of complaints’ led by comedian Kayvan Novak of Fonejacker and Facejacker fame. In this spot, a nutty pianist calls the head of complaints as he struggles to bet in-play […]
Device bidding – Back to the Future!
In 2013, Google removed the ability in its AdWords platform to target devices separately. They wanted to match PPC advertiser exposure on mobile devices to the traffic levels. Google were of course right in their predictions, as we have since seen significant increases in mobile traffic for almost every vertical; typically, over 50% of traffic […]
Do it for Denmark! How the Danes made sex sell
In 2014, Denmark’s declining birth-rate was at a 27 year low. With just 1.7 children per family there was concern that the relatively small population could not sustain itself in the future. Danish travel company Spies Rejser addressed the problem with a ‘Do It For Denmark’ ad campaign calling on couples to take a city […]
Do quick wins exist in SEO?
Some businesses that look to invest in SEO activity may not fully understand how it works and expect to see quick wins or instant results when carrying out SEO activity. Unlike most other digital channels, SEO is a strategy to drive natural performance for long-term benefit. Although results are not instant, there are plenty of […]
Paralympics impact across the wider TV market
With over 1.5 million shares, and 5 million YouTube views, the ‘We are the superhumans‘ Channel 4 Paralympics ad is currently in gold medal position as the most shared ad of Rio 2016 with 1 day still to go before the games actually begin. The ad provokes an array of intense emotions, drawing the audience […]