Tag Archives: advertising

Advertising on Google maps

20 Feb

Tweet This quick (and quirky) one comes courtesy of topcultured.com, who have spotted some rather nifty advertising on Google Maps. In this example, a clever chap has decided to use the 16 acres of land he has for sale, to advertise the fact. Very simple, but I hesitate to say effective because you’re relying on a lot [...]

Purell – Dirty Hands [Not official]

21 Dec

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Tweet I saw this come in across the normal ad-blog channels the other day and some were flaming it. First up I think it’s obvious (to me at least) that this isn’t sanctioned by Purell, although that’s not to say that it shouldn’t be – I love the cinematography and it’s got class stamped all [...]

I’ve got 99 blog posts and this aint one!

23 Nov

Tweet Well, 100 posts. It’s a bit of a milestone for us, and something we want to celebrate even though it’s a low number for a few reasons. Firstly, we didn’t slack off and quit after a month, not even when jobs changed and we no longer sat opposite each other. Secondly, we’re massively cynical [...]

Contagion live bacteria billboard

23 Sep

Tweet Wow, just wow! That’s how I want to start this post. Warner Bros wanted to promote their new film Contagion in Toronto and, rather than follow the usual route of sticking a big flashy poster up they decided to build a couple of giant petri dishes and grow the ad using bacteria. The video [...]

Philips noise reduction headphones

27 May

Tweet Today’s brief update comes from Mudra in India. They’ve been tasked with promoting some noise reduction headphones from Philips and I think they’ve done a good job in doing so. The images show a noisy inverted environment and a person wearing headphones in a calm area all to themselves. It’s great at getting to [...]

Sea Life Raincampaign – Fresh Green Ads

26 Apr

Tweet I’ve got the main man himself, Mr @GuyKawasaki to thank for spotting this one (founder of alltop don’t you know!) Straight out of Amsterdam (what a city!), is a media agency that combine green mentality to advertising practice, creating some truly spectacular interactive advertising that has captured my attention in a big, big way. [...]