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Viral of the year: Tide responds to Pod eating challenge’ controversy

December 3, 2018

One of the worst (and most dangerous) viral trends of the Year was the Tide Pod challenge featured people making videos of biting or eating the extremely hazardous detergent pods. The P&G- owned laundry brand responded with this short video featuring a well-known NFL star to set the record straight.

Viral of the year: Alexa loses her voice (and gets celebrity ones)

December 3, 2018

Amazon caught the spotlight at this year’s Super Bowl with a star-studded ad and social media campaign where its Echo smart speak lost its familiar voice, only to be replaced by celebrities.

Best Christmas ad? AI face-reading tech crowns Heathrow Teddy Bears top

December 3, 2018

Realeyes measured viewers’ emotions and attention levels through facial expressions and body language and found airport ad was most engaging from this year’s festive crop.

UK adspend to surpass £20bn for first time in 2019

November 29, 2018

Spending on advertising will pass the £20bn mark for the first time in 2019, as Google and Facebook offset a traditional media slump in print.

Best Christmas ads of 2018: Iceland beats John Lewis for social buzz (but not YouTube views)

November 28, 2018

Following a bumper month of discussion and festive spirit around the UK’s top Christmas ads, social media marketing firm Socialbakers have compiled league tables showing which brands are winning the Christmas Ad War across Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

YouTube launches ‘Pods’: Skippable back-back video ads

November 28, 2018

YouTube has announced a new ad format called ad pods, which are served on longer form content and stack two skippable ads back-to-back.

Teespring and YouTube expand merch integration for YouTube creators in the UK

November 26, 2018

YouTube has struck a partnership with custom merchandise company Teespring that lets creators directly sell merchandise through their channels, without viewers ever leaving the page.

VIDEO BLOG: Why the online retail post-purchase experience matters

November 23, 2018

Julia Henry at parcelLab explains why the online post-purchase experience is vital to online retailers as a way of building loyalty, retaining customers and also increasing sales.

Top 6 second ads on YouTube: Laughing Cow and Doritos tops list

November 22, 2018

YouTube has revealed its annual UK ‘Bumper ads’ leaderboard, which ranks the best six-second spots of the year.

The wrong man: Twitter recruits ‘John Lewis’ to star in Christmas campaign

November 20, 2018

Twitter UK has launched a Christmas TV ad featuring a man called John Lewis, who gets an avalanche of tweets each year mistaking his for the department store famous for its festive TV commercials.