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We have made a few changes in the Concept category. These changes will go into effect for all new competitions, but will not affect current competitions as of August 28th, 2009. As of August 28th, 2009, the Concept category will work the same as the other categories. This means that: 1. Concepts are decoupled from [...]

Art & Copy, the new documentary by Doug Pray, offers a fascinating look inside the minds and working processes of some of the advertising world’s greatest talents. Giving a glimpse of the creative process behind legendary campaigns like Nike’s “Just Do It” and earth-shaking moments like Apple’s 1984 Superbowl ad, this movie is a real [...]

A recent 3 Minute Ad Age video features excerpts from a talk given by author, former Ogilvy & Mather exec, and all-around marketing guru Mark Earls at an American Association of Advertising Agencies (4 A’s) strategic planning session in July. The subject of the talk is the traditional advertising world’s focus on finding a single [...]

WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE? Represent your ‘hood! The Puget Sound area has got tons of awesome communities. From Georgetown to Ballard, Tacoma to Everett, every community is a one-of-a-kind place. To find out what makes each community special, we figured the best way is to go straight to the source: YOU. [...]

Our thanks go out to everyone who submitted videos and banners to our Brad Paisley competition. Your incredible ads made this campaign a rousing success! The votes have been tabulated. The deliberations have concluded. We’re ready to unveil the winners of the Brad Paisley’s American Saturday Night competition! Congratulations to all the winners! Sony Video [...]

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Just a heads up. Sony is going over all the entries very carefully to pick out the client award. In light of this they have asked for an extra week in deciding on the client award. Thanks for all your great work. I will blog about the winners as [...]

Image by terren in Virginia via Flickr Thank you so much for your submissions to our Webtel.mobi competition. As you probably know, we received a record-breaking number of ads for this campaign. As a special thank you for your awesome efforts, Webtel.mobi and Zooppa are awarding a $50 prize to everyone who participated but did [...]

I’m often asked to boil down the film making process to its basic elements,  so I created this very simple guide to making your first Zooppa video.  If you are a graphic designer looking to make a video, or someone completely new to this website, you may find this helpful. Here goes :) A Guide [...]

Image by Pinkpollyanna via Flickr We hope you’re all ready for another awesome competition. ‘Cuz we’ve got a good one cooking. Coming straight out of Leesburg, GA, Luke Bryan, the hottest new star on Capitol Nashville, is looking for your help promoting the release of his new album Doin’ My Thing. Luke and Capitol are [...]