Category Archives: Future / Predictions

10 Trends for 2012

Download Upshot’s 2012 Trends Report by clicking here! Welcome to Upshot’s 2012 Trends Report! We’re so glad you could make it. After you’ve clicked the link above and given your brain a totally unfair advantage, please be excessively generous about … Continue reading

Pucker Up—Unhate Campaign Causes Controversy

United Colors of Benetton, an upscale Italian clothing line, took their typically controversial marketing back to the streets in November with billboard ads featuring world leaders – including President Obama and the Pope – kissing other leaders on the mouth … Continue reading

Upshot Presents the Air Presenter

In today’s post, we’re excited to share our exclusive coverage of the Air Presenter gesture-based presentation system, featuring the radarTOUCH. Upshot managed to get our hands on the first radarTOUCH shipped to the US, and we’ve already recognized a number … Continue reading

Are Lights and Lasers the Answers to Ad Overload?

Ever since Sao Paulo decided to ban billboards, ad folks in the US (and around the world) have nervously wondered, “Could it happen here?” While it’s hard to say, we’ll soon know what that scenario would look like, thanks to … Continue reading

Google Gets an A+ on Its Art Project

I’m not sure what class Google is taking, but it’s definitely the star student. There was clearly some extra-curricular work behind their just-released Google Art Project, which delivers over a thousand works from 17 of the world’s finest museums right … Continue reading

In the Mood for Something Small

We’ve blown through a slew of Sized Right examples in our trends report and Smartshot webinar, covering an admittedly wide range of applications. After all, Sized Right is our most versatile trend for 2011, with implications in-store, at home, in … Continue reading

Upshot Smartshot #5: 10(ish) Trends for 2011

Do you just love marketing trends, but find that you’re too busy to sit down and read a whole trends report? Well, what if we told you that we could crank through an entire year’s worth of trends in less … Continue reading

10 Trends for 2011

That’s right, folks: the Source’s 2011 trends have arrived! And they’re lookin’ MIGHTY fine if we do say so ourselves. The full report is now available – click here for Upshot’s 10 Trends for 2011! Please be excessively generous about … Continue reading

“Like” On Location

In the six months since we first covered Facebook’s social plugins and instant personalization features, over two million sites have implemented these services. It’s safe to say that Facebook’s little experiment is going well. But while the Like button has … Continue reading

A Little Teamwork, A Lot of Savings

There are plenty of marketing lessons to be learned from the explosive success of Groupon. The fact that a Groupon only kicks in after a certain number of buyers commit definitely creates a bit of urgency, but also highlights the … Continue reading