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Ad of the Day: Tap King
This man has delicious-looking beer in his fridge. Also, Lionel Richie. It's a fantastic use of one of the most recognizable songs in history, which is perhaps why it's no longer on YouTube, and it's...
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Modern Climate Helps Brands Get Mobile
SpecsWho (l. to r.) John Moberg, COO, CTO; Keith Wolf, CCO; Geoff Bremner, president and CEO; Jason Tell, chief knowledge officerWhat Digital ad agencyWhere Minneapolis Founded in 1998 as a regional...
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Leo Burnett Honors Chicago Blackhawks With McDonald's Hockey-Stick Fries
Would you like an NHL championship with that? Leo Burnett in Chicago found an appetizing way to support the Blackhawks during their Stanley Cup run this summer, creating a special bus-shelter display...
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Molson's World-Traveling Beer Fridge Can Be Opened Only With a Canadian Passport
I'm not sure I'd swipe my passport through a vending machine, regardless of the reward, but perhaps I would if I were Canadian and needed a beer badly enough. Molson Canadian recently visited several...
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Ad of the Day: Grey Poupon
Of all the branded efforts around gay pride in this historic week, this one from Grey Poupon and agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky is perhaps the best. A clever take on a classic advertisement, rendered...
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Nature Conservancy Ads Paint the Planet's Future as Either/Or
Environmental debates are touchy, and often noticeably lacking in nuanced dialogue. Interesting, then, that The Nature Conservancy, which says it's committed to taking a creative and balanced approach...
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Nike Gives Kevin Durant a Second Chance at Being Drafted First
"He can't ball, he just tall." With smack talk on his sneering lips, 5-foot-9 forward Anton Barrels makes his commercial debut in this Nike Basketball spot from Wieden + Kennedy, set during a shirt vs....
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The World's Best Outdoor Ads, 2012-13
We've looked at all the Grand Prix and Gold Lion winners in the Film and Press competitions from last week's Cannes Lions festival. Today, we turn to the Outdoor Lions category. The Grand Prix winner,...
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Ad of the Day: Geico
Must be nice to have pummeled your audience with enough advertising that they think of your pitch as literally common knowledge. That's the enviable position Geico finds itself in, as it launches yet...
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Vibrating Train Windows Will Soon Transmit Ads Directly Into Your Skull
If you're ever tired on a subway or train, be careful—a new advertising medium might put some ideas in your head. Literally. BBDO Düsseldorf has developed a special window for public transportation...
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People Are Loving the Super Sultry Cover of a Classic Elvis Song in These...
In 1957, when Elvis recorded "All Shook Up," grinding and groping was referred to as heavy petting. Today, it's called an ad campaign for adult sexual aids. To launch a trio of new lubricants, Church...
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Happy 25th Birthday to Nike's 'Just Do It,' the Last Great Advertising Slogan
Nike's "Just do it" slogan, unveiled 25 years ago this month by Wieden + Kennedy, might be the last great tagline in advertising history. Yes, other notables have come since—among them, Apple's "Think...
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Ad of the Day: Snickers
Eat some Snickers Bites before you turn into Kenny G and bore your friends to death. So says the latest installment in the Mars candy brand's "You're not you when you're hungry" campaign from BBDO in...
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Biker Bee and Friends Swarm a City in Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey Ad
The Jack Daniel's biker bee is back in this new spot from Arnold in Boston, and this time he brought a whole swarm of friends to tear through a weirdly empty city to find a bottle of Tennessee Honey....
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Epic Meal Time Guys Bring Their Supersize Appetites to Carl's Jr. Ads
It was only a matter of time. YouTube's gurus of gluttony, the EpicMealTime guys, have partnered with the burger pornographers at Carl's Jr./Hardee's to promote the chain's new Super Bacon...
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Virgin Atlantic Turns NYC Park Bench Into the Lap of Luxury
Young & Rubicam placed an "Upper Class Bench" on Broadway and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, in the pedestrian park near the Flatiron Building, as the centerpiece of its experiential campaign designed...
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Newcastle Ambushes July 4 by Inventing 'Independence Eve,' Celebrating...
British brands, understandably, don't have much to say around the Fourth of July—until now. Newcastle Brown Ale, among the cheekiest of U.K. marketers, has turned America's most patriotic holiday to...
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Ad of the Day: Honda
Full disclosure: I have a collection of Transformers toys that is way too large for a sane adult man to reasonably own. And this new Honda advertisement from Wieden + Kennedy in London makes the part...
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Belgian Bank Pulls Seriously Creepy Prank to Warn You About Identity Theft
Witness the cautionary prankvertising in this viral spot for a Belgian bank warning you not to give out financial information online. Recounting more than just a simple case of credit-card fraud, the...
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British Ad With Mom Showing Off Cleavage to Her Son's Friends Escapes Censure
Undeniably stupid, but worth banning? That was the tough call facing Britain's ad watchdog as it dealt with 176 complaints over the spot below, for soft drink Irn-Bru. The plot, such as it is,...
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