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Exploiting consumer familiarity to move your product


Implications - Sex, violence and celebrities will always be able to move products, which is why brands are exploiting what consumers already are familiar with to coerce consumers to notice their products. Your product doesn't actually need to be related to these no-brainer tactics--it just has to capitalize on them.
 Score:
5.6
Hot
Top 6 Examples:
99,497 Total Clicks
Date Range:
May 09 - Oct 09
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Featured Examples


Misleading Sexvertisments
 Score:
5.6
Peaked and Viral
25,417 Clicks in 191 w
Pub: Sep 21, 09

Misleading Sexvertisments

Online Game Evony's Ads Deceivingly Imply Sexual Content
The online game Evony (formerly Civony) has slowly changed it’s advertising to blatant sexual misrepresentation.  The images are in the reverse chronological order, degrading to the point that there is… [More]

Optical Illusion Promotions
 Score:
6.1
Peaked and V. Hot
29,873 Clicks in 192 w
Pub: Sep 18, 09

Optical Illusion Promotions

McDonald's Coffee Heats Up the Advertising World
When I think of McDonald’s (which, sadly, I often do), I don’t think about their coffee. No, I think about their Big Macs, definitely their fries, maybe the McNuggets, and occasionally their Sausage McMuffin.… [More]

Penisvertising
 Score:
5.8
Peaked and V. Hot
21,528 Clicks in 209 w
Pub: May 21, 09

Penisvertising

Tom of Finland Shopping Bag Creates Cheeky Illusion
After using public water pipes as erections to promote their fragrance last year, Tom of Finland has come up with a very cheeky shopping bag to put that fragrance into. Designed by ad agency Ogilvy, France,… [More]

Flamboyant Parenting Ads
 Score:
5.8
Peaked and Warm
5,824 Clicks in 190 w
Pub: Sep 29, 09

Flamboyant Parenting Ads

Sexy Advertisements Bring in Attention to 'Parenting 101'
Parenting has never been so exciting before. Eye-catching ads by Nicole Weiner feature images that were never meant to be paired with parenting. The ads reach out to distressed parents or even people… [More]

Gangsta Ad Campaigns
 Score:
5.4
Peaked and Warm
8,458 Clicks in 199 w
Pub: Jul 29, 09

Gangsta Ad Campaigns

BBDO Advertising Agency Plays Off the Iconic ‘Bloods' Gang Symbol
Germany has its hands full with this risky advertising agency named BBDO from Dusseldorf. This ad was made to recruit people to join the BBDO Düsseldorf agency and it uses a great shock tactic to get the… [More]

Liquid Flower Campaigns
 Score:
5.2
Peaked and Warm
8,397 Clicks in 190 w
Pub: Sep 25, 09

Liquid Flower Campaigns

Boysen Paints Blooms on the Advertising Scene
TrendHunter.com has been seeing a lot of liquefied objects lately and now Boysen Paints has joined the water-based ranks. TBWASantiago Mangada Puno advertising agency created this campaign to emphasize… [More]


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