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Last year, a clever design idea by the Bangkok-based agency CJ WORX for their client, Thai Health Promotion Foundation. The client wanted to remind people in Thailand to consciously reduce the intake of salt, for health reasons. Simply offering them a smaller…
A fun outcome of the Superbowl ads this year was the number of responses evoked by General Motors’ ad starring Will Ferrell. General Motors (through their agency McCann WorldGroup), launched their ‘No way, Norway’ teasers on February 2nd. The first teaser featured…
Two healthcare professional services marketing communications that pack an emotional wallop! Both MacMillan (UK) and HeartKids (Australia) are in the space of support services – MacMillan offers support for people with cancer, and HeartKids offers support for people impacted by childhood heart…
I really enjoyed watching this ad film (from 2015) for Škoda Fabia by the agency AIS London. Let me not spoil it for you – watch it first, and then read the rest of this post. This ad is what I’d call…
In September 2020, I stumbled upon 2 ad films that focused on a body part and seemed diametrically opposite! McDonald’s German ad film by the agency Track was framed using the most obvious behavior change of our lives in recent times –…
I came across Ankur Indoria’s story via The Hindu. I absolutely love Ankur’s spirit! Here’s a BBA graduate refusing to wait for an internship opportunity in some company and trying his hand at entrepreneurship however small it may be in size or…
Usually, product/service owners use reviews they get as a way to further market the product to more people. This is most common in products like books and movies. Authors/publishers and movie producers show their content/products to a select audience (usually from the…