Mostly the good bits on advertising & branding.
There are hundreds of commercial messages vying for consumer attention everyday across traditional and new media. Only a handful are noticed. Here are a few creative ideas which caught my eye, the week ending 9th June, 2017: Volvo XC60, iPhone 7 ad featuring Carl Sagan’s voice over and more. 1. Volvo: Moments The Future of […]
Between bookmarked sites, Twitter and RSS feeds which showcase advertising, I come across many new creative ideas every week. As with advertising in real life, only a handful are memorable. Here are my picks for the week ending 2nd December, 2016: Spotify, Volvo Trucks and more. 1. Volvo Trucks: Live Test Brands have long realised […]
WPPed Cream – the internal creative awards for WPP group agencies have been awarded since 2007. The categories have evolved over the years to reflect changing times. Thankfully, ‘advertising’ is still a category with awards for print, outdoor and film. Just a decade ago, outdoor was limited to vinyl billboards. But today, the category includes fancy interactive […]
Between bookmarked sites, Twitter and RSS feeds which showcase advertising, I come across many new creative ideas every week. As with advertising in real life, only a handful are memorable. Here are my picks for the week ending 22nd April, 2016: Mosquito Killer Board, IKEA and more. Mosquito Killer Board The lines between the erstwhile […]
I love everything about the Snickers ‘you are not you when you are hungry’ campaign. It is based on a great insight, articulated well and the central idea is so ‘campaignable’. We’ve seen some great theme and tactical ads as part of the campaign. A new outdoor campaign takes it to the next level – actually showing people what the downside of being hungry.
Campaigns for the Museum of Childhood have been featured in ad blogs before and have gone on to win awards, including the Cannes in 2009. Most of them were traditional posters, executed superbly. Now comes a street graphics driven campaign which is even more memorable because of its unexpected nature.
I remember an early lesson from my ex-boss about charity advertising: ask for a specific amount. Instead of saying ‘donate generously’ asking for a specific amount has a better chance of getting a donation. Second, make the response mechanism easy. In advertising, I grew up in the print era where the coupon was a powerful […]