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Advertising
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Leaked Unapproved Panasonic Ad Uses Reeva Steenkamp’s Image With “Shoot Your Girlfriend” Strapline [GALLERY]
22 May 2013 by Gabi October / 2 Comments
There are always adverts that don’t make it to print, and advertisers wish their clients had taken the leap and used them. But not all is wasted thanks to the UK Chip Shop Awards.
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Radvertising: Coca-Cola Hits Another Feel Good Home Run In India And Pakistan [VIDEO]
22 May 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
In March of this year the super-brand decided to go one step further than just making people smile in their “Open Happiness” campaign. How you ask? Oh, just by creating a bit of world peace with a fizzy drink, that’s all. Click through to watch how.
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Attention Hipsters: Stick It To The Man By Selling Advertising Space In Your Beard
21 May 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
Looks like the large billboards you drive past are becoming a thing of the past.
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Fiat Nails Photobomb Of Volkswagen Head Office On Google Maps Street View [PICS]
21 May 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
Hilarious. The average person uses Google Street view to see where they are going or merely to play around, finding your house on the interwebs and so forth. But Fiat used this amazing form of technology to their advantage – by getting one up on their competitor, Volkswagen. Almost a year ago, a Fiat worker sneakily [...]
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The Real Dove Beauty Sketch Becomes The Most Watched Online Ad In History [VIDEO]
21 May 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Dove has a new title, the most watched Internet advert. The “Dove Real Beauty Sketches” campaign has placed the company on top of the log with over 114 million views to date since its release last month.
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Radvertising: Holland Tourism Nails It With Excellent “Original Cool” Campaign [VIDEO]
17 May 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 1 Comment
Let’s be honest, everyone knows the reason why people want to go to Amsterdam, but if those unmentionables haven’t struck your fancy, then maybe this advert will make you reconsider.
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Radvertising: Push To Add Drama 2 [VIDEO]
16 May 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 1 Comment
Amazing sequel video to TNT’s “Push To Add Drama” campaign.
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Radvertising: “The First Taste” For TED Introduces Kids To New Food In Slow Motion [VIDEO]
15 May 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
Marketing Agency, Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney collaborated with Heckler to create this amazing short video of kids tasting foods for the first time. The video, shot in high quality, was screened at the TEDxSydney 2013.
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Radvertising: NSRI’s Sea Fever Campaign Is Hot Fire [VIDEO]
13 May 2013 by Gabi October / 4 Comments
The National Sea Rescue Institute is a non-profit organisation comprised of almost 900 unpaid volunteers. Ogilvy and Mather advertising agency, together with Velocity productions, created and produced this advert to highlight the work that they do.
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Radvertising: The Old Spice Guy Is Back… Selling Beer [VIDEO]
10 May 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
Isaiah Mustaf, or “The Old Spice Guy” dropped off the radar a little bit after his role in the Man Your Man Could Smell Like campaign. Where in the heck did he go? He went to Israel. To sell beer. Obviously.
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Radvertising: This Anti-Abuse Ad Is Only Visible To Children [VIDEO]
06 May 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 1 Comment
Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk, or The ANAR Foundation has found a way to get their anti-abuse message to children, without their potentially-abusive guardian being able to disarm the message.
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Raise Cash For Charity While Watching Porn [N5FW VIDEO]
02 May 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
Come4 is a porn site. But it’s no regular mosaic of flashing private bits. The site is dedicated to serving users high quality porn, for a price, and the income goes toward funding for charities and ethically driven projects.
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Today’s Viral Video – “Shift It” Is Comedy Gold [VIDEO]
02 May 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 1 Comment
its upload on Tuesday, this video showing a commercial for Arlen’s Transmission in Burbank, CA has has racked up almost 400 000 views. The ad features the owner, Goorgen Zargarian who also happens to be the one of the greatest performers YouTube has seen to date.
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Hyundai Advert Makes A Punchline Out Of A Botched Suicide Attempt [VIDEO]
26 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
Contracted Hyundai advertising agency, Innocean was manadated to create an ad to show off the new ix35′s fairly amazing 100% water emission feature… And they ballsed up. Or did they?
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Today’s Viral Video – Evian’s New “Baby & Me” Film Is Awesome [VIDEO]
24 Apr 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
The “Live Young” themed video has been a massive hit since it was uploaded four days ago. Its 28 million views and downright cuteness is what makes it our Viral Video Of The Day.
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Here Are All Of The Xpanda Radio Ads [AUDIO]
24 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / 18 Comments
Yesterday, local security barrier company, Xpanda, came under fire for the flighting of a controversial radio ad. They claimed the ad was part of a larger campaign, and that the public shouldn’t be offended. Here are all of the ads – you decide
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Unapologetic Xpanda Responds To Outcry Over Racist Radio Ads – Ignores The Sexist One
23 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / 7 Comments
Xpanda, a local security barrier company who are taking a lot of heat for their massive failure of a radio ad (listen here) have released a statement, clarifying their position on the matter.
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Badvertising: Xpanda Makes The Most Racist, Sexist Adverts In South Africa [AUDIO + PIC]
23 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / 50 Comments
Local security barrier firm, Xpanda, have come under serious fire on social media for what may well be the most racist thing to happen on radio since democracy. But that’s not their only offensive ad. They’re quite keen on sexism in their print ads, too
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Goodvertising: Brandhouse Social Media Campaign Targets Drunk Driving
19 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
Local beverage company, brandhouse recently launched what they’re calling a “social media activism” campaign aimed at young adults, in an effort to curb rates of drunk driving in South Africa. We call that goodvertising.
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Advertising Campaign Give Guys Stage Fright In the Toilet [VIDEO + PICS]
19 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Going to the bathroom has never been this much fun.
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US Digital Ad Revenues Hit Record High Of $37 Billion, Mobile Doubles
18 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
According to newly released statistics by the Interactive Advertising Bureau in 2012, digital advertising hit a record high of $36,6 billion (R330 billion) in 2012. This spike was partly due to huge growth in mobile and video advertising.
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WATCH: Facebook Home’s New Ad Wants You To Ignore The People You’re With [VIDEO]
16 Apr 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
Facebook Home’s most current video is slightly easier to understand than a few of their earlier efforts – the only problem is that that message of the ad has been roundly rejected by The People of The Internet.
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Radvertising: Kmart’s “Ship My Pants” Campaign Is Gold [VIDEO]
15 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
Kmart have taken to YouTube to promote their new shipping service, and they have nailed it by encouraging customers to “ship my pants”. Say that fast. There isn’t really much more we can say about this, apart from the fact that the child is a real highlight.
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Radvertising: TV Commercial Shot In Cape Town CBD Features Stampede, Dinosaurs And UFOs [VIDEO]
04 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
This excellent television commercial for Samsung’s Smart TV range demands to be watched, because it features a stampede of Wildebeest, a rampaging T-Rex, and an alien invasion – all couched within the familiar architecture of Cape Town’s CBD.
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