Driving Consumer Engagement

15 Mar 2013
With the Formula One season kicking off this weekend, sponsorship brands are out in force to engage consumers from all over the world. Coca Cola’s sub-brand, Burn, has launched their campaign by takin...
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Apt And The Gloucester Hat Festival At The Races

14 Mar 2013
For our second 13 in 2013 event apt closed its offices for the afternoon and combined a staff event with a client promotion to attend Ladies Day at Cheltenham Racecourse. Fern Berreen from the Glouces...
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Watch Out For Your Brand

12 Mar 2013
We are not even a tiny bit surprised that luxurious watch designer Cartier doesn’t appreciate a joke, particularly a vulgar parody of its logo. According to the Daily Beast, a Parsons grad student c...
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Hip Hop Harry

8 Mar 2013
Following on from our previous blog post about the popular ‘3’ pony, Socks. We are excited to discover that just after a week of this dancing phenomenon being launched, Three’s campaign to encourage m...
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Introducing You To Blue Balls Blues

6 Mar 2013
...a new safe-sex initiative starring a pair of singing testicles. Certainly an odd combination, but this new campaign provides an entertaining 2.48 minute long video clip. This definitely isn’t a con...
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Share The Love Online

5 Mar 2013
It appears that our favourite four legged, hoofed friends are taking the lime light again with the new advert from 3. This time we see a cute Shetland pony moon walking to Fleetwood Mac, until a local...
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The Water That Gives Us Life

4 Mar 2013
We are all familiar with the story in the Bible where Jesus turned water into wine, well, The University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) in Peru has invented the first billboard that produces dri...
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A Watch That Doubles Up As A Mobile Only Apple

1 Mar 2013
Recently there have been rumours about what product Apple is going to introduce to the world next. It is not a phone, not a new laptop system, tablet or MP3 player. It is in fact a watch. Since share...
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Nike Makes Golf Fun To Watch

28 Feb 2013
Nike certainly has built a legacy of cinematic, professionally entertaining adverts that get the average, uninterested audience to watch and appreciate. Nike brought out its Vapor Trail advert in ant...
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Bursting The Bubble

22 Feb 2013
“Chris, you live in a bubble!” they jokingly laughed after I consciously missed an entire conversation about The Guardian potentially going out of print. They were right though; before I joined apt I...
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Bringing Airport Fashion To Life

18 Feb 2013
Recently, an article was posted online discussing the creative use of mannequins. In ‘United Arrows’, an airport clothing-store outlet located in Tokyo, sales assistants are dressing marionette bots (...
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Green Rubbish

15 Feb 2013
The streets of London City have had 100 newspaper recycling bins installed - with a techy twist. The new facilities, or ‘techno-pods’, developed by Renew double up as information screens; displaying...
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Hotel Owner Magazine Angies Column In The February Edition

14 Feb 2013
Angie's latest column in Hotel Owner Magazine discusses how to handle disgruntled guests and how to tell if complaints are genuine or fake. To download the February article click the following lin...
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Dont Lego Of Your Social Media

13 Feb 2013
Many organisations around the globe often fail to see the impact of social media and the connection it has with customer satisfaction. In a bid to educate their team about the numerous benefits, Danis...
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Etch A Sketch Pays Tribute To Late Inventor

12 Feb 2013
Etch A Sketch has provided generations of children (and adults!) with endless hours of fun. The thick, flat grey screen set in a red plastic frame is a well known drawing toy which was invented by th...
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Apple Turns People Into Walking Atms Winner Or Failure

8 Feb 2013
Apple has created an app which can turn people into ATM machines. Picture this, you’re in a shop which doesn’t take cards, you have no cash on you; the nearest ATM displays the dreaded ‘out of order’...
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Aint No Bud Dy That Loves Me Better

7 Feb 2013
With $3.8 million to spend on 30 seconds of airtime, it is no wonder the adverts which were included in the Superbowl have been hugely analysed by critics. The ad taking the top spot this year has gon...
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Amazon Comes Under Fire With Toy Plane Crisis

6 Feb 2013
“The RQ-1 Predator is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which the United States Air Force describes as a MALE (medium-altitude, long-endurance) UAV system. It can serve in a reconnaissance role and fir...
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Were Ewe Fooled By Alton Towers

5 Feb 2013
Alton Towers has recently hit the headlines for their sheep graffiti PR campaign. Initially keeping quiet as to who was behind the campaign, it sparked interest with the national press which ran stori...
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Spontaneous Superbowl Social Media

4 Feb 2013
Whether you're into American Football or not, you probably realised it was the Superbowl last night... America's biggest advertising spend concentrated into the 30 minute interval (totalling 3...
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Apt Do

4 Feb 2013
On the first of this month the apt team celebrated our first 13 in 2013 event by having a gorgeous Italian meal at Prezzo. The food was amazing (as was the wine!) and everyone’s plates were clea...
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New Nike Vapor Advert Ronaldo Quite Literally Blows Us Away

4 Feb 2013
Footballing superstar Cristiano Ronaldo scores yet another TV spot in the latest advertising drive by US sporting brand Nike.  The Real Madrid forward is seen wearing the new Mercurial Vapor IX...
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Facebook Eyes Up Lucrative Gift Market With Twist On The Traditional Retail Gift Card

1 Feb 2013
Facebook’s new initiative ‘Facebooks Gifts’ has received very little attention in the public eye, perhaps signifying a lack of investment into the initiation. Not so! Set to launch physical gift card...
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Disney Aims To Promote Safer Internet Campaign To Families

1 Feb 2013
It is no longer uncommon to see an 8 year old with a Twitter/Facebook account. With the advancement and need for technology increasing, it has naturally become more available to everyone, even if you...
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Tweets For The Future

31 Jan 2013
At some stage in our lives most of us would have thought about creating a time capsule. There is something quite exciting about gathering your treasures, writing a note and digging a hole; hoping that...
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Brands Embark On A Virtual Journey

30 Jan 2013
After years of pressing a few buttons and being able to snap up that desired item, all without moving from the sofa, we would be lost without online shopping. Many a time has it saved us from the emba...
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Youre A Mantime To Start Smelling Like One

29 Jan 2013
At apt we are no strangers to manly scents or manly brands, including our favourites Old Spice and Lynx. But most men we know don’t smell of buttered popcorn, red wine or freshly cut grass. Apparently...
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Ball Boy Vs Football

28 Jan 2013
The clever marketing team at Specsavers has wasted no time in launching a press and online campaign following the buzz surrounding Chelsea’s Eden Hazard’s ball boy incident. Some may say the new tacti...
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A Blast From The Past

25 Jan 2013
Whilst many of us at apt were made in the 80’s, after seeing Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer (IE) campaign, we are definitely children of the 90’s! In a clever marketing drive to encourage users to...
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Southern Comfort Gets Weather Wise

24 Jan 2013
Every time we see that slightly overweight man strolling down the beach with a drink in his hand we get jealous; particularly with the recent blast of arctic weather. This advert perfectly serves its...
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