Custom Toons

Customizeable commericals and animations as emotional marketing strategies

Implications - Creating personalized cartoons doesn’t require graphic (or any) art skills, thanks to new computer technologies that allow easy customization. This is frequently seen in the form of avatars in virtual worlds. Personalized commercials comprised some of the top viral marketing strategies of the year.

Trend Themes

  1. Personalization — The rise of personalized cartoons and avatars allows for unique and tailored emotional marketing strategies for brands.
  2. 3D Virtual Reality — The use of 3D virtual reality technology, combined with social networking, presents new opportunities for user engagement and immersion.
  3. Gamification — Online games and interactive ads continue to be popular marketing strategies, offering fun and engaging experiences for users.

Industry Implications

  1. Marketing and Advertising — Personalized cartoons and gamified ads offer new forms of emotional marketing that can increase user engagement and brand loyalty.
  2. Social Media — 3D virtual reality and social networking sites continue to transform the way users interact with each other online.
  3. Technology — The use of 3D virtual reality and gamification technologies presents new opportunities for innovative startups and companies looking to disrupt the market.
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53,396 Total Clicks
Date Range:
Jan 08 — Sep 08
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Featured Examples

Custom Commercials
Custom Commercials
Your Custom Tattoos Star in Brazilian Beer Ad
I'm just nuts over interactive ads and this is a great one. It for the Brazilian Antarcita beer. You put your name in and somebody else's name too. The names then appear on live characters - not cartoons.… MORE
German McDonald's Viral
German McDonald's Viral
Move Your Lederhos'n
If you've ever seen a better German viral than this one for McDonald's then please, send it to us at Trend Hunter! The Huettengaudi is absolutely hilarious. The viral ad, which runs under the tagline… MORE
Social Network for Kids
Social Network for Kids
Moshi Monsters
London-based gaming agency Mind Candy have developed a new social-networking sites for kids called Moshi Monsters. Instead of creating their own user profiles, kids can adopt their own monster. Users… MORE
3D Virtual Chat
3D Virtual Chat
Vivaty Brings Your Facebook Friends to Life
Brace yourself for another online addiction! Vivaty, a 3D virtual chat system, is a really fun way to enhance your social networking experience. Vivaty works with just about all popular social networking… MORE
play_circle_filledCustom Cartoons With Your Kid
Custom Cartoons With Your Kid
Kideo.com Creates Custom DVDs
Now your child can swing across buildings as Spiderman or sing along with Barney, in Barney! How does this work? It's pretty simple. Upload a picture of your child to kideo.com and it would be cropped… MORE
play_circle_filled3D Social Networks
3D Social Networks
Google "Lively"
Google has launched Lively, a 3D social network! At first glance it looks like Second Life, but SL is all virtual. In Lively, everything besides the graphics is real, from the IM's to the chat rooms and… MORE
Personalized Cartoons
Personalized Cartoons
Bitstrips Took Over Sixty's Life
I am Sixty (((Hi Sixty))) I am addicted to Bitstrip. Yes I have wasted the whole day making comic strips about friends, family and blogging buddies. Bitstrip was launched at SXSW and is an amazing free… MORE