We all know that times are not good. Many of us are facing challenges to keep our sales flowing continuously. There’s hardly time for anything else other than servicing existing clients, following up on leads and doing whatever it takes to close the deals. Yet, at the end of it all, our sales just don’t [...]

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Advertising Agency: Contract Advertising, Thailand ~Executive Creative Director: Manirat Banthukamphon ~ Art Directors: Kavin Sitsayanaren, Manirat Banthukamphon ~ Copywriter: Manisa Orprasert ~ Published: October 2008
If you have a commodity-type product and you do not quite know how to sell it, there’re 2 options:
The tedious, but certainly, a proven and effective method is to build a [...]

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Don’t click on these 2 ads to see the enlarged version first. That will burst the suspense bubble right away. Make a guess at what the sea turtle and clown fish are staring at, with their eyes super big and round?

Agency: Publicis Conseil, Paris ~ Executive Creative Director: Olivier Altmann ~ Art Director: Frdric Royer [...]

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I don’t know about other bloggers but I was really irked when those “RSS Feed” blogs used my posts rampantly without the common courtesy of including a credit line or a link. Some of these irresponsible blogs even credited my posts to someone else. I once wrote to a site owner via his comment box  [...]

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Do read my previous post on Durex Extra Safe Stork Ad if you have not so that you can join us in deciding if you like the stork condom ads better or this condom series from Tulipan.

Advertising Agency: Y&R, Buenos Aires, Argentina
These Tulipan condom advertisements were released on Spring Day, a.k.a. Students Day, in Argentina. [...]

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Today is one of those lucky days where I have a breather to go blog visiting and I chose to roam at Ivan’s Ads of the World. For us in the advertising and design industry, Ivan’s blog is a treasure trove of delights.
I chanced upon this series of Durex Extra Safe ads:

Advertising Agency: DDB New [...]

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The ad has a single line, “It’s hard to concentrate on a good book with a wet diaper on your mind.” The rest of the copy is made up of one letter, “p”.
Who do you think the line is for? For the baby who cannot hear anything except “p” as you read him/her the bedtime [...]

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As EmpressEricka had said over at YouTube: “This commercial is LEGENDARY. Its been around for almost 20 years now.” That’s certainly a long time, especially in the advertising world.
This 15-second commercial distinguishes itself from other Christmas commercial by being simple and minimalistic. There is no frills. There’s just the products – Hershey’s Kisses chocolates [...]

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