Chrysler’s new ad men are doing a bang-up job. And no, I don’t care that the cars in the ad were actually made in Canada.
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“Taxes will keep Democracy on the march!” [video]
A great video from 1943, when we were much better at making the argument that paying your taxes—particularly during a time of war—is patriotic. The end of the video is quite good.
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I also love this video for its sweeping statements about freedom and democracy. We need more of that.
KFC’s “Buckets for the Cure” ad [video]
KFC has released their first Buckets for the Cure ad. I tend to think they should have played up the “Why Race for the Cure when you can Eat for Cure?” angle, but oh well. The ad is still pretty good—and a bucket of KFC Original Recipe chicken is as delicious as ever.
Jesus wants you to fill out your Census form [ads]
I’m not sure if this Census poster printed by the National Association of Latino Elected Officials is completely amazing or totally misses the mark. Needless to say, some Christian leaders–particularly those encouraging Latinos to boycott the Census–are not happy about it.
What do you think? Is this poster more or less amazing than putting Census ads in fortune cookies?
Soda companies show a united front [ads]
At my high school, the senior class was given the Coke machine as a fundraising tool. Seniors were responsible for paying the Coke supplier and keeping the machine stocked. As compensation, they got to keep all of the profits for the class.
Needless to say it was a gold mine–even at a small school with only [...]
Marketing to Americans [travel]
Conrad Hilton was a visionary.
Not only did he build one of the world’s most famous hotel chains, but he also understood that the best way to make Paris and other European cities more appealing was, well, to make his hotels there more like America. This meant installing two things: air conditioning and steakhouses.
After all, just because you’re [...]
Re-branding the University of Phoenix [ads]
I love advertizing the way some people love Christmas. When I see a devilishly clever ad, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. And while the best—and most uniquely American—form of advertizing is the negative ad, corporate image ads come in a close second. These are the ads that don’t seek to sell [...]
Is the “Runaway Prius” the greatest marketing hoax ever?
As someone who grew up in the Detroit area, I’ll be the first to admit that I have been taking tremendous pleasure in the woes of Toyota recently. It is nice to see the idolized Toyota on the ropes for a change. And when I read about the Runaway Prius the other day, I simply [...]
ABC wants your money to prop up Disney Land (or so says Cablevision)
In the world of corporate negative advertising, it is usually cable and satellite companies that are the most hard-hitting. Comcast’s “Satellite TV is not all its dished up to be” ads were some of my personal favorites.
But a new ad out from Cablevision viciously attacking ABC might just set a new standard for corporate attack ads. Cablevision [...]
The best and worst Olympic ads [Olympics]
Now that the Olympics are officially over, (we won! Go USA!) it is time to take a look at won the advertizing contest. Cutting an ad for the Olympics is kind of hard. NBC insists on presenting the Olympics as a sort of kumbaya, brotherhood-of-man event instead of the epic content between nations that it [...]
