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Soon media promotion ‘billboard’ will be having a BIG revolution. Lately, Big Moving Pictures Inc, Americas Television Network company, has create a mobile billboard sizing 12 x 6.7m (40 x 22 ft).

This billboard isnt made from wood or regular material (as they used to be), instead of TV HDTV LED. Later this media promotion can be used as a TV in a exhibition or outdoor event like racings. With this BIG size hopefully it can also create traffic :)

I bet all of you know The Sims and I suppose you’ve seen the brands embedded in the game. The Sims is just another “virtual world” that boomed in the last couple of years, especially in terms of product placement practice. Second Life players have seen Reebok and HMV stores online, The Sims provides H&M products and Ford cars, even Aeropostale, a clothing retailer, developed their own virtual world to engage with their customers.

BUT… how engaging could it be? do you actually go “real-world” shopping for the things you already owned “virtually”? does the placement actually generate sales?

Some brands have gone bust in the virtual world coz they claimed it didn’t generate any sales, nor brand loyalty. But others tried different rules of engagement. For example, H&M tries going a bit further from just placing their product, onto an online competition in designing a shirt and the winning shirt will be available in stores in “real-world”. Quoting Madison+Vine regarding the campaign - “It really is the ultimate in brand engagement,” said Steve Seabolt, VP-global brand development for “The Sims,” an Electronic Arts label game. “It really is a way to bring a product or a service into your virtual life, become familiar with it, play with it and, hopefully, incorporate it into your real life.”

I suppose we’ll have to wait for the impact.. I’d be really curious to see the sales figure for that one particular shirt in due time…

Usually iPod can only be heard simultantly. But now u guys can hear the sound of an iPod using this product from belkin, Rockstar (http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=404634). Rockstar is sort of a hub for earphones that enable users to use earphones in five pieces simultantly.

Their product overview; RockStar makes it fun to create your own music experience. Connect up to five headphones, and your iPod, to start sharing. Or, add another iPod to mix songs and listen together. Works with all MP3 and DVD players, as well as other portable media devices.

Interesting to use this with your neigbours?

Cegah Ngeseks, Celana Pemijat Digembok

KAMIS, 3 APRIL 2008 | 17:33 WIB (Kompas.com)

BATU-SURYA-Mengantisipasi maraknya praktik esek-esek di panti pijat di Kota Batu, Pemkot setempat baru-baru ini menerapkan aturan baru. Para peramu pijat diwajibkan memakai gembok dengan mengunci rok dan celana dalam yang dipakai sehingga para pelanggan tidak mudah membuka celana dalam pemijat. Hal ini dilakukan agar image Batu sebagai Kota Pariwisata tidak dikotori dengan praktek sebagian panti pijat yang diduga melakukan praktek esek-esek terselubung.

Kepala Satpol PP Kota Batu, Drs Imam Suryono mengatakan aturan baru ini sudah disosialisasikan kepada para pengelola panti pijat di kota itu. Sementara ini, lanjut Imam, dari sembilan panti pijat yang ada baru dua panti yang sudah mewajibkan karyawannya memasang gembok di rok mereka sebelum melayani pelanggan. Dua panti itu adalah Panti Pijat Rini Jaya dan Panti Pijat Doghado di Jl Raya Beji Kota Batu.“Memang, sampai saat ini kebijakan baru ini baru bersifat anjuran. Ke depan, kami akan melegalkan aturan ini menjadi kebijakan pemkot yang tertuang dalam peraturan wali kota,” katanya

Probably you guys notice and listen what Petcha Kutcha issues. But did you realize that most of the time its always present by OctoBoys? Well…on the last Petcha Kutcha Lisa only help dr.Octo’s technical presentations…hehehehe… then i found this advertising. Now I know, they did play with the real model (Right Ben? :) ).