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Every year De Lijn is looking for the right trigger to convince drivers to go to the city by bus instead of by car. This year they addressed drivers when it hurt most, while they were looking for that unfindable parking space.

With 2 more bronze lions in the categories film and interactive film, we end the week with 3 lions in total. The film lions both go to Telenet, the first for “Evi Naked”, the second for “Extras”, where we show how extras claim to be recognized in the street since the introduction of the sharp image of Telenet Digital tv.

The third bronze was won for a national radio campaign for Bongo giftboxes. In the commercial soap actor Herbert Flack plays the role of himself as an actor you can hire to open your x-mas presents.

Next to this, there were shortlists for De Lijn “nightbuses” in direct, Ché “Blowjob” in media and cyber, Spa “Barfight” in film, MTV “stayingalive.org” and Stallaert “ugliest building” in cyber.

This morning newspaper De Morgen scored a scoop with the first ever live radio commercial. A professional voice-over and a couple of musicians played the commercial live during Ornelis & Rogiers radio show on Q-music. The past days they had been rehearsing to fit their music and message within the assigned 30 seconds. Luckily they were backed-up by the enthusiasm and technical support of radio station Q-music.

This live radio commercial is De Morgen’s original way to announce its “Legendary Live Albums”, a new series of twelve legendary concerts of bands like Nirvana, Coldplay and Deep Purple. Readers of De Morgen can collect the live cd’s as from 26th June.

Normally radio commercials are delivered to the radio station perfectly recorded and mixed, with the correct words, music and jingle. For once the voice-over and musicians performed it live on air. The next days the recording of this live session will be broadcast again during the commercial breaks, including false notes and slips of the tongue.

From now on, readers of De Morgen can express their opinion in the completely restyled opinion page “De Gedachte”. No need to demonstrate in the street anymore if you don’t agree with something.

We all know milk keeps you flexible. To stress this benefit, the Flemish Milkboard (VLAM Melk) developed its own version of the world famous Twister game. Everyone can order his version of the “Melktwister” on www.drinkmelk.be. Don’t forget to drink milk before you start playing.

If you take the bus or tram, you are already thinking about the environment. With the Green Pass (Bospas) you get the chance to do an extra effort for nature. For each Green Pass sold, public bus company De Lijn will plant one tree. And with 10.000 Green Passes sold already, we can start making plans to plant a real forest. The flyers announcing this action were distributed online, in order to save trees

A call for change in digital marketing

Antwerp/Brussels, April 27th, 2010 - Duval Guillaume today announced the launch of Duval Guillaume Modem, the agency’s new interactive expert unit. Duval Guillaume Modem will be dedicated to creating and managing interactive brand experiences and relationships, through an innovative relationship platform approach.

Giving advertisers more value for money

“The demand for digital solutions that create value is growing rapidly”, says Klaus Lommatzsch, CEO Duval Guillaume. “Creating Duval Guillaume Modem allows us to offer our clients a powerful solution to integrate the digital offering in such a way that it contributes to their overall business success. Powered by our interactive know-how and relevant creative excellence made by Duval Guillaume, Duval Guillaume Modem has the scope to set a new kind of connected agency.”

Johan Van Mol, Managing Partner Duval Guillaume Modem adds: “Today, a lot of energy and money is lost in campaign-based ad hoc marketing. Duval Guillaume Modem calls for a change. We believe that brands can only establish value-creating relationships with customers through progressive relationship platforms that continuously improve based on market and consumer insights, stakeholder interaction and metrics. We are convinced that well-managed relationship platforms have the ability to become true assets to a brand.”

Progressive Relationship Platform®

Progressive Relationship Platforms® are a new dynamic way of looking at how brands connect with their stakeholders in a digital world. In essence, a Progressive Relationship Platform® is composed of a strong brand idea and an effective digital architecture that supports and carries the idea and the brand. A Progressive Relationship Platform® is a true asset to a brand, because it grows and becomes stronger over time. Platforms connect people and brands by means of conversations, entertainment and information.

Progressive Relationship Platforms® also need intelligent strategies to be effective in connecting the brand to its customers and allowing for a continuous feed of the platform. Today, consumers use fragmented media, control the conversation and have more impact on a brand. A one-way connection strategy is no longer relevant.

Duval Guillaume Modem, part of Duval Guillaume

Duval Guillaume Modem is an expert unit of Duval Guillaume next to the other units Duval Guillaume Antwerp (through-the-line advertising) and Duval Guillaume Brussels (through-the-line advertising), Duval Guillaume Dialog (CRM, direct marketing and brand activation) and Duval Guillaume Corporate (corporate branding, employer branding, reputation management and PR, publishing). Duval Guillaume Modem is headed by Johan Van Mol (Managing Partner), Lansen Walraet (Creative Director) for the Antwerp office and Kris Hoet (Head of Digital Strategy) and Peter Ampe and Katrien Bottez (Creative Directors) for the Brussels office.

Duval Guillaume Modem will also represent the international Modem network in Belgium. Modem is the worldwide digital experience agency network of Publicis Worldwide, active in 40 countries and counting 2500 employees.

With a new African campaign, Brussels Airlines wants to stress its superior service. In a 60” tv-commercial we see a stewardess performing her typical kindness and service in everyday situations on the ground. We see her bring coffee to a guy stuck in straffic or giving a small toy to a child looking bored during a museum visit. Every time the people react pleasantly surprised when seeing the stewardess appearing out of nowhere. The series of scenes is concluded with the line : “The kind of service you only expect in the sky”, followed by the logo of Brussels Airlines. The commercial is currently shown on CNN and TV5 in Africa.

Other magazines might blow out some candles when celebrating their birthday. But when Ché – Belgiums favourite Men’s Magazine – celebrates it’s 10th anniversary they allow everybody to blow something much more interesting: skirts!

Try it.

In Belgium we have a good habit of eating something sweet with our coffee. Preferably a Lotus caramelised biscuit.

Lotus Bakeries now has the ambition of turning this Belgian habit into a worldwide way of drinking coffee. They start the new international campaign during the world expo in Shangai, showing coffee and Lotus as a perfect match. In their homecountry, Lotus Bakeries already started a nationwide tv-campaign reminding everyone it’s best to have a lotus caramelised biscuit (speculoos) when you’re drinking your coffee.