Dana Pascu

“On Gifts” Research Report – G2 Romania

Posted: December 16th, 2011 | Author: Dana Pascu | Filed under: Advertising, Life, Trend, [EN], [RO] | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Pentru ca suntem in prag de Sarbatori, pentru ca nu stim niciodata destul despre felul in care primim si daruim cadouri, pentru ca cercetarile exploratorii ne incarca cu cea mai multa inspiratie:


Honda TV ad to interact with iPhone app (By W+K)

Posted: March 2nd, 2011 | Author: Dana Pascu | Filed under: Advertising, Online, Trend, [EN] | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Wieden + Kennedy London has recently unveiled a first of its kind interactive TV campaign for the new Honda Jazz called “This Unpredictable Life”, in which an iPhone app (iTunes link) is used to literally grab content from the ad (YouTube link) as it plays.

The campaign uses what is called “screen hopping” that works by having sound from the TV ad recognized by the iPhone App. The app then uses the predefined sound waves to know which character to display on screen at that moment, essentially giving the ability to interact with the TV ad in real time.

Once you have got the character, you can interact separately with each one away from the TV ad, by doing things like singing into the iPhone to make the characters dance.

Brilliant! (And I guess this is only the beggining..)

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2 Million Facebook Romanian Users?

Posted: November 25th, 2010 | Author: Dana Pascu | Filed under: Online, Trend, [EN], [RO] | Tags: , , | 1 Comment »

At least that’s what I see in my Admin..

The numbers are also confirmed by Facebakers.com as you can see below:

  • Total Facebook Users:     2 045 700
  • Penetration of population:     9.32%
  • Penetration of online pop.:     26.27%

Total Facebook Users: 2 045 700 Penetration of population: 9.32%
Position in the list: 48. Penetration of online pop.: 26.27%

1000+ Ways of Global Change powered by AIESEC Romania

Posted: October 6th, 2010 | Author: Dana Pascu | Filed under: Life, Trend, [EN], [RO] | Tags: , , , , , | 2 Comments »

My dear friends from AIESEC Romania asked for my support on their “1000+ Ways of Global Change” campaign.

As emotional as I was at first glance (when I realized it’s not a simple question at all), as confident I am now that there really is a way.

So.. How would I change the world?

It’s true that the world isn’t in very good shape right now. The air is polluted, the ground has been emptied, the water is degrading and most people are far from a happy state of mind. Lately the “crisis” label has been used only on financial matters. Things don’t look good at all.

I know there are lots of us with lots of answers. And every single one thinks their answer is right. Or at least fair. Or decent. Or probable. Worthy to be shared. I’ll just join this club.

First thoughts: new sources of energy, biodegradable products, more regulation, more jobs, more fun.

The problem is, none of these solutions address the fundamental issue. And they involve inner change only as a side effect.

My answer: We don’t need to do anything about it.

Yes, that’s exactly what I suggest.

The answer isn’t in better solutions, fixes and surogates. The answer is… we need to do less.

It may seem like there’s so much we need to do, to make things right. And that’s the problem. We don’t need to do more. We don’t need to make more of an effort. We need to do less.

How?

  • Driving less
  • Wanting les
  • Talking less
  • Buying less
  • Rushing less

Just “Smile, breathe and go slowly” for a change. (Zen monk, Thich Nhat Hanh)

I’m really expecting opinions on this matter from Traiu, Simina, Oitza, Transp and anyone else who’s wheels still turn in their head.


Quantitative Survey on Romanian Users of Online Social Networks

Posted: September 22nd, 2010 | Author: Dana Pascu | Filed under: Online, Trend | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

I was really looking forward to have this tool in my hand as soon as possible. Daedalus Consulting & Research did a really great job and revealed some useful information about the who & what of getting social online in Romania:

All results below:

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Facebook Preparing to Launch a Brand New Product to the World

Posted: June 22nd, 2010 | Author: Dana Pascu | Filed under: Online, Trend, [EN] | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Is Facebook upgrading to “valuable user generated content“?

It seems that the first step to tapping the knowledge of its users is already made.

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Which Soda Brand Would You Rather Give Your Dollar To?

Posted: June 21st, 2010 | Author: Dana Pascu | Filed under: Advertising, Trend, [EN] | Tags: , , , | 2 Comments »

Pepsi Refresh case study:


The New Planner

Posted: June 15th, 2010 | Author: Dana Pascu | Filed under: Advertising, Trend, [EN] | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Here’s a very interesting presentation found at Sean Howard:

View more presentations from hackemer.

Although I don’t necessarily agree with everything stated above, I am looking forward to see The New Creative in this landscape too..


Social Media around the World 2010

Posted: June 7th, 2010 | Author: Dana Pascu | Filed under: Advertising, Online, Trend, [EN] | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Very interesting piece of research:


A Different Campaign Case Study

Posted: April 23rd, 2010 | Author: Dana Pascu | Filed under: Advertising, Online, Trend, [EN] | Tags: , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Doesn’t this nice effort prove that social media works better than old fashioned regular print campaigns while trying to tell the opposite?

Via Digital Examples