Pepsi launched the Refresh project, a grants scheme providing millions of dollars to fund good ideas, big and small, that make the world a better place. Pepsi has up to $1.3 million in Refresh grants to give out every month, ranging from $5000 through to $250,000. The social investment campaign, online at www.refresheverything.com, is being presented as Pepsi’s alternative to spending on television advertising at the SuperBowl this year.
Pepsi is collaborating with Hulu and Ford to tie the Refresh Project with an online reality show ‘If I Can Dream‘. The show, launched by 19 Entertainment, the owner and creator of American Idol, will follow five would be stars living in a Hollywood house as they try to make their way into the Los Angeles entertainment industry.
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http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2010/the-pepsi-refresh-project/#more-39145
Cadbury Cadbury Creme Eggs has turned a gala premiere for Vertigoo into goo mayhem to celebrate the start of Creme Egg season. Creme Eggs are the best-selling confectionery item between New Year’s Day and Easter in the UK, with annual sales in excess of 200 million items and a brand value of approximately £45 million.
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Chrysler’s Dodge was released on the Belgian market in 2007 as THE macho car brand. In 2008, the challenge was to sell the first Dodge family wagon while strengthening the macho image of the Dodge brand. Proximity BBDO came up with the concept of “Baby Made On Board”, a play on the “Baby on Board” stickers seen in the back of many family cars. Having a family car should be seen as a sign of virility, not the end of it. The Baby on Board campaign focused on conception, inviting prospects to test the backseat of the Dodge Journey, and make a baby during the test drive. The campaign won two Promo Lions at Cannes International Advertising Festival, a Gold and a Bronze, and a Gold at the Golden Awards of Montreux in the Web/Online/Viral/CD category.
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http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2009/dodge-baby-made-on-board/
The brief was to reach 30 to 40-year-old men with 'a genuine blow-out moment in these serious times'. Sony Music Entertainment UK decided to offer them a moment of rock ‘n’ roll escapism at work. Most office workers are subject to a restrictive internet policy which essentially stops them from having fun. Sony Music Entertainment UK decided to raise two fingers to the IT department by including AC/DC’s music in an Excel spreadsheet, a file type allowed through every corporate firewall. Now we just had to make the spreadsheet compelling enough for people to pass it on. To achieve this Sony Music Entertainment UK created the world’s first music video in Excel with the video playing back real time, frame by frame in ASCII.
Elderly Jewish voters are a crucial voting block in Florida. In 2008, this group was beginning to lean towards John McCain. Droga5 targeted this group in a way they couldn’t refuse: by encouraging their pro-Obama grandchildren to visit and talk to them about Obama. Droga5 spread the word with a viral video featuring comedienne Sarah Silverman and a website that united, educated and inspired a younger generation to do their part. Millions viewed the video, 26,000 members united online and thousands of media outlets covered The Great Schlep. It was the first time in twelve years a democratic nominee won Florida.
