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[List] 18 Advertising & marketing inspirations around the web

In no absolute order, I would like to share with you few of my favorite blogs and portals that feature news and insights on the advertising scenes from Asia, Australia or even North America. I’m pretty sure there are much better ones out there but if you got one to share, drop me a note on the comments below. Hope you’ll find things here useful.

Creativity Online
You’ll actually benefit more from being a member in this site, where you can have access to most of the “legendary” campaigns ever made. But still, for non-subscriber, you can still enjoy the cakes while it’s hot (around 15 days after the article is posted). Covers from prints to videos.

Coloribus
Claimed as the world’s biggest ad archive on the internet, one of the best feature on the site would the listings for award winners across the globe. What I liked about the TVC section of the site that it allows you to either view the spot online or download it into your hard drive.

Advertolog
I guess it’s on the same network as Coloribus. Huge library.

Campaign Brief
This site is pretty direct and concise which acts almost like a CNN for the advertising industry in Australia. You get juicy updates on what is happening around on the hottest people on the game. They did have a site dedicated to news on advertising in Asia!.

Media
This portal has almost everything you need from insights to job opportunity in advertising. The bulk of the content are still targeted at the Asia region. You can view videos, look at opinions/discussions and even get a heads up on the events that is about to happen. The blog features day-to-day interesting news.

Adverblog
The name says it all. Advertising Blog. One of the favorite among surfers. Though most of the content are based on Digital campaigns/Interactive websites. You can find a lot of inspirations on this blog itself.

Creative Review
A must to visit for any creative individual. Covers a lot of grounds in jobs, news and happenings. One of my favorite since the layout is exceptionally good.

Marketing Interactive
If you are looking towards insights on Asia creatives, you can go to this site that covers not only news on digital campaigns, but also news on agencies around the region.

Ad Goodness
A blog that collects good and interesting ads ranging from prints to videos.

B And T
A portal dedicated to Media news in Australia. You can actually skimp through the summary of news, categorized by the labels on top.

Marketing Alternatif
A blog in French, but the content remained very interesting. Covers most of the international campaigns.

Photoshop Disaster
Slightly off-topic, but remained one of my favorite. This is because it gives me inspiration towards what not to do.

Public Ad Campaign
This site promotes local advertising news around the States, cities like NYC or Toronto. You can get some insights on the happenings around the town, which most of the time are OOH type of ads.

Personal Insights

A+M Bootleg
An advertising and marketing blog that gives you news on happenings in Malaysia advertising campaigns.

The Pitch

A more rough and raw unedited journal of advertising scene in Singapore/Malaysia.

Room 116
A small little blog that takes the insight of Brian Chiao. Interesting links shared over time on good things that happened in advertising.

Copyranter
A blog from a veteran copywriter’s point of view.

5 Blogs Before Lunch
One of the ace in advertising blogs, a Webby awards winner for 2009. Need I to explain more? But you would normally get more coverage and news on the advertising in the United States though.

[Inspiration] Uniqloism

UNIQLO : SHOW
My favorite apparel brand has never fail to amaze me again and again. Followed by their overly succesful Uniqlock campaign, I’m pretty sure some of us  wouldn’t mind to have all these beautiful dancers as screensavers, a great promotional tool and marketing idea from the agency itself.

UNIQLO : MARCH
Being only good looking people doesn’t mean that is the criteria to get into modelling, at least in the context of the site, you may end up being selected as one of the March-er and invited to Tokyo for the photo shooting session! What is most intriguing for me is that they literally launched the site during March 2009, which coincidently, is the name of the campaign, which depicts marching around with their cloths. Damn.

Update May 18, 2009 : Got a link from Eugene, thanks!

UNIQLO : Reborn
Over-ambitious expansion and over-reliance on one product nearly ruined Uniqlo, but now the Japanese retailer is back in fine style.
It’s a great insight on how the brand that seems to go downhill went back again over to the top.

[Inspiration] Good tribute by Facebook

“Facebook lens flare combo: click anywhere in FB, then hit the keys: up up down down left right left right B A enter, roll yr mouse scroll” via http://desktop.seesmic.com/

Well I’d think it’s a smart move from their marketing department to pay such a tribute to Contra fans. Many would love this subtle detail though it might not be good looking, but it will definitely generate lots of buzz and fun around it.