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The Making of the Zappets
We thought some of you might to like to see how Mullen and Special Guest created the new ad campaign for Zappos. Director Aaron Duffy put together a documentary film that takes you behind the scenes as the “Zappets” were brought to life.
There is one Zappos TV spot in the market so far. Many more [...]
// read moreFirst Zappos spot breaks
The first TV spot in the new Zappos campaign from Mullen has launched. The spot is based on an actual call with a Zappos customer service representative – yes, that’s a real Zappos employee named Tom on the line doling out the happiness.
We’ll keep sharing new creative from the campaign as it breaks. There’s more [...]
// read moreThe Zappets are coming
Mullen’s first creative for Zappos breaks next week.The work will be posted here as it goes live; however, the pre-launch begins today with this New York Times column from Stuart Elliott. Please have a read.
This work was inspired by the amazingly unique culture and genuinely happy customer service we discovered at Zappos when pitching their [...]
Wild west video
The mind-numbing proliferation of digital video has marketers in a frenzy to recover lost TV eyeballs and keep track of digital consumption through advances in measurement. Let’s ponder the landscape; by 2013, 188 million people in the U.S. will view online video at least once a month with over 80% of all users engaging and [...]
// read moreHow to win the BrandBowl
Doritos, Google and Focus on the Family.
They were the three brands left standing on the podium at the conclusion of BrandBowl2010. Why you ask? Isn’t it obvious, I say? Simplicity. Buzz. And dialogue.
Of course, we all know pulling off effective campaigns is a lot harder than it looks. It’s much easier to be an armchair [...]
Mullen Bloggers Recap: Posts from the Week of January 4th
There’s no shortage of fun, insightful, conversation inducing posts from Mullen bloggers last week. Over at The Lost Jacket, Stuart Foster ponders the meaning and opportunity of “meta” content and shares some thoughts about the challenges that franchises encounter in localizing content.
// read moreBruins bear and star center Marc Savard exchange holiday gifts
With a busy hockey season well underway, the Boston Bruins bear and center Marc Savard take a moment to share some Christmas joy. This moment of locker room bonding can only bode well as the Bruins head to Fenway Park on January 1st to take part in the Winter Classic against the Philadelphia Flyers. Because [...]
// read moreSave a life
Typically this time of year the airways become bombarded with scare tactic advertising designed to deter people from driving drunk. And while that is certainly one way to look at it, we thought we’d try something a bit more optimistic this year. Instead of shunning the people who drink and drive why not celebrate the [...]
// read moreBreaking Bread
Sometimes social media doesn’t start with social media. It starts with a print ad that in and of itself is social because it inspires participation and conversation. Such was the case with this new execution for Panera Bread that recently ran in USA Today. We were tasked by our clients Rick Vanzura and Michael Simon [...]
// read moreMeet the mullenoids
MITX asked all of the finalist agencies at their recent award show to do profile videos of themselves. The theme this year was video games. We call our video “The Mullenoids.” Comedian Jeff Caldwell, the emcee for the MITX Awards show, called it “the lighter side of workplace violence.” Please have a look and judge [...]
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