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Ad of the Day: Two Friends Rampage Through Games in PlayStation's Salute to...
The great thing about video games is you can do all kinds of cool, crazy, dangerous and impossible things without actually having to do them. Instead, you just sit on your couch with your buddy...
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How a Company Known for Retail Ads Suddenly Made a Gorgeous Spot for Hardwood...
IDEA: Lumber Liquidators isn't exactly known for beautiful, romantic advertising. The hardwood flooring specialty retailer is much more versed in transactional, price-focused messaging. (Just look at...
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Agency Gives You Free Beer for Filling Out Your Timesheets, Because Nothing...
The industry is rapidly changing, but one thing remains the same: Literally the only thing that gets agency people to fill out their timesheets consistently is free beer. The latest example comes from...
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Ad of the Day: Ford Pranks Drivers by Turning a Car Wash Into a Haunted House
Don't you hate it when you're just trying to get your car washed and some freaking weirdo with a wood axe pounces on your hood and starts banging on your windshield? Ford jumps on the...
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Source Marketing's Kersten Rivas on the Advantage of a Smaller Agency
 Photo: Alfred MaskeroniSpecsNew gig President, Source MarketingOld gig Managing director, Havas Worldwide New YorkAge 43Twitter @mittonrivasWhat drew you to Source Marketing? I was at Havas for eight...
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British Coast Guard Ad About Changing Weather Is Chilling Even Under Sunny Skies
This PSA by AMV BBDO for the British Coast Guard, titled "Every Second Counts," pairs Hallmarky imagery of children playing on the beach with audio from a frantic 999 emergency call in which three...
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Ad of the Day: Oreo Is Creating Adorable Halloween 'Nomsters' in a Tim...
The mad scientists at Oreo are laughing maniacally as they cook up adorable little monsters—called "nomsters"—in a tiny, spooky little lab for Halloween. Beginning today, fans of the Mondelez cookie...
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This Shampoo Ad Is Lovely and All, but Can It Really Stop Couples From...
If you're looking for a "no more tears" kind of shampoo commercial, I'd skip this nearly five-minute Chinese ad for Procter & Gamble's Rejoice from Leo Burnett Hong Kong. It's all about making...
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Smartphones Troll Their Owners in Clever Ads About Learning and Attention Issues
Parents grow increasingly frustrated as Siri-type phone assistants misunderstand their requests in a pair of 60-second Advertising Council PSAs from Publicis Kaplan Thaler. The goal is to build...
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OK Go Guys Ride Tiny Little Honda Unicycles in Their Fantastic New Video
Does OK Go release albums? Like, full-blown records with multiple songs on them? I don't know. I don't care. Their videos are enough for all of us. Japanese creative agency Mori is behind this one....
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Diet Coke Prints 2 Million Unique Labels in Latest Stroke of Packaging Genius
You thought Coca-Cola was getting personal when it rolled out 250 bottle labels featuring people's first names. Well, Diet Coke just went and individualized 2 million bottle designs. Coca-Coca Israel...
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Trulia Terrifies Home Buyers With a Haunted Open House for Halloween
Real-estate companies love haunted-house pranks. We saw it earlier this year with this gotcha video from Denmark. And now, digital realtor Trulia is embracing scare tactics with its own hidden-camera...
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Ad of the Day: How Subaru Perfectly Poked Fun at Itself With Its Great...
Subaru's "Memory Lane" ad from Carmichael Lynch, with the hippie grandma teaching her granddaughter to love nature, has been out for more than a month. But it's still airing, and is one of the more...
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Ad of the Day: Crest Gets Kids All Jacked Up on Candy in Cute and Crazy...
We're approaching the holiday where little kids dressed as Marvel superheroes and the cast of Frozen will descend upon neighborhoods across the U.S., amped up on sugar, requiring that adults fork over...
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Which Fears Hold Back Your Agency, Brand or Career? Exorcise Your Demons at...
With Halloween nearly upon us, it's time to confront our fears. But since this is #AdweekChat, we're going to set aside our nightmares of ax-wielding murderers in favor of more topical terrors:...
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NFL Players Say 'No More' to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in Powerful...
Nearly two dozen current and former National Football League stars appear in powerful new PSAs condemning domestic violence and sexual abuse. They look straight into the camera as they say "No more"...
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Chrysler Celebrates Being American by Making You Think It's German or Japanese
How do you sell American cars in 2014? By tricking people into first thinking your goods are Japanese or German. Chrysler is launching a tongue-in-cheek campaign for its 200 model with TV ads...
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Peeps Do Their Best to Get Scary for Halloween
More sweet. Less scary. That's the promotional campaign, not the ingredient list. The perennial Easter favorite Peeps continue to try to become a year-round candy with these "peepified" illustrations...
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One Woman and Her GoPro Reveal the True Nature of Street Harassment
If you're a woman, this video is not going to be that enlightening. It documents some of the creepier instances of verbal harassment—from more than 100 total—that a woman received during 10 hours of...
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HP Celebrates Human Hands in This Ad for Its Wild New 3-D Touch Computer
We rely on our hands to get us through our various daily projects, whether it's typing on a computer, creating works of art or instructing others to follow a plan. Now, HP wants us to use the power of...
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