Video is one of the most powerful and effective ways to communicate with an online audience. Modern video creation technologies, video sharing websites, social media websites and a huge number of talented video specialists have all contributed to make video one of the biggest advances in the online world. Millions of hours of content in…
What if your favorite Mad Men characters lived in the modern world, instead of the colorful and fashionable 60s? What if they had access to all the technology, social media, apps and websites that engage our everyday and social experience? Infolinks took a guess at some of the most popular characters from Mad Men and…
This story is about the power of social media, and mainly the power of a platform that is referenced as the main source of jokes both in real life and on the internet. No, we’re not talking about reddit, but about 9gag. Yes, the links that constantly appear in your Facebook feed. And this time…
There are so many types of advertising these days, that if I had to list them I wouldn’t even know where to begin. Even so, in the entertainment and movie industry you always have to look for new ways of promoting your work because it doesn’t matter if the product is good, as long as…
2010 was a very fruitful year for weird pieces of advertising throughout the world. Shock and surprise are both very powerful tools to use in advertising campaigns. They are an excellent ingredient to grab your audience’s attention, but, as everything else in the world, they must be used with caution and rationality. Otherwise you will…
You have big plans: you want to start an event and the idea is simply brilliant. And you want people to come to your event so you’re probably wondering about how to advertise it in a way that it’d do justice to all the effort you put into it. Moreover, you want it to be…
Remember Su Blackwell’s artistic books? When I first saw them I almost fell in love; they contain two of the things I personally couldn’t live without: books and art. And lately, her art seeped even in advertising. Photo from Wonderful Photos She started out by cutting out characters from old books and creating dioramas. But…
Photo credits: Louis Vuitton/Annie Leibovitz from chicstories. Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is the new image for Louis Vuitton’s campaign ‘Core Values’, joining the list of personalities such as Keith Richards, Catherine Deneuve, Bono (U2) and Tony Blair who have starred in the brand’s famous campaign. The campaign was launched in 2007 and each time, it tries…
We’ve seen him in Mad Men at his best, heard him around the web say What a lot, and certainly admired the way he comes up with ideas. Don Draper, the creative director from AMC’s television show Mad Men is one of those characters who can’t let you stand passive while he sells ideas and…
Is it just me or bike shop owners are also turning to original advertising ideas? Christian Petersen, an already popular bike shop owner in Altlandsberg, Berlin had over 100 bicycles attached to the facade of his building, in order to attract attention to his business. It’s a good thing that Germany is a civilised country…
In the 1960 golden era of advertising, the Mad Men from Sterling Cooper, an advertising agency from New York, reveal their not-so-perfect and commercial-like lives. The show focuses mainly on executive director Don Draper, a talented man who lives in a big lie. But beyond Draper’s success, good looks, mystery, beyond Christina Hendricks’ boobs, and…