Table of Contents:
Use the TOC to navigate your way through the book. When you select a chapter the sections within will be revealed. Also, as you scroll down within a chapter the section you’re in will highlight.
Searching:
At the bottom of the book you’ll find your search field. When you enter a search term the results will slide up. Click one to be taken to that area of the book.
Study Aids:
If you’re purchased the All Access Pass and are ready to challenge yourself, click the Study Aids tab at the bottom of the book to reveal your Study Aid choices. Use the drag handles on the left to resize.
13.5 Online Banners
The creative elements of the online campaign had to be engaging in order to deliver on the Big Idea of enjoying the journey (“Dive In. Swim Around.”), so the team set out to make interactive and engaging banners. The banners appeared on different sites from ESPN (http://espn.go.com) to The Weather Channel (http://www.weather.com), with unique messaging and links for each of those unique placements.
These banners, titled “Subdivide,” would split stories and color bricks when the mouse scrolled over the banner, ultimately resulting in the full spectrum. SS+K worked with BEAM Interactive on all the banners.
The banners titled “Page Flip” had one color category flip through a range of stories when initiated by the mouse.
The “Helix” banners responded directly to a mouse-over by having the animation “follow” the direction of the mouse. The ad features rotating keywords that a user could click on.
The “Keywords” banner ads were built in Flash, rather than rich media, so they had an animation that would take a range of topics available on msnbc.com and slowly merge them into the spectrum.
The press started, and the initial paid launch elements ran heavily through the first six weeks. As they continued through the rest of the communications plan, more elements were introduced. The marketing elements were devices that, while introduced during the campaign, would live on after ads stopped running. You can still find these interactive elements by going to msnbc.com; there are even more of them since the first campaign launch in April 2007.