World’s Greatest Jigsaw Puzzle (Not to Scale)

November 17th, 2008

When most people look at a pile of construction rubble, they see an eyesore. On the other hand, creative marketers see rubble as the latest way to promote their products! Take a look at this amazing and hilarious promotion put together by a company selling jigsaw puzzles. The company created a massive 3D model of their 1000-piece puzzle box, then smacked it right dab in the middle of a pile of concrete rubble. This display gave the illusion that the concrete chunks were actually part of a puzzle to be put together! This larger than life promo had plenty of people stopping to see what was going on. The Ravensburger Puzzle Company gained a huge amount of exposure for their products and put a smile on a lot of faces.

Next time, this company might opt for a smaller promotional desktop puzzle if they want to target specific prospects. With the right promotional products, any company can create funny and attention-grabbing campaigns that put their products and services in the spotlight.

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Visa Guerrilla Promo

November 12th, 2008

I wouldn’t find this funny if it was my car, but actually it’s hysterical. Don’t worry those aren’t real baseballs, it’s just a promotional sticker.

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Kung Fu Panda Promotion

November 11th, 2008

I thought this was a unique way to promote the movie Kung Fu Panda. When you use the surrounding environment in your promotions they are much more effective. Not only does this promotion use the promotional poster, it also incorporates the “glass” casing that the poster is in.

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Bathroom Humor: Mini Cooper Bathroom Advertising

November 7th, 2008

So you think you have skills on the road huh? Well now it’s time to test them out with this clever Mini Cooper bathroom promotion. It’s really amazing what you can do with a few promotional stickers and a urinal.

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Guerilla Marketing That Took a Gamble

November 6th, 2008

This is a really funny means of promotions! Casinò di Venezia of Italy decorated the baggage conveyor belt at the airport in order to promote their brand. By using creative guerilla marketing they captured the well-known casino game of roulette in order to motivate travelers to visit their casino.

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Quiet, Ladies! This is the Men’s Room

November 6th, 2008

These posters weren’t the only thing that was hung in the men’s bathrooms of the ritzy Sofitel Queenstown Hotel in New Zealand.  At least according to the Ican models who seem to be very impressed with the hotel’s male clientele.  I’m not sure if they are directly advertising anything, but I’m sure at the very least it caused the men to chuckle and feel good about themselves.  I’m just surprised didn’t seek a sponsor to commission the posters and slap their brand name on them.

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Where Will Guerrilla Marketing Not Go?

November 5th, 2008

I guess when it comes to guerrilla marketing nothing is out of bounds. This promotion for Jobs In Town was a great way to get a message across.

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Coco-Nuts!

October 30th, 2008

We all know that these days more and more people are willing to earn a buck by dressing up in some big flashy costume and handing out free stuff for some company. And the companies are equally willing to do these types of promotions, because they are relatively cheap and usually quite effective.

I’ve never seen this likes of this one, though. Meet Coconut Man, whose head has been split in two and doesn’t appear to have any reasonable way of seeing out of his costume. I guess he has assistants handing out the a.o. candy bars, but I still would think they might lose some customers when their blind costumed representative stumbles into a crowd.

I did think it was a creative tactic to have a bed nearby. Not only does this allow Mr. Coconut to go from lying-down-and-innocuous to up-and-in-your-face to attract crowds, but I could also see him striking some suggestive poses. Coconut candy bars are just so hot right now, you know?

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Bathroom Humor: Who Wants to be a Fireman?

October 28th, 2008

Bathroom Humor is so popular, especially when it comes to promotions. If you want to recruit firemen, what better place than in the bathroom. It’s the perfect location, when a gentleman comes in to use the urinal they are going to look down and see the recruitment sign in the toilet. I think an even stronger message would have been to include bottles of promotional hand sanitizer.

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Life’s Too Short for the Wrong Job!

September 25th, 2008

Think your job couldn’t get any worse? At least you’re not tallying figures inside an ATM or scrunched up inside of a vending machine! These ads from a popular job-search site have gained rapid notoriety all over Europe for their witty, eye-catching optical illusions.. Several similar ads appear on the side of  photo booths, laundry machines in Laundromats and ATMs.

My favorite is this ad seen on the side of a gas pump:

I can’t decide whether this guy’s expression agony has more to do with outlandish gas prices or with the fact that he just really, really hates his job. Either way, his situation won’t last long as there seems to be a cigarette of some sort hanging out of his mouth and generally, gasoline and cigarettes don’t mix well. I wonder if there’s an “after” picture?

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