Selected Case Studies
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Silk Million Hearts Challenge
WhiteWave Foods asked Spider to spread cholesterol awareness and heart health education.
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Energizer Bunny Facebook Fan Page
Spider boosted brand and promotional awareness online by engaging with a younger target group.
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Energizer Website Relaunch
A slick re-branding strategy streamlined user experience and secured consumer engagement.
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Lotto Max Launch
OLG chose Spider to develop an experiential campaign to introduce its newest lottery.
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Far Coast Vancouver 2010
Far Coast called on Spider to pull off a winning sampling execution at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
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Barbie I Can Be… Academy
Mattel challenged Spider to create an event that would reestablish Barbie as a powerful role model.
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It's Yours To Win
Harley-Davidson counted on Spider to develop a compelling creative solution that would increase sales.
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Home & Away Giveaways
Spider was challenged to grow both participation and sales for the Pro-Line brand.
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Rock Out & Win
Energizer Canada saw great value in reaching out to a younger, more tech-savvy demographic.
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Sip. Savour. Smile.
When Silk improved the taste of their refrigerated products, they were well positioned to boost market share.
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Feed Your Brain
Therese Keating: Too bad it is only in the prototype stage. This would be wonderful for an event focused on kids.
The magic carpet: Digital rug changes its pattern when walked on
ca.shine.yahoo.com
Therese Keating: Fantastic example of 3D graphics for a store front in Berlin!
LG Hyper Facade event in Berlin
www.youtube.com
James Walker: NEW, NEW, NEW…OLD?
Obsessed With the New, But Digital Marketers Are Investing In the Old
adage.com
"… New media, new technologies, new start-ups, new devices, new apps … In fact, being labeled traditional is the kiss of death for any medium.
How ironic, then, that when it comes to pitching for advertising dollars, being somewhat old-school appears to be the formula to win over marketers budgets."
Therese Keating: Understand the nuances of how the mom shops in grocery stores.
Spider taps into mom’s shopping senses
strategyonline.ca
Toronto shopper marketing agency Spider Marketing Solutions has shifted gears in the last year, marrying its shopper marketing expertise with its mom demo specialty in marketing to moms – and that new focus has culminated in the firm’s first study that combines Canadian shopper marketing insights with info on how Canadian moms shop.
Rico DiGiovanni: Walmart acquired a social media start-up to help them with their plans to bring the web to the store.
Where Walmart Is Headed in Social, Mobile Retailing
adage.com
Walmart Labs Senior VP-Global E-Commerce Anand Rajaraman took the stage at Ad Age Digital today in San Francisco to explain why exactly the world's largest retailer would buy a social media startup.
Rico DiGiovanni: The world’s biggest retailer is developing the ability to serve up its own targeted ads.
WALMART TO ACQUIRE MOBILE AD TARGETING COMPANY
www.marketingmag.ca
Mega retailer Walmart has agreed to buy “key assets” of OneRiot, a Colorado-based mobile ad targeting firm, for an undisclosed amount.
The move is seen as an attempt to stave off competition from online competitors such as Amazon.
The deal comes five months after Walmart bought Twitter app developer Kosmix and repurposed it as @WalmartLabs, the giant retailer’s Mountainview, Calif.-based R&D lab for e-commerce and social media.
Jen Marrin: Tesco VirtualStore
Tesco VirtualStore
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Virtual supermarket in South Korea utilizes QR code technology to 'bring the store to their shoppers'.
Aaron Adams: This is why you shouldn’t bother with third-party Web analytics data; most of it’s nothing but conjecture and speculation.
If You Cite Compete Or Alexa For Anything Besides Making Fun Of Them, You’re A Moron
techcrunch.com
Dear Internet, I thought we’ve been over this? If you cite Compete or Alexa for anything other than making fun of them, you’re officially a moron. How bad is their data? Well, in the case of Compete, if you reversed their chart, then it would be much closer to being correct than it currently is. I seriously wonder if they’re tracking anti-visits or some new metaphysical stat I’m not aware of?
James Walker: Online CTR vs. Design
CTR vs. Design
uxmag.com
Majority of Banners go unclicked primarily because poor first impressions is It is taken for granted a great design and the results they serve up. Most of the campaigns that are successful are because of great banner ads and landing page design. Short version of the story, invest in design and allow creatives room to run to help benefit the success of the campaign.
James Walker: Steve Jobs Attire vs Retire
Attire Selection
gizmodo.com
Everyone is saying goodbye to Steve Jobs at Apple, My guess is that Apple will still be picking his brain for more great ideas and direction. But now let's take a look at his very large wardrobe selection.
