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Advertising + Branded Content

Let’s cut to the chase—most of the world’s advertising is forgettable. Your biggest competition for the hearts and minds of your customers isn’t other companies. It’s culture.

In today’s world, a gif goes further than a billboard. We happen to be good at both. Advertising is no longer about hiring one brand spokesperson or sending out a single branded campaign — now, your story is told in hundreds of small ways, both by your brand and by ambassadors in the broader culture who align with your message.

Approch to Advertising

A Cure for the Common

Our approach to advertising and branded content breaks down into three steps:

Our team of researchers begins by identifying the conventions of the marketplace, uncovering the cultural edges and tensions that define an audience’s behaviours, beliefs, and values.

Then, we work with our clients to hone their purpose, breaking it down into everyday language that’s easy to understand.

From here, we develop branded content and advertising campaigns that disrupt the status quo and position our client’s brands to accomplish their purpose and move faster than the speed of culture.

Advertising Services

Behaviour-Driven Digital Experiences Born at the Crossroads of Culture + Technology

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Data + Intelligence

  • Culture Tracking
  • Market Research
  • Customer Research
  • Competitive Research
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Strategy + Planning

  • Identifying Conventions
  • Brand Messaging + Positioning
  • Campaign Strategy
  • Channel Strategy
  • Reporting Strategy
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Digital, Social + Branded Content

  • Social Media Advertising
  • Podcast Production
  • Physical Advertising
  • Radio + Television Advertising
  • Photography
  • Video Production
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Execution + Optimization

  • Campaign Management
  • Social Listening
  • Continual Optimization
  • Ongoing Campaign Reporting
Releated Projects

Advertising + Marketing Projects

We design and develop industry-leading websites that define categories and position our clients to succeed in an interconnected world. WordPress, Headless CMS, eCommerce… we cover the gamut. We have a lot of experience here, which means we build sites right. Our clients’ sites are scalable, fast, and designed with user needs and expectations top of mind.

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Eye of the Storm

A partnership with the Alberta Provincial Government, Alberta Health Services and the RCMP to combat the stigma attached to opioids.

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Ketch

In addition to a branded e-commerce site, Massive’s partnership with Ketch included a photoshoot for its 2020 Spring collection.

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Vancouver Opera

On the heels of the launch of its new website, Massive created a campaign to promote Vancouver Opera’s 2017/2018 festival season.

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An example of a photoshoot for River Rock

Boulevard Magazine

An editorial spread for Boulevard Magazine placing River Rock’s internal team front and centre on an international stage.

Insights

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Go behind the scenes and discover the processes, strategies and insights that drive our creative, culture, and ultimately, our clients’ success

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