Couldn't get away with these ads for Flirt Vodka in the UK drinks market as it promotes sexual promiscuity & drinking. The caption says "she'll be choosing for a long time" - filthy minx. More examples here, here, here and here. And this TV campaign for the King of Condoms in France has some slightlyContinue reading "socially (ir)responsible advertising"
football 2.0
Emmel has beat me to it. Interesting idea to get 50,000 people to stump up £35 and then buy a footy team. AFC Bournemouth tried a similar thing as the first community club but they didn't have 50,000 trying to work out why we have no decent left-footed players in the country. Would we haveContinue reading "football 2.0"
visual words
Two nice visual ways with words: visuwords virtual thesaurus
it’s all about upgrades – even in jail
We all like something better than the next person. If they have a standard card, we want a Gold. And then Platinum. And if we're really lucky... black. This loyalty/upgrade/privilege routine is so ingrained in our consumer psyche that its stretched into many parts of our lives. But who would have thought it would enterContinue reading "it’s all about upgrades – even in jail"
never mind, jose – hahahahahah!!!!!
2 years on, same outcome. 5 European Cups Vs 0. Hahahhahahaah. Bring on Milan in Athens. Only this time I hope I won't be in a dull and sweaty focus group room in Lyons getting text updates and only seeing the extra time and pens in a bar. Image from skysports.com
google is top of the brandz & still has humour | millward brown brandz report
Google is the no. 1 brand according to the 2007 Millward Brown Brandz report. They also still have humour. Go to Google maps, click get directions, add washington, dc as the from and london, uk the to. Check out direction 21. SWIM across the Atlantic. Genius. I also didn't know the original name for GoogleContinue reading "google is top of the brandz & still has humour | millward brown brandz report"
links for 28.04
I like these postcards from a beautiful revolution blog - one of them is above. Just genius. Create your own gift at album mania A little out of date but still interesting Nice parody of apple by greenpeace And always a treat to dip into Hoffworld And congrats to the Aussies who just wonContinue reading "links for 28.04"
reviving tango | an account planning think tank
I've been reading Vincent Thome's blog for a while. I can't remember how I found his stuff but I like it. As a relative newcomer to the advertising genre, he's been on a number of courses funded by the good folks at DDB (those behind the VW campaigns of genius) and always pings a blogContinue reading "reviving tango | an account planning think tank"
how businesses are using web 2.0 | mckinsey
You'll need to register but lots of good stats and nuggets and things about how businesses are harnessing web 2,0 technologies, wikis, blogs etc. Get a good snippet at where I found out about this from Avenue A | Razorfish.
enough already with the dinner service, what about me?
Men are hitting back. Well, grooms to be precise. Building on the wedding 2.0 post, it seems the grooms are getting pretty pissed off when it comes to gift lists that are all fluffy, soft, pink or china. Clubs, tools and other manly stuff is the order of the day at registered groom withContinue reading "enough already with the dinner service, what about me?"
