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Facebook bans forced sharing. Good or bad?

Facebook bans forced sharing. Good or bad?

▲Photo from the Associated Press The changing algorithm of Facebook is no longer news, and no longer surprising to us editors or any digital marketing professional. In fact, the changes

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How to tactfully create an unstoppable comeback for a discontinued product? See how McDonald’s pulled it off.

How to tactfully create an unstoppable comeback for a discontinued product? See how McDonald’s pulled it off.

▲The wildly sought after McDonald's limited supply of Szechuan Sauce and poster. As long as your brand has been around long enough, then you must have, in one way or

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8 UX Terms You Might Not Know About

8 UX Terms You Might Not Know About

Author: Shandy TsaiThis article is provided by UXeastmeetswest. The original article: 8 UX terms You Might Not KnowAbout UXeastmeetswest is a content platform created by four alumni of Taiwan's Tsing Hua University, also UX

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It is Obviously an Advertisement Pretending to be a Movie Trailer! What is happening?

It is Obviously an Advertisement Pretending to be a Movie Trailer! What is happening?

Look at the above movie poster, who do you think the owner of this advertisement is? Recently, the foreign marketing industry has popularized a new form of expression: disguising the

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While Newspapers Are Struggling to Maintain, “The Affairs” Is Also Facing Unknown Challenges Ahead

While Newspapers Are Struggling to Maintain, “The Affairs” Is Also Facing Unknown Challenges Ahead

▲ (A photo from the Facebook Fan-Page of "The Affairs") "The Affairs", a newspaper of the new era, was founded in Summer 2017, and began its fundraising plan in Winter

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2014.07.25

Design Principles for Smart Phone UI

Mobile phone makers are increasingly focusing on hardware upgrades rather than functionality. In the rush to introduce faster processors and add more Flash memory, they forget that it's the user experience that decides how practical the new hardware is.  Though the iPhone dominates the smart phone market, once you remove the IOS system the actual hardware is something that any other smart phone maker can put together. What they can't imitate is how user-friendly and intuitive the design of the operating system is. The UI has always been the most easily overlooked part of software design. Smart phones are

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2014.07.25

Odd Perfume Rulez!

  Shakespeare said, "That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet" but in this time and period, smelling ‘sweet’ is no longer the trend.    Source of picture: billboard.com   Take Lady Gaga as example. It is alleged that her first perfume, ‘Monster’ is said to be launched in 2012. This perfume embodies her uniqueness and quirkiness and smells like a combination of blood and semen. As Lady Gaga described it, “smells like high-class hooker.” However, given that she didn’t even mind wearing a raw-beef dress to appear in front of public eye,

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2014.07.25

True love has a colour and a name

  Marriage proposal is the most beautiful moment in your life. At that moment, the air seems to freeze, you hear the resonating ‘Marry me?’ a few times in your head. Diamond symbolizes the tear rolling down your cheek and the choice that you make to spend the rest of the life together…   Cartier made three proposal commercial films for its latest campaign, presenting the most emotional and romantic love with Italian director, American playwright and European actors (I guess Asians aren’t that romantic).    Cartier, True love has a colour and a name – Trailer    

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2014.07.25

「JOHN~」「I am here!」

在洛杉磯進行的E3展,Xbox與343揭露了Halo 4新的Trailer 「Awakening」,Halo 4 新的三部曲的第一波,上市預定為2012年12月(好長時間的預熱行銷啊)。Trailer裡,主角在逃離燃燒中的飛行器之前,從低溫睡眠中被喚醒……,Trailer 的故事劇情很短,但花了很多素材來鋪陳、來達成影片目的,並加深影片的張力。 一個成熟且目的清楚的商業影片,會把所有的資源與精力,運用在想說清楚的那個目的上,為了被消費者記住,「目的」是否明確非常重要,完成的方法也很重要。 換個說法,CG、3D、合成這方面的影像工業,一路走來從電影、遊戲、廣告、Animate等等產業來看,「擬真」一直是商業賣點。CG做得像真實的,頭髮會飄、毛會抖……,人的身體可以有四隻腳、長尾巴,但卻是會說話的人。我們可以用很炫的CG科技,讓消費這看到一個「超酷炫」的電影技術,也可以把很炫的CG科技,轉化成「運釀一股氣氛來引起共鳴」。 這支Trailer是個上乘之作,花了很多錢、用了很多人力來塑造一個氣氛,一個畫面裡有各種影音的元素來鋪陳氣氛,而非把時間與人員花在製作跳來飛去的模型、以及誇張的鏡位視角來拍攝主角揮舞手中的武器上。 這支影片與宣傳由知名廣告代理商McCann來負責,找到了這支Trailer的製作人員名單後,就很想寫這篇文章跟大家分享,一個CG或是一個宣傳影片,要結合許多的專業來完成,我覺得,我們目前還是在用廚師兼掌櫃的方法幹活,距離真正成熟的大規模商業影片製作……「兄弟們,我們還有很長的一段路要走……加油吧」 Halo 4 - Official Teaser Trailer https://youtu.be/kE-YP2t6Syo ------------------------------------------- 作者介紹 Bruce 曾擔任過國內外電視廣告製作、電影發行與戲院行銷、日本電通北京分公司創意比稿團隊、遊戲橘子內部導演,目前為日本遊戲橘子商品開發部課長(Section Manager) -------------------------------------------

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2014.07.25

Quality Trumps Quantity for Marketing in the Digital AGe

Xu Zhimo once said: "Beauty lies in the numbers". The phrase describes how "scale" can have a beauty of its own and the concept remains just in the digital age today nearly a century later. Daily Monster I have always been impressed by those that live up to their promises and stay at it. Especially those that go and commit themselves to coming up with new ideas 365 days a year without fail. In 2009, Stefan G. Bucher decided to do something crazy like this – Create a new and different monster every day. To produce a drawing every

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2014.07.25

Turning Heads with the COTEetCIEL Laptop Backpack

Will we enter the "Post-PC Age" in just another few years? I am not sure myself, but the laptop is still the best option for mobile computing right now (maybe it will be replaced by the ASU Eee Pad Transformer? I hope not!). Since you are going to take your laptop with you, you should pick a laptop bag that is distinctive, practical and perhaps even fashionable!  Here I am more than happy to recommend COTEetCIEL from Paris. The main reason is because COTEetCIEL knows how to achieve just the right balance between technology and fashion so that even

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2014.07.25

Taiwan’s First Locally-Produced 3D Animation Feature Film Memory Loss

  Creative Director, Kuo, “This is the first time a feature 3D animation produced by Taiwanese people in the history of Taiwan. Produced by F. Rhythm 3D Animation Company, the film was the result of 5 years of hard work and collaboration. Not only entertaining but educational in its content, it’s definitely an animation worthy of viewing and support! ”   Official Website:http://www.fr3d.com.tw/ Official Movie Blog:http://memoryloss.pixnet.net/blog Official Fan Page on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/FR.MemoryLoss Movie Trailer:     ----------     Film Summary   After Ta lost her father, to console her grieving mother, this strong little girl accidentally erased her mother’s

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2014.07.25

One Win and Nine Losses: Every Success is Built on Countless Failures

  (缺圖) Alan Kuo, Chief R&D Officer at Gamania :  "We can sense through the matter of fact tone in the article by UNIQLO CEO Tadashi Yanai how he transformed a local clothing shop into a multinational enterprise one step at a time. Unlike the autobiographies of other successful people, the author dedicated many pages to reviewing the failures along the way, as well as how he managed to remain true to his original ideals even as he steered the company through transformation after transformation."    ------------   Abstract Written personally by UNIQLO Founder Tadashi Yanai, the book covers

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2014.07.25

I don’t want to talk to machines—a surprising way of speaking to users

I don’t want to talk to machines—a surprising way of speaking to users Some sudden situations we may run into when we go online, in addition to internet disconnect, computer breaks down, the most frequently encountered instance is ‘system message’. There are tons of system messages, some reminds you that you’ve selected the capital lock, some tells you your internet has been disconnected, some informs you the user name is not available. Most of the time, these messages are rigid, but the following message should bring a smile to your face: ▲“we have to check if you’re human.” This

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2014.07.25

Infinity Net: The Autobiography of Yayoi Kusama

G!VOICE Recommend:   “Through this book, you could explore the inner world of Ms. Yayoi Kusama, an artist that even the fashion world (see footnote 1) is raving about. Her perseverance and paranoid side of growing up were delineated in details in this book.”   What is art? What makes an exceptional artist? There are no standard answers for these questions, however, after reading the book, ‘Infinity Web’, I could understand the insistence and simplicity of this artist for it is so moving: “I could only finish my own path…even when I encounter pain or grief in this ruin,

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2014.07.25

Dream Design: Secret to the Success of Grand Prize Winner of Japan Dream Plan

Gamania Cheer up Foundation, “Having a dream is a wonderful thing, the ultimate desire is satisfied through the realization of the dream. In the process, you may encounter frustration and obstacles, but as the book said, ‘say your dream out loud and invite friends who share the same dream to take that first step courageously!’”   ------------ Content Introduction    Realize your dream begins from believing yourself! If you have a dream, you could march toward realizing it! The author was determined to become an entrepreneur at the age of 10. She shares her precious experience and gives the

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2014.07.24

When High-End Make-Up Start to Play Games

“Women put on make-up for their/others’ pleasure” has long been the basic element for cosmetic advertising. Make-up commercials often adopt the form to provide women with a sexy and beautiful imaginary space. However, this winter Christian Dior abandoned the popular big-cast-small-film form, ridding of sexy celebrities’ endorsement and going for a game that provokes the pure desire to “play doll-up make-up game.” New commercial, Dior Games evokes that little girl in every woman—the one that jump and scream to fight for older brother’s video games.    Therefore, the spirit of having fun has been re-summoned. Dior tactfully combined its

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2014.07.24

Get Inside a Customer’s Mind at the Moment Your Message Appears

(Picture source:http://www.dotcomsecrets.com/customermindset)   I’d like to introduce to you all an article about Messages and Customers. The content is simple with great insights. How the message of a product reaches the consumers? What place is a good place? What message is a good message? How do we give the consumers a good branding experience?  I’ve done some simple Chinese translation, please feel free to read the original text in English.  Get Inside a Customer’s Mind at the Moment Your Message Appears  A Pitch Need to Occor in the Right Place and Time and Leave a Good Feeling Marketers are

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2014.07.24

Looking at Design: from Emotional Perspective

What is it that brings the customers back for more in the shopping website? Taking Yahoo and PChome’s shopping channels for example, Yahoo has more online shops than PChome. There is a complicated emotional relationship involved in all this. Humans are emotional animals who think   which is precisely why this certain kind of emotion maintains the relationship between the product and the customers, making a customer to identify with the product. This is the same emotional commitment we wish to see a user have for our web pages.  Emotion—Behavior Correspondence  From psychology’s point of view, emotion is the response

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2014.07.24

Make Consumers Happy, They will Come Back for More

If one wants to compare the key differences between digital time and traditional marketing, one of which would be “Consumer Control Right.” Imaging yourself watching TV, whether you like the commercial or not, unless you switch to another channel or go to the bathroom or turn it off, it is almost impossible not to be bombarded by commercials. And it doesn’t even matter if you are the target customer of such product.  Compared this to internet browsing, you may have spent the whole day on the web but somehow you have not seen a single ad. This is not

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2014.07.24

ZARA: Affordable Fashion with Insight and Commercial Minimalism

“Have you been to Zara yet?” That the new greetings for people in Taipei city. Unlike Uniqlo’s permeating advertisements occupying the surface of buses, indoor and outdoor advertising space, ZARA’s only visible advertisement was the lights in the shape of ZARA logo in 101 building on its opening day. (provided by 101 by the way)  However, the physical location of the store is the invisible advertisement. ZARA successfully integrated the “luxury” it wishes to convey into the 5th Avenue in New York, les Champs-Élysées in Paris, Milan, Shanghai and finally to Taipei 101. Across 5 continents, more than 200

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2014.07.24

The Most Attractive Aspect is not Necessarily the Most Profitable?

Have you ever gone on a blind date? I’ve never been one but I’ve heard many people have. The purpose of blind date is to find a suitable mate. However whether the blind date would actually work doesn’t depend on first impression; nor on the intoxicating moment where both people have sparks in the air or butterfly in the stomachs; nor based on matchmaker’s torrent of compliments like a host selling a product on a shopping channel. Whether or not the blind date would work lies in the actual person, what his/her value is. Which is his worth? His

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2014.07.24

Morrie:「When you know how to die, you learn how to live.」

Sister Hsieh (HSIEH, Chun-wei), Director of Animation Strategy Development “This is a book about learning life lesson. Only when you learn about death, you learn about how to live. We don’t always have to introspect after we hear about the tragic news. Replace negativity and pessimism with positivity and optimism. This book will make you cherish each moment and live everyday to the fullest.”    Movie Trailer for Tuesday with Morrie    Introduction  The author Mitch Albom visited his late teacher every Tuesday during the teacher’s final months. Despite the looming shadow of death, the old professor kept his passion

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