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Advertising
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Shocking Anti Text And Drive Ads Go For The “You’ll Definitely Die Horribly” Angle [PICS]
20 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The laws on texting and driving are constantly improving but still the tragedies that are happening are too high. Perhaps these adverts will make you think twice the next time you text and drive.
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Radvertising: Holland Tourism Nails It With Excellent “Original Cool” Campaign [VIDEO]
17 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 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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From Tame To Sexually Explicit: American Apparel Has Totally Different Rules For Male And Female Models [GALLERY]
17 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
American Apparel has always been known for its risque advertising campaigns. But it isn’t the sexiness causing a ruckus lately. It’s the different rules that seem to apply for male and female ads.
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Radvertising: Push To Add Drama 2 [VIDEO]
16 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 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 Jasmine Stone / 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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LinkedIn Is For Everyone – Except Prostitutes
14 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The popular professional social media platform, LinkedIn is cracking down on prostitutes using the site to attract business. The company recently released a change in policy, and one change that stood out was that escorts shall not conduct their business on the site.
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Fake Samsung S4 Twitter Accounts Are Posting Pro-Samsung Tweets
14 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Has Samsung no shame? The smart phone company gained some bad publicity recently when information leaked regarding their payment of Taiwanese students to write bad reviews about opposition tech firm, HTC. At the time, the SouthKorean tech giant blamed their social media agency, but it looks like they could be back to their naughty ways.
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Radvertising: NSRI’s Sea Fever Campaign Is Hot Fire [VIDEO]
13 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 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 Jasmine Stone / 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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Bizarre Pro-Nigerian President Propaganda Banner Ads Flight On UK Telegraph Website [PIC]
07 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Well, this is a little bizarre. Earlier this morning, a banner ad flighted on the home page of The Telegraph. The banner, which closely resembles the stylistic love child of a mexican restaurant ad and a Tiger Wheel and Tyre ad, reads: “Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is the most dynamic president of Nigeria ever”.
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Radvertising: This Anti-Abuse Ad Is Only Visible To Children [VIDEO]
06 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 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 Jasmine Stone / 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 Jasmine Stone / 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 Jasmine Stone / 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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Samsung Is Waging An Online Trolling War Against Apple
25 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The smartphone industry has become a boxing ring, with top companies – Samsung – taking a stab at competitors to benefit their product. Samsung was recently embarassed for paying college student to write reviews about their products and face them up against HTC, and they seem to back at it.
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Today’s Viral Video – Evian’s New “Baby & Me” Film Is Awesome [VIDEO]
24 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 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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Radvertising: Virgin America’s New Airline Dating Service – Sir Richard Branson’s Guide To Getting Lucky [VIDEO]
24 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Virgin America has launched a seat-to-seat delivery system for thier inflight passengers on US flights. Yes, you can actually send drinks to random passengers in your cabin now. This is awesome.
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Here Are All Of The Xpanda Radio Ads [AUDIO]
24 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 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 Jasmine Stone / 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 Jasmine Stone / 51 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 Jasmine Stone / 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 Jasmine Stone / 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 Jasmine Stone / 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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Radvertising: Kmart’s “Ship My Pants” Campaign Is Gold [VIDEO]
15 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 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 Jasmine Stone / 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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Everyone’s Flipping Out Over Tiger Woods Nike Ad – “Winning Takes Care Of Everything” [PIC]
27 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
I’m not sure we can really blame Nike for this, to be honest. Their major brand ambassadors haven’t exactly been covering themselves in glory lately. Over the last two years we’ve been treated to porn stars by Tiger, career kleptomania by Lance, and an ongoing trial for Oscar. So you almost feel a little sorry […]
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Man Turns Impressive Mohawk Into Walking Billboard [PICS]
25 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This gentleman has turned his high mohawk into a mobile advertising space. Affectionately known as Mohawk Gaz, he uses his mohawk as a canvas and spray paints his locks with “hard-to-miss” attention grabbing brand images and slogans. Gaz has advertised for brands including Visa and NBA, which he counts as his most challenging advert thus far, […]
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Ad Agency Charges R9 200 For A Tweet
20 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Anyone who handles the marketing budget for a brand knows that creative in advertising costs a pretty penny. And with good reason – ideas are the very stuff of novelty. Ideas are what gets your brand remembered. A London-based creative agency has taken a novel approach to how they interact with their clients. They do […]
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Radvertising: French Toilet Paper Ad Is Solid Gold [VIDEO]
14 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
“Emma…” Do you know one of those condescending twerps who smirks whenever you read a book, print a page, write something one a note pad – their tablet in hand? Are you one of those condescending twerps? Do you use an iPad when you run out of toilet paper? Obviously not. This rad TV ad […]
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Old Spice Launches New Spokeperson – Mr Wolfdog [VIDEO]
11 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Old Spice’s ad agency, Wieden+Kennedy has introduced a new spokesperson to the now revered line of YouTube Old Spice spokespeople, which has included the likes of Isaiah Mustafa and Fabio Lanzoni. The ambassador for their Wild Collection is a wolf, Mr Wolfdog. And obviously, he has been appointed their Executive Director of Marketing, and enjoys his […]
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