How To Turn a Regular Ad Viral: 11 Creative Billboards Dan Koelsch, November 24, 2009November 23, 2009 It’s hard to get your brand recognized nowadays with all the advertising noise out in the world, the Internet, and TV. Thus, you need to find a way to separate yourself from the bunch. ARGs and viral campaigns are one way to do that, but you can do it on a much simpler, one time basis. You drive by them everyday, usually not even noticing them, until someone decides to do something a bit interesting. Yes, I’m talking about creative billboards. The Huffington Post has a list of 11 Billboards that truely stand out, which include the ones for Kill Bill 2 and Law & Order seen below. Check out the article for the other non-entertainment ones. The list of course neglects the great District 9 billboards we saw this summer, but nonetheless, these are really cool. We sometimes forget viral is really about getting people to notice and talk about the advertising, and that’s what these billboards do, even if it its for something as boring as insurance. Viral Marketing
Mad Men Parodies: Emmy Commercials and Don Draper’s College Orientation August 23, 2010August 23, 2010This seems to be the Summer of Mad Men, as the show is popping up everywhere. The Emmys are coming up this Sunday, and late night talk show host (and former laugher during SNL skits) Jimmy Fallon is hosting. To promote the television award show, NBC has two commercials with… Read More
Train Railings Turn To Lightsabers in Japan September 26, 2011To promote the September 16th Blu-ray release of Star Wars: The Complete Saga in Japan, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan turned handrails of trains in Tokyo into lightsabers. According to Japan Trends, this is the first time the handrails have ever been used for advertising. See another photo after… Read More
District 9 Gun on eBay August 3, 2009August 3, 2009Finally, some non-Iron Man news. Remember that awesome Arc Gun we showed District 9 character Wikus carrying? Well, it’s up for auction on eBay! Sure, it’s only the movie prop, but it’s still pretty badass. There’s still several days left, so if you have the cash, go for it! Read More