Christmas is an awkward time of year. Talking to relatives you haven’t seen since last Christmas (for good reason), dealing with awful Christmas marketing and receiving awful presents. The most hilarious of these is trying to recieve an awful present in a socially acceptable manner. And that is by pulling a
Makeup is transformative. But simply telling you that isn’t going to convince you. So this Japanese cosmetics company needed to show consumers just how transformative it can be in this clever ad. Time to see what the fuss is over this viral ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n3Db6pMQ-8
What has two wheels, unmatchable suction power, nearly 500 million views and one outraged audience? LG’s viral advertisement for a vacuum cleaner that’s what! If you haven’t seen the ad making the rounds on Facebook, here it is. Despite this campaign being riddled with controversy, there is an undeniable genius behind
Home security companies seem to adhere to an unspoken code of conduct about their advertisements. They are to be: Scientific and riddled with technobabble Inspire fear, never humor Feature James Bond worthy break in attempts Be swamped with guady locksmiths Here are some great home security commericals breaking out of
The screen flashes with red and blue. It is the calm before the storm. A remorseful mother is ushered from the car as the police escourt her out. Her young children cry in the background. No, this is not an episode of Road Cops or Police Ten 7. It’s the latest installment in the New Zealand
If you’re a bacon enthusiast, Oscar Mayer might just have an alarm clock for you. Yes this exists. And no, this isn’t an April Fools day prank. Over the next month, the brand will give out 4,700 bacon-scented smartphone attachments as part of a ‘Wake up and smell the bacon’ campaign.
This year we have seen a range of different techniques used in the 20 most viral ads of 2014. From shocking stories of Syrian children struck by war to Frozen sing alongs, it’s not easy to find much in common in these ads! But there is one prevalent theme which
If you haven’t been keeping up with viral ads of 2014 here’s what you missed: Neymar Jr playing football with a car, a lonely toy penguin, cars crashing in cinemas and a remote control demon baby. The most viral ad of 2014 had over 411 million views – imagine if
Four years ago Old Spice took their space in the Internet hall of fame through an advertisement placed on Youtube. The advert “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” has now gathered an impressive 59 million views and still actively gets comments. Fours years later they release this gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKhqUOncefY
Although parts of the Fair Go Ad Awards were deathly disappointing, altogether it was not a bad ceremony. As per usual, it was a very entertaining night with the hosts putting on a good show as kiwis appreciate marketers efforts – whether they were fruitful or not. But also as per