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Category Archives: CPGs
Progressions in Projections
Oy, rough morning here in Chicago. Thankfully, there are always awesome projection mapping executions to keep us distracted! And while we’ve seen our fair share of projections ’round these parts, we can convincingly say that we’ve never seen one with … Continue reading
SXSWrapup (Part 8): Is Crowdsourcing the Problem or the Solution?
[Here's the latest installment in our continuing coverage of SXSW Interactive 2011.] Crowdsourcing’s been an understandably controversial topic over the past few years, leading to heated debates about whether the wisdom of the crowd is superior or inferior to the … Continue reading
SXSWrapup (Part 3): The Location Story
Ok, back to where we left off with our SXSW coverage. As we discussed in our earlier “killer app” conversation, the real focus of this year’s SXSW was getting previous years’ breakouts to iterate and ramp up to a place … Continue reading
Upshot Smartshot #6: A Message to You Foodie (2011)
As promised in our most recent Potty Posting, we’ve got 15 minutes of nutrient-dense goodness in our latest Smartshot Webinar: A Message to You Foodie. While the Potty Posting tackled the theme of Progress & Pragmatism, the video above is … Continue reading
War on Whiners Gets Real
Over the past half-year, you’ve probably seen the buzzed-about “Crunch Is Calling” campaign from Wheat Thins, in which they pounce upon unsuspecting Twitter users who’ve shared their love of the brand. The best-known spot is presumably the one where a … Continue reading
Can We Find A Place for Check-Ins? (And Should We?)
The check-in is dead. Long live the check-in. Is it a little bold to equate the check-in with being the “king” of emerging marketing trends? Perhaps. But now that the tweet has gained a (perhaps reluctant) legitimacy, that leaves the … Continue reading
Best of 2010 on The Awesome Blog – Part 3
Well, this is it for us in 2010. To tide you over until January, we’ve been taking a look back at the best of the blog in 2010. (In case you missed ‘em, here are parts one and two.) And … Continue reading
Life in The OOC, Coming to Life – Part 2
(For Part 1 of this post – on how Gap used foursquare in their interactive banner ads – click here.) While the aforementioned Gap partnership is a smart move by foursquare, it’s small potatoes compared to what they’re currently testing … Continue reading
Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due
You know that we’re generally pretty positive here on the Awesome Blog, but every once in a while, we’ve got some criticisms that we need to get off our chest. All’s fair in love and marketing, after all. But these … Continue reading
Rise of the Machines
Since we mentioned vending machines in our latest Potty Posting, it struck us as a good time to catch up on what’s pending in the world of vending. Believe it or not, it’s quite the happening place to be. Part … Continue reading