Category Archives: Marketing & Advertising

Marketing and advertising news and tactics that caught my eye.

Baby Cucumbers

Perfect for snacks and…What?!?!

baby cucumbers
(via)

Jeff, one lonely guy

Need to talk about anything? Call Jeff. I wonder what kid of calls he got?

Jeff, one lonely guy
(via)

Ads that should be reworded

Advertising can be full of inappropriate double entendre.

Advertising can be full of inappropriate double entendre.
(via)

How to drug a woman to make her more accepting of doing housework

A vintage ad for a drug that will make your wife compliant. Wow.

sexist ad
(via Boing Boing)

Looking for members for a new gang

Is this how gangs are formed?

gang
(via)

The Vault containing the secret formula of Coca-Cola

It hasn’t been moved in 86 years, but today the secret is out – The Coca-Cola Company has moved the125-year-old secret formula for Coca-Cola to a new home at the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta. For the first time in history, the vault containing the secret formula will be visible to the public in a permanent exhibit titled The Vault of the Secret Formula, opening today at the World of Coca-Cola.

coke vault

Photo Source: Coke

coke vault

I think this might be Pepsi’s vault for it’s formula. 

I think this might be Pepsi's vault for it's formula.

Ferris Bueller’s Super Bowl Ad

This commercial will air during the Super Bowl and is directed by The Hangover’s Todd Philips. The commercial is for a 2012 Honda CR-V. Broderick is shown reprising his classic role as Bueller playing hooky, this time from his Hollywood career of appearing in an unspecified movie.

Think you’re a true fan of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off? They hid over two dozen references to the movie throughout the commercial. Some are obvious, some are VERY subtle. How many did you find?

Celebrities will tweet for you for a fee

See how much celebrities charge to promote things for you on Twitter.

celebrity tweet costs

Do it, Sherlock!

Sherlock Holmes / Twilight movie poster juxtaposition. (via)

Sherlock Holmes / Twilight movie poster juxtaposition.

Milwaukee Public Library message attracts worldwide attention

Ads to promote reading by the Milwaukee Public Library.

Ads to promote reading by the Milwaukee Public Library.
(via School Matters MKE)