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  • A time for giving

    A time for giving

    • Heineken
    • Malaysia
    • 2009

    Heineken gives back to the community at Christmas during times of economic hardship

    Rated four stars
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  • Celebrating mispronunciation

    Celebrating mispronunciation

    • Pepsi
    • Argentina
    • 2009

    Pepsi embraces the fact that people in Argentina find it hard to pronounce the brand name

    Rated zero stars
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  • Brighter mornings

    Brighter mornings

    • Tropicana
    • Canada
    • 2010

    Tropicana becomes Canada’s National Provider of Brighter Mornings

    Rated five stars
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  • Ring ring - Run run

    Ring ring - Run run

    • Nike
    • Spain
    • 2010

    Nike encourages the people of Spain to prank their friends and sign up to the Nike+ running community.

    Rated five stars
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  • Diesel retail Facebook cam Spain

    Diesel retail Facebook cam Spain

    • Diesel
    • Spain
    • 2010

    Diesel brings the power of social networking to store changing rooms.

    Rated three stars
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  • Personalised insurance

    Personalised insurance

    • OUTsurance
    • Australia
    • 2010

    An insurance brand launches in Australia with a new differentiated positioning, sophisticated segmentation and a highly targeted media strategy

    Rated zero stars
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  • Urbania

    Urbania

    • Snickers
    • Latin America
    • 2010

    Snickers cements its urban credentials with a piece of transmedia storytelling

    Rated four stars
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  • A beer brand becomes The One

    A beer brand becomes The One

    • The One
    • Dominican Republic
    • 2009

    A new beer brand is launched via a movement devoted to creativity and self-expression that shares its name.

    Rated five stars
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  • How we respond is who we are

    How we respond is who we are

    • Nokia
    • Global
    • 2010

    Nokia encourages people to use technology to take action and improve the world around us

    Rated zero stars
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  • Fun theory

    Fun theory

    • Volkswagen
    • Sweden
    • 2009

    Old habits die easy with Volkswagen’s Fun Theory.

    Rated five stars
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  • Dreaming in Mono

    Dreaming in Mono

    • McDonald's
    • Denmark
    • 2010

    Film, social media and a lot of snow in new McDonald’s transmedia exercise.

    Rated zero stars
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  • Sexy silhouette

    Sexy silhouette

    • Aubade
    • France
    • 2010

    A French lingerie company creates a girl-next-door fantasy in central Paris.

    Rated five stars
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  • King of bargains

    King of bargains

    • Tele2
    • Norway
    • 2010

    A telecoms company cements its position as the king of bargains by giving away ad space for free

    Rated zero stars
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  • Samsung 3D TV projection

    Samsung 3D TV projection

    • Samsung
    • The Netherlands
    • 2010

    Samsung goes 3D in social media powered projection event in historic building takeover.

    Rated five stars
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  • Make-up emergency? Rimmel to the rescue

    Make-up emergency? Rimmel to the rescue

    • Rimmel
    • UK
    • 2010

    Rimmel creates a mobile app to give young women the edge when applying make up

    Rated zero stars
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  • Sleepover for self esteem

    Sleepover for self esteem

    • Dove
    • Canada
    • 2009

    Dove brings mums and daughters together by encouraging them to participate in sleepovers

    Rated five stars
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  • Fitness of fatness

    Fitness of fatness

    • Fitness First
    • Germany
    • 2010

    Fitness First drives membership by targeting people when they are dining

    Rated five stars
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  • Swarm

    Swarm

    • Intel
    • Singapore
    • 2010

    Intel teams up with Dell in a social media initiative that offers consumers a cheaper price if there are more buyers

    Rated zero stars
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  • SAB Miller Grolsch cool beers netherlands

    SAB Miller Grolsch cool beers netherlands

    • Grolsch
    • The Netherlands
    • 2010

    Grolsch takes warm beers off the streets.

    Rated five stars
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  • Women against lazy shaving

    Women against lazy shaving

    • Gillette
    • India
    • 2010

    Gillette rallies Indian women to its clean-shaven cause in a bid to promote its razors to men.

    Rated zero stars
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  • Danone Actimel viral rumours

    Danone Actimel viral rumours

    • Actimel
    • Argentina
    • 2010

    Danone fights viral slurs with an innovative digital rumour campaign.

    Rated zero stars
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  • Write the future

    Write the future

    • Nike
    • South Africa
    • 2010

    Nike invites football fans to write the future on an interactive billboard in South Africa

    Rated five stars
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  • Empowering women

    Empowering women

    • Women Empowerment Program
    • Lebanon
    • 2010

    Women’s empowerment gains power through words in award-winning Middle East campaign.

    Rated zero stars
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  • Huevos

    Huevos

    • Nike
    • Mexico
    • 2010

    Nike unites football fans to revive the fortunes of the national team, and takes a swipe at the official sponsor.

    Rated zero stars
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  • Sex gamble

    Sex gamble

    • Condomerie
    • Global
    • 2010

    An online condom store uses Chat Roulette to convey its HIV awareness message

    Rated zero stars
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  • Beer advocacy

    Beer advocacy

    • Kozel
    • Russia
    • 2009

    Kozel encourages drinkers to become brand advocates.

    Rated three stars
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  • The world's largest signpost

    The world's largest signpost

    • Nokia
    • UK
    • 2010

    Nokia signposts the way for new map service

    Rated zero stars
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  • Earn your stripes with Frosted Flakes

    Earn your stripes with Frosted Flakes

    • Kellogg's
    • USA
    • 2009

    Kellogg's Frosted Flakes encourages kids to get active and celebrate each others accomplishments with an annual programme

    Rated zero stars
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  • Water bottle tennis

    Water bottle tennis

    • Neviot
    • Israel
    • 2010

    Water company uses AR to create Wii-style gaming experience.

    Rated four stars
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  • Bud House

    Bud House

    • Budweiser
    • Global
    • 2010

    Budweiser leverages its World Cup sponsorship with a reality TV show that brings together fans from each of the 32 qualifying countries

    Rated zero stars
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  • Are you still with us?

    Are you still with us?

    • Heineken
    • Italy
    • 2009

    Heineken rewards football fans for being good sports

    Rated zero stars
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  • Interactive Insert

    Interactive Insert

    • CBS
    • USA
    • 2009

    CBS inserts a digital ad in Entertainment Weekly to drum up viewing figures for its Autumn season.

    Rated five stars
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  • Cereal platform

    Cereal platform

    • Nestle
    • France
    • 2009

    Nestle turns a cereal packet into a games console with AR

    Rated five stars
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  • Year of the Tiger

    Year of the Tiger

    • Tiger Beer
    • UK
    • 2010

    Fully integrated country-wide campaign embraces Chinese New Year and educates consumers about a historic brand

    Rated zero stars
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  • Hedge fund

    Hedge fund

    • Stella Artois
    • UK
    • 2009

    Stella starts a fund to help save the UK's hedges

    Rated zero stars
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  • Stella goes green

    Stella goes green

    • Stella Artois
    • Global
    • 2009

    Stella creates Christmas cards to save trees

    Rated five stars
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  • World Cup trade-in

    World Cup trade-in

    • Sony
    • UK
    • 2010

    Sony encourages consumers to trade in their old electrical items.

    Rated four stars
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  • Pringles party king

    Pringles party king

    • Pringles
    • Australia
    • 2010

    Pringles throws a dream party, and wins over youth crowd.

    Rated zero stars
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  • Subaru Dogs

    Subaru Dogs

    • Subaru
    • USA
    • 2010

    Car manufacturer uses consumer insight and humour to target dog owners.

    Rated five stars
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  • Be the news

    Be the news

    • Nissan
    • Brazil
    • 2009

    Nissan lets readers become front page news in one of Brazil's biggest newspapers

    Rated four stars
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  • Finding body and soul

    Finding body and soul

    • Dove
    • Canada
    • 2009

    Dove creates a live play casting real women between the ages of 45 and 78 to promote its Pro-Age products

    Rated five stars
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  • It's no picnic

    It's no picnic

    • Cadbury
    • Australia
    • 2010

    Australian chocolate lovers create more than 200 adverts in speed-eating challenge

    Rated zero stars
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  • Bag a billboard

    Bag a billboard

    • Target
    • USA
    • 2009

    Fashion retailer Target offers consumers the chance to make bags out of its billboards.

    Rated zero stars
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  • McDonald's camera phone billboard sweden

    McDonald's camera phone billboard sweden

    • McDonald's
    • Sweden
    • 2010

    McDonald's turns digital billboard into interactive game.

    Rated zero stars
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  • Plane-mob

    Plane-mob

    • Germanwings
    • Germany
    • 2010

    A low cost airline takes a swipe at its competitors with a piece of ambush marketing during a flight

    Rated four stars
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  • Five runners, 650,000 followers

    Five runners, 650,000 followers

    • Nike
    • Argentina
    • 2010

    Nike allows a huge audience to experience what it feels like to run a 10k race

    Rated zero stars
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  • Skelan church invasion

    Skelan church invasion

    • Skelan
    • Philippines
    • 2010

    A new medicine hits the market with a stretch and a song.

    Rated four stars
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  • Halloween event

    Halloween event

    • Reese's
    • USA
    • 2010

    Reese’s risk new marketing platform and achieve spookily impressive results over Halloween.

    Rated zero stars
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  • Green Britain Day

    Green Britain Day

    • EDF Energy
    • UK

    EDF evoke the collective spirit of a bygone age and tackle the issues of an environmentally sustainable future.

    Rated zero stars
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  • Did you know

    Did you know

    • Oral B
    • Israel
    • 2010

    Oral B targets consumers with an anti-bacterial message in “anti-contextual” point-of-sale locations

    Rated zero stars
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  • Costs of drink driving

    Costs of drink driving

    • Bar Aurora & Boteco Ferraz
    • Brazil
    • 2010

    A Brazilian bar shows partygoers the real costs of drink driving.

    Rated zero stars
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