Mostly the good bits on advertising & branding.
Every day we come across hundreds of commercial messages. Most of them go unnoticed. Ad industry portals too share truck loads of ads every day. Here are a handful which stood out for me over the last few days: Apple Watch TV spot, world’s smallest press kit and a few print ads from The John […]
I didn’t know who Colin Kaepernick was until a few days ago. Blame it on my lack of interest beyond cricket. I saw the print version on social media with the line ‘Believe in something even if it means sacrificing everything’. I did not immediately connect with with Nike’s long running ‘Just Do It’ theme. […]
Recently, the Supreme Court of India passed a judgement decriminalizing sexual relations between consenting homosexual adults. The judgement garnered a lot of visibility in the media. Sure enough, several brands saw this as an opportunity to either create social media posts or tweak an element of their service offering. When it comes to tweets, the […]
Every day we come across hundreds of commercial messages. Most of them aren’t even noticed. Here are a few creative ads which stood out from the clutter for me the last week: a continuing campaign for Snickers, Nike’s reaction on social media regarding a decision taken by the French Open authorities and more. 1. Snickers: […]
This week’s top picks include Out of Office replies (yes, you read that right) for Aviation Gin and other creative ads for Audi, Pepsi and more. 1. Aviation Gin: Out of Office replies I wrote about Aviation Gin’s ads featuring Ryan Reynolds earlier this year. The marketing of the brand is in top gear with […]