12 kinds of ads

Here’s an example of on-line learning, from Slate. There are only 12 kinds of ads. I thought this slide show by Seth Stevenson, revisting Donald Gunn’s 1978 theory about there being only 12 kinds of [master] ads possible, was a great little exercise. It...

Misplaced ad placements

Courtesy of Opinionated Marketers, found this posting about 15 ads with unfortunate location. The naughty ones tends to win out over the morbid, in my opinion. There are location (real estate) and timing (jokes) mantras that come to mind.

Paris to New York by train

Got to love these ads by the French national train company SNCF. They have a web-based travel agency voyages-SNCF that is advertising travel (needing air) to certain worldwide destinations based on the names of certain French villages. The campaign first appeared last...

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