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Marketing, Advertising and Social Media News With Attitude by Steve Hallen-us2014-02-20T13:38:33-05:00Old Navy Just Made Its Worst Commercial in A Long Time
http://www.adrants.com/2014/02/old-navy-just-made-its-worst-commercial.php
The comments on AdWeek's Ad of the Day review of Old Navy's new Chandelier-created ad featuring MADtv comic Debra Wilson sum it up perfectly.]]>Commercials2014-02-20T13:38:33-05:00Diet Mountain Dew Turns Dale Earnhardt Into Nature's Worst Enemy
http://www.adrants.com/2014/02/diet-mountain-dew-turns-dale-earnhardt.php
Oh yea. Here's a great concept for a Diet Mountain Dew ad.]]>Commercials2014-02-06T13:07:28-05:00Ogilvy Johannesburg Gives Us Yet Another Silly Rendition of 'Real-World Social Media'
http://www.adrants.com/2013/10/ogilvy-johannesburg-gives-us-yet-another.php
Really? Really? Have we not seen enough silly iterations of the whole "what if the real world were like social media" stunts?]]>Bad2013-10-28T11:31:27-05:00Doritos and College Humor Deliver Unbold, Unfunny Lunchtime Stunt
http://www.adrants.com/2013/10/doritos-and-college-humor-deliver.php
Hmm. Is this even funny? Is this even good advertising? ]]>Bad2013-10-21T12:14:08-05:00JetBlue Reminds Us Just How Much Flying Sucks
http://www.adrants.com/2013/09/jetblue-reminds-us-just-how-much-flying.php
Here's the problem with JetBlue's new Mullen-created commercial for JetBlue. No matter how you sugarcoat it (bags fly free, most legroom in coach, unlimited snacks, free TV, friendly flight attendants), flying still sucks.]]>Bad2013-09-17T13:51:36-05:00Microsoft Pulls Ill-Conceived Anti-iPhone Ad
http://www.adrants.com/2013/09/microsoft-pulls-illconceived.php
Microsoft has, today, pulled a video it posted Friday entitled " A fly on the wall in Cupertino" in which two actors present to "T", aka a fictitious TIm Cook (which is this video actually looks more like Steve Jobs), what they've been working on leading up to last week's Apple iPhone event. ]]>Spoofs2013-09-16T18:29:45-05:00DC Navy Shooting 'Sponsored' by Progressive's 'Gun-Toting' Flo
http://www.adrants.com/2013/09/dc-navy-shooting-sponsored-by.php
Adrants reader Micah Donahue sent us this mobile screenshot of a Progressive ad banner above a CNN story about today's shooting inside a D.C naval facility. In the banner, Progressive's Flo can be seen aiming a gun at the viewer.]]>Bad2013-09-16T12:50:24-05:00Oppo N1 Smartphone Ad Campaign Brimming With Sexual Innuendo
http://www.adrants.com/2013/08/oppo-n1-smartphone-ad-campaign-brimming.php
A new ad for Chinese smartphone company Oppo has released an ad touting the fact their new phone has a touch screen on the back as well as the front. To convey this point, the brand went the easy route and chose to make an analogy between the back of the phone and a lady's back.]]>Bad2013-08-22T13:17:20-05:00Pepsi Thinks Soda Coursing Through Your Veins is A Good Thing
http://www.adrants.com/2013/07/pepsi-thinks-soda-coursing-through-your.php
It's really quite sad when soda brands even remotely imply their products approach something any sane person would consider healthy. ]]>Bad2013-07-02T09:07:35-05:00Agencies Continue to Embarrass With Self Promomotional Videos
http://www.adrants.com/2012/05/agencies-continue-to-embarrass-with-self.php
To be clear, we bear no ill will towards any agency's attempt to self promote. OK, that's not exactly true. Why? Because when agencies decide to self-promote, the results are often disastrous. ]]>Agencies2012-05-31T09:45:17-05:00
The comments on AdWeek's Ad of the Day review of Old Navy's new Chandelier-created ad featuring MADtv comic Debra Wilson sum it up perfectly.]]>
Oh yea. Here's a great concept for a Diet Mountain Dew ad.]]>
Really? Really? Have we not seen enough silly iterations of the whole "what if the real world were like social media" stunts?]]>
Hmm. Is this even funny? Is this even good advertising? ]]>
Here's the problem with JetBlue's new Mullen-created commercial for JetBlue. No matter how you sugarcoat it (bags fly free, most legroom in coach, unlimited snacks, free TV, friendly flight attendants), flying still sucks.]]>
Microsoft has, today, pulled a video it posted Friday entitled " A fly on the wall in Cupertino" in which two actors present to "T", aka a fictitious TIm Cook (which is this video actually looks more like Steve Jobs), what they've been working on leading up to last week's Apple iPhone event. ]]>
Adrants reader Micah Donahue sent us this mobile screenshot of a Progressive ad banner above a CNN story about today's shooting inside a D.C naval facility. In the banner, Progressive's Flo can be seen aiming a gun at the viewer.]]>
A new ad for Chinese smartphone company Oppo has released an ad touting the fact their new phone has a touch screen on the back as well as the front. To convey this point, the brand went the easy route and chose to make an analogy between the back of the phone and a lady's back.]]>
It's really quite sad when soda brands even remotely imply their products approach something any sane person would consider healthy. ]]>
To be clear, we bear no ill will towards any agency's attempt to self promote. OK, that's not exactly true. Why? Because when agencies decide to self-promote, the results are often disastrous. ]]>