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Scratch-and-Sniff banner ad
Monday, 29th April 2013 at 12:50pm
From the company that brought you 'the man your man could smell like' comes a new kind of banner ad. Old Spice, which is becoming renowned for its crazy ad antics has produced the internet's first scratch-and-sniff banner advert.
Unlike Google's April Fools joke, this one won't have you pressing your nose up to the screen, instead you fill in a form and they will send you 'the smell of the Internet'.
This is another clever and amusing campaign from the brand, promoting their Wolfthorn line of products.
Take a sniff for yourself here or see it in action over on the Onion's Sport Page.
Top 10 Super Bowl ads of all time
Wednesday, 16th January 2013 at 1:36pm
We at The Think Tank love two things, Top 10's and great adverts, so here's Marketing Week's Top 10 Super Bowl Adverts of all time!With the Super Bowl only round the corner (3rd February in-case you were wondering), Marketing week has done a round up of their favourite commercials that have aired during America's most-viewed sporting event, with the cost for the ad space reaching astronomical amounts.
Whilst the Top 10 is for commercials shown in the U.S. some may be familiar to U.K audiences too with the Volkswagon "Force" advert, or the Budweiser "wassup" advert included in the round-up.
Have a look at the full Top 10 here.
Tagged Super Bowl, advertising, marketing, Budweiser, Volkswagen, old spice, Nike, Honda, Reebok, E-Trade, Diet Pepsi, Mastercard, Apple
A great ad for Bounce? Or is it?
Friday, 3rd February 2012 at 4:51am
Good viewing.
View in full screen for the full impact.
New Old Spice Advert tells men to "Smell Better Than Yourself"
Tuesday, 22nd November 2011 at 10:32am
Three Classic Social Media Campaigns
Wednesday, 26th October 2011 at 8:13am
1. Evian - 'Roller Babies'
A classic integrated campaign that featured babies break dancing and roller skating to Rapper's Delight. Now with almost 50million views of YouTube and several other spin off videos including interviews - a global success story. Oh, and very funny!
Click here to view
2. Old Spice - 'Smell Like a Man, Man'
Isaiah Mustafa had already become popular in the Old Spice TV ads but this was extended when a campaign was created that allowed him to interact with the audience, responding to questions via online videos and Twitter. The campaign quickly spread around the world creating a new life for the Old Spice brand proving that customer interaction is key to successful social media campaigns.
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3. Office Max - 'Elf Yourself'
This US office supply retailer has been 'elfing' people around the world for five years. Transforming customer's faces into dancing elves. The result of the first campaign was 122 million elves and great brand awareness. And they have continued the tradition each year since. Great fun and created a spin off business, Jib Jab. Get ready for 2011 Season.
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