BNP Paribas Tweet & Shoot, Erasable Billboard and Nike festive winter jingle are just some of the highlights from this week’s Ignition 5

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Aoife

The Evolution of Ad Sharing

Digital has turned our industry around completely and it’s constantly expanding and changing. In order to get a grasp on the scale of Digital’s growth we can look at the evolution of ad sharing. A perfect brand to demonstrate this is Dove. In 2006 they had a major viral hit; Dove Evolution.  It was shared 60,954 times in its first year whereas by comparison, Dove’s ‘Real Beauty Sketches’ was released eight months ago and now has over 4 million shares.

The gap in the amount of shares over the course of 8 years demonstrates the development of the online video marketplace and this is clearly obvious in the numbers. According to Unruly; branded video sharing has increased 50 times in the last eight years.

The best way to look at some of the biggest viral spots is Unruly’s Spiral Viral. This has been spiced up since its last appearance in 2011 (2010’s Old Spice Ad really changed things up). It allows you to filter by year, shares and sector as well as providing nuggets of video sharing info.

Check out Unruly’s Viral Spiral for yourself: http://viralspiral.unrulymedia.com/viralspiral2013/index.html

Rachel 

Amazon Flying delivery drones, Greenpeace save Santa’s home and IKEA no empty chairs at Christmas are just some of the highlights from this week’s Ignition 5

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Aoife

Media and Technology

The annual DIT Pitch Fight was on last week, where three agency teams presented a response to three most challenging briefs. In a change from previous years, Leo Moore, Planning Director at Irish International, set three separate briefs as opposed to one. This year each of the teams were given a brief which covered the topical and at times heart wrenching themes of male suicide, binge drinking and cyber bullying. The standard was universally acclaimed to be very high; in particular the level of insight and planning thinking that was on display. These are sensitive subjects, life threatening at times, that communication on its own can’t solve. Conversely any solution will require outstanding and empathetic communication, and to my mind, what better way to show these budding practitioners of the future the latent power of what we do; our role as changemakers in society and the responsibility that comes with that.

Talking of changemakers, I was a guest of thejournal.ie at the Spiders awards last Thursday evening at the Convention Centre. A most enjoyable evening highlighting the diversity and impact that technology is having in Ireland. My hosts, Brian and Eamon Fallon, were rewarded for their many internet successes by picking up the Internet Heroes award. Coupled with Paddy Cosgrave and the web summit team picking up the Outstanding Contribution to Ireland Award, it highlighted to me how Ireland’s tech sector is central to our future success and that we have plenty of people excelling in this field.

It was a point picked up on both in the technology infused solutions that the DIT students had presented the previous evening and by some UCD students that we have been working with in developing research projects – most of which involved measuring how some form of technology led solution was surpassing a seemingly outdated way of sharing information.

Technology doesn’t always work – witness my falling out with Google maps in Galway on Saturday evening – but in most instances, harnessing its power with a blend of intelligence and empathy, can lead to exponential results. Every day we are learning how technology whilst not always making our jobs easier, is consistently challenging the way that we communicate to people, whether its through short form video content, or Real time Bidding or the multitude of apps that inhabit our mobile phones like mini brand fertilizers. So as I leave the office, about to use my Dublin Bus app, I will reflect on what a great ever changing industry we work in and the privileges and responsibilities that come with it.

Tim

Harvey Nichols Sorry I spent it on myself, Be Clear on Cancer and Mazda Game changers are just some of the highlights from this week’s Ignition 5

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Aoife