EGTABITE 277: MARY POPPINS RETURNS – RMB AND FLASH’S CREATIVE PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR WALT DISNEY PICTURES

8. 11. 2019 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does this very long word sound familiar or is it just some gibberish you cannot really pronounce? Mary Poppins was an important part of a carefree childhood era to many, but to some, especially the millennial generation, it is just an archaic fictional character they do not know much about. This week’s egtabite features an innovative format from RMB’s creative unit called FLASH, aiming to reconnect younger audiences with the famous character, right in time for the Mary Poppins Returns movie release. A creative case The in-house Content and Creativity Unit of RMB, a sales house in the south of Belgium, called FLASH, was in charge of the creative format for their client Walt Disney Pictures.



EGTABITE270: #SHARETHELOAD – DPG’S CROSS-MEDIA CAMPAIGN FOR P&G

13. 9. 2019 #Sharetheload - DPG's cross-media campaign for P&G Our first egtabite after the summer months features a creative case from DPG Media (former Medialaan in Belgium), who managed to leverage the synergy of a newly created cross-media, client-centric structure (a special creative and branded content department) illustrating perfectly how TV can accelerate the success of a content campaign.



THE SCIENCE OF BRANDING: HOW BRANDS MAKE US “THINK DIFFERENT”

12. 9. 2019 | 4 min read Brand exposure could have a profound effect on our behavior.



THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATIVITY IN ADVERTISING

17. 7. 2019 | 6 min read The roots of advertising run deep. We’ve come a long way since William Caxton printed what would be described as Britain’s first advert in 1477.



CREATIVITY IN ADVERTISING: WHEN IT WORKS AND WHEN IT DOESN’T

9. 3. 2018 | 14 min read Do highly creative ads really inspire people to buy products? Studies have found that creative messages get more attention and lead to positive attitudes about the products, but there’s little evidence linking those messages to purchase behavior. To address this gap, Reinartz and Saffert developed a consumer survey approach that measures perceived creativity along five dimensions—originality, flexibility, elaboration, synthesis, and artistic value—and applied the approach in a study of 437 TV ad campaigns for 90 fast-moving consumer goods brands in Germany. The study then linked the assessments to sales figures for the products.