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Social Media Marketing Is Advertising, And Advertising Is Not All Powerful

Diet Coke has surpassed Pepsi as the No. 2 most popular carbonated soft drink in the U.S. According to Fortune, the shift has nothing whatsoever to do with Pepsi's oft-reported investment in social media marketing. The entire category is down thanks to concerns about calories and the rise of bottled water as a viable alternative. So why is our friend, Bob Hoffman, using Pepsi's decline to lament the rise …

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Share Your Breakfast, But Make It High In Fiber

Share Your Breakfast, is a new cause-related promotion from Kellogg that will help provide one million school breakfasts to help feed children from food-insecure households. One in four American children goes without breakfast each morning, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Kristin Wartman is a food writer living in Brooklyn, and contributor to Grist, is not impressed. Kellogg and every …

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Whole Foods Serves Its Customers Green-Minded Films

Film festivals can be esoteric affairs, but Whole Foods Market has a different take. The Austin-based retailer is preparing to introduce Do Something Reel Film Festival next month. The natural grocer's festival features a collection of six films focused on passionate people making a difference in the world. The films will be shown in theaters around the nation, with proceeds from ticket sales going to grants to …

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Spotlight on NW Creative: Nike Makes A Better Box

Nike is interested in helping to create a Better World. For instance, to help reduce packaging waste, Nike took a fresh look at their shoebox. According to NikeBiz.com, corrugated cardboard is Nike's single-largest material purchase. The shoebox and its shipping carton account for half of Nike packaging. So they reengineered the shoe box, which now uses 30 percent less material than a 1995 vintage box, the company's …

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Funny Creatures Mouthing Big Ideas For Biodiversity

Everyone is good at something, including the star-nosed mole with its highly-developed tactile sensors. But the habitats of unique animals are in danger. Important areas of refuge in Africa for rare plant and animal species are threatened by overexploitation, such as the Kakamega Forest, the last major rainforest in Kenya. Which is why Biovision enlisted the help of Walker in Zurich to come up with a campaign to …

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Can Brand “Movements” Really Go Anywhere?

We all know that there are some agencies, marketing gurus, and other folks who are pushing the idea of creating "movements" around brands. I've been very curious about the philosophy surrounding this for some time. Now, getting people to participate in any sort of movement is rare, and requires to some extent time and dedication. And whether you like him as a candidate or President or not, Barack Obama inspired …

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