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Saatchi and Saatchi’s Toyota Campaign fail

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!When a marketing campaign goes pear-shaped, it can be flagged, viewed, commented on and shared in a matter of minutes (the wonders of the internet). I’m sure this is what they had in mind when they started the video competition, [...]

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Excellent ad from The Sun

Well, for once, The Sun produces something worth mentioning! A great send up of the Apple ads

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Audi Tries to Create an Online Pro-Diesel Movement

For Audi’s latest advertising campaign, the automaker says it’s promoting a cause, not just its cars. With a motto of “Diesel: It’s no longer a dirty word,” the “Truth in Diesel” campaign aims to convince consumers that diesel is the greenest solution, said Scott Keogh, Audi of America’s chief marketing officer. Interesting to see how [...]

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More companies and brands should have fun

Now this is awesome. The new Star Trek movie is getting reviews, and they recently had an event where hardcore fans went to a big screen showing of Wrath of the Khan. They had also been promised 10 minutes of the new film as a sneak peek. Lo and behold, 10 minutes into Wrath of [...]

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Microsoft are trying

They are really trying to convince people that PCs are a good choice, and in fact, on some of the videos, there are some relatively good thoughts and comments. But none of them actually talk about the one thing that really matters. The OS. No matter how hard you try, there is nothing, and I [...]

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