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2008-04-13T20:03:00.001-04:00

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Funny Ads

2008-03-12T10:41:00.003-04:00

Contrapunto BBDO, Barcelona designed an outdoor ad for Amnesty International Spain. The sign says: ‘More than 4000 condemned until death are waiting for their execution. No to Capital punishment’.

Did you notice that the guy is sitting in an electric char, must be a little weird.

Campbell's Reduced Sodium Soup Success

2008-03-11T22:47:00.001-04:00

After past failures to create the “healthy soup” attempts which means it needs to have 480 mg or less in the mid-1980s, Campbell Soup Co. finally succeeded last year. Campbell Soup Co.’s soups with 25% less sodium hit $101 million sales in 2007 (excluding vending machines, convenience stores and Wal-Mart), the most successful new-product launch to hit grocery shelves last year.

Toyota Launches Campaign on YouTube

2008-03-11T08:53:00.001-04:00

Toyota is paying $4 million for its 2009 Corolla sedan advertising on YouTube the most expensive campaign ever to be launched. Despite the advertising part there is a new “Best in Jest” in which it will feature up-and-coming comedy video in that section each week. Toyota is also sponsoring “Sketchies” where users can win up to $25,000 by submitting their funny videos. This all aligns with Toyota ’s wishes for something that will interact with the users instead of just be viewed by the users. Due to the amount of time and manpower it involves it’s not the most effective way for generating the revenue.

Enjoy the commercial and don't forget the "Sketchies" after the commercial.

Malaysia: 89 Years Old Women Run Campaign for Election

2008-03-10T23:14:00.002-04:00

Maimum Yusof, an 89 years old Malaysian grandmother is promoting herself online to reach voters. Supporters have helped her create a Facebook profile along with a blog. The general election in Malaysia will be held on March 8. If elected she says, “I will make it all better.” As she is upset when young people turn to drugs and that there are a lack of schools.

On her unusual campaign she said, “Alhamduillah (Thank God), I am happy. I hope it can serve as an example to younger people. They just sit and complain and since no one I knew was willing to fight, I decided that I had to be the one to do it.”

Currently she had run her campaign from her savings in which she used 20,000 ringgit (6,319 USD).

Holocaust Awareness Week

2008-03-10T10:27:00.003-04:00

February 25 – 28 is the Holocaust Awareness Week, and the Hillel Colorado ran the below ad in the local newspaper. The campaign was created by TDA Advertising & Design.

“Frickin’” is a “Euphemism for Fornication?”

2008-03-06T23:02:00.005-05:00

Living in Canada, I personally haven't seen the ad or heard of Sheetz Inc. But apparently during February the company's new marketing campign "Crispy Frickin' Chicken" gave themselves more publicity, at least know I know they exist. The campaign consist of 100 billboards that were display in Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia.

The issue arise in Pennsylvania, a street preacher Michael Sucec and his wife Sheri felt offended by the billboard advertisement of Sheetz's new Crispy Frickin' Chicken sandwhich. "Sucec describes the word "frickin'" as a "euphemism for fornication," devoid of any humor when paired with "chicken" as a rhyme and intensifier." Sheetz, still kept the campaign running until the schedule end date, but had one billboard removed in Hazle Township, after local officials fielded complaints.

So what are your thoughts? I'll have you judge wheather “Frickin’” is a “Euphemism for Fornication?”

Scream TV: Men in Diapers

2008-03-06T11:02:00.001-05:00

Having a stressful day? Well here’s a commercial that you should check out and brighten your day. This ad is from SCREAM TV, a television network in Canada dedicated to scary movies and TV shows.

The commercial is created by zig, a hilarious commercial with a twist. Grown up men are running around the house in diapers, stressing the diapers’ absorbency. Then the men sits down watching SCREAM TV which scares the crap out of them…and you should know what happens next right?

Burger King: No More Whopper?

2008-03-05T23:34:00.009-05:00

Do we take everything for granted? What if one day I told you that there's no Whopper, how would you react?

Burger King's "Whopper Freakout" campiagn showed two scenarios from two Burger King outlets in Nevada where customers were told the Whopper had been removed from the menu with hidden cameras on the scene. The twist actually brought in a sales increase by a double-digit percentage in the quarrter ended, as the campaign was released on December 9, 2007.

The technique is called "deprivation research" where marketer measure the degree of customer loyalty to the product by taking it away from them. It "drove significant brand relevance and incremental sales," executives said on an earning conference last week.

Hmm... speaking of the "Whopper Freakout" campaign I'm craving for one right now...wanna join me?

Overreacting over Airborne Cold Remedy?

2008-03-05T12:37:00.004-05:00

The creation of Airborne was led by a schoolteacher who “constantly exposed to germs in her classroom.” The product contained both herbs and vitamins to help prevent the cold and flu.

Airborne will pay consumers who have taken the product in hope of curing or fending off the common cold between May 2001 to November 2007 are eligible for refund if they still have the receipts. Consumers that don’t have receipts are eligible to claim their money back from as many as six packages, in which it will be based on the average retail prices of the products. The legal battle begun in 2006 where the product’s claim as a “miracle cold busters, will now pay $23.3 million to settle a class action lawsuit over false advertising.”

Airborne are not drugs, as they are classified as dietary supplements and therefore don’t have to prove to the government that they work as long as they don’t make specific health claims. As an investigation conducted in February 2006 by ABC’s Good Morning America revealed that “There was no clinic, no scientists and no doctors.” Since then Airborne has toned down their claims and remove the word “cold” in their packaging. The final hearing on the settlement will be on June 16, 2008.

Consumers now have mixed reactions to the product some are holding back their purchases while others don’t see anything problems with the product.

As Airborne is only sold in the US retails, and I’m located in Canada I’ve never tried the product before and would like to hear from you. Have anyone tried the product before? What are your feelings of the product? Any concerns? Would continue your purchases of Airborne or would you claim a refund?