“What do young people want in mobile? Text. Voice. Alarm clock,” Antti à–hrling, the co-founder of Blyk, mused… What else? Free. And man, do kids want free... Blyk, (pronounced 'blick', YouTube video here) offers 217 texts and 43 minutes free to 16-24 year olds in Europe...The quid pro quo trade-off of minutes for marketing? Try a 29% … [Read more...]
Harvesting Kids’ Eyeballs; Free Mobile For Ad Views: Blyk!
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Unilever Disrobed: Interview With Dove/Axe Mashup Artist
Update: 7-7-10 Added mashup video at the end Media transparency is more than a buzz word these days, as consumers connect the dots of who’s behind what, where money’s funneling from, and how we’re all being yanked around. Industry mavericks are giving consumers a bit of a nudge to see that elephant in the living room, but it’s NOT just me...Honest. Meet indie filmmaker … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: advertising ethics, Amy-Jussel, APA sexualization study, Axe, boy toys, campaign for real beauty, CFRB, children, corporate social responsibility, CSR, Dove, Kids, Mashup, Online Film Shorts, onslaught, parent companies, parenting, preteen-health, PSFK, Rye Clifton, self-esteem, Sexualization, So Sexy So Soon, SPARK, sparksummit, transparency, Unilever, youtube virals, YPulse-National-Mashup