Tom Shoes, a foot ware company which is known for donating a foot ware to disadvantaged children every time you buy one, has joined hands with Microsoft Advertising for a multichannel campaign featuring mobile.

On April 8, the company is all set to organize an event called One Day Without Shoes to create awareness about the debilitating foot disease  which  infects poor people who often go without shoes.

While Microsoft Advertising will be donating its online, in-game and mobile advertising assets and expertise, JWT is providing the creative work.

According to the founder and chief shoe-giver of Toms Shoes, Santa Monica, CA, it is great that a company size of Microsoft is not only taking note of the Toms One for One movement but is also helping them to achieve their goal to have thousands of people participate in One Day Without Shoes Shoes on April 8.

In his opinion, being able to connect with the supporters through their mobile devices takes their movement one step further, engaging them in their brand and allowing them to get involved through a different channel.

The campaign includes homepage takeovers, including Fox Sports and MSNBC, placements across Microsoft’s mobile and in-game properties, as well as strong viral and social media elements.

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Mobile and telephony equipment manufacturer BenQ plans to cut its product line and costs in a bid to make its mobile sector profitable. Despite saving costs of EUR 400 million and considerable corporate restructuring, the Taiwanese company is still unprofitable nine months after it took over the mobile business of Siemens. The company blamed late product launches and the investment needed to correct product ranges for its weak second-quarter results and insisted BenQ is still committed to its mobile sector. “BenQ Mobile is and remains an important pillar to our business”, said chairman Kuen-Yao Lee. “We are supporting the management in every respect so that we can become profitable again as quickly as possible.” The company is aiming to break even next year. It has introduced a management programme titled “Focus and Simplify” to further restructure and to better integrate Siemens business into BenQ. This summer, BenQ aims to save EUR 150 million, cutting production at its Mexican mobile factory. In order to boost profitability, the company will cut its product range to 20 products next year. BenQ is banking on doing well at Christmas through specific offers and believes that the firm’s sponsorship of German football club FC Bayern Munich and Spanish football club Real Madrid will raise awareness of the brand.

Source- http://www.telecompaper.com

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