These personified marketing techniques are showcasing how adding human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects can add a lot more emotional appeal to a standard product.
With product placement and print advertisements continuously bombarding consumers on a daily basis, capturing their attention with simple aesthetics or contemporary design is no longer enough to make a valuable impression. Seeking to make products more relatable to consumers, marketers are turning to personified techniques to add human characteristics like humor and sarcasm to animals, food or even furniture. From personified decor campaigns to faceless hedge mascots and talking cookies, these humorous marketing techniques will surely capture the attention of consumers with its use of unusual product implications.
Representing traditional products and services in a completely unorthodox manner, these personified marketing techniques serves to add a level of enticement that viewers won't be able to dismiss.
25 Personified Marketing Techniques
From Personified Cookie Commercials to Personified Ear Ads:
Tana Makmanee — Apr 15, 2014 — Marketing
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Personified Chocolate Commercials
In this M&M's Commercial the Brown M&M Sets Up the Red M&M
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Personified Pooch Shampoo Ads
The WildWash Natural Dog Shampoo Displays Humans in Their Ads
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Painfully Personified Tool Ads
The Bayer Aspirin For Workache Campaign is Full of Discomfort
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Personified Polar Bear Promos
The Coca-Cola Polar Bears Create a Snowman Polar Bear In This New Ad
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Personified Pastry Ads
The Pastelite VIP Campaign Features Desserts as Cause for Discussion
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Personified Furniture Campaigns
These Lar Center Decoration Mall Ads Show Tired Timber Decor
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Personified Climate Awareness Ads
The I Am Pro Snow Commercial Features a Talking Snowflake
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Personified Pooch Campaigns
Dado Print Ad Design by Costa IMC is Photo-Flipping Fantastic
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Personified Pet Purchase Commercials
This Subaru Ad Features Driving Dogs Looking for a New Car
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Personified Animal Actor Ads
This Adobe Commercial Features Pets Making Fun of the Super Bowl
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Personified Dirt Floor Ads
The World Water Day 2013 Campaign Brings Awareness to Freshwater Needs
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Personified Pup Perfume Ads
'Le Chien' is Unusual and Amusing
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Protective Pearly White Prints
Guardian Dental Floss Ads Keep Animals Out
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Personified Balding Backyards
Scotts PatchMaster Ads Promote a Healthy Head of Grass
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Personified Soda Bottles
People Can Now Have Their Names Printed onto Coke Bottles
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Personified Pillar Commercials
Collapsing Cooling Towers is a Sight of Devastating Demolition
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Personified Fruit Figures
Fresh'n'Friends Produces Play Fruit Arrangements to Attract Children
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Personified Game Pieces
Blank Scrabble Piece Lives It Up and Fits in Wherever He Goes
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Personifying Excuses
World Health Club Ads Show You're Not Alone in Your Plight
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Personified Feeling Ads
The McDonald’s Easy Morning Campaign Promotes Better Moods
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Personified Candy Counselling Ads
Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cups' Ad Unifies a Solid Couple
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Personified Booze Ads
San Miguel 'Una Vida Bien Vivida' Shows Epic Adventures of a Beer
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Personified Cookie Commercials
The New Chips Ahoy! TV Ads are Quirky and Irreverent
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Personified Ear Ads
The Recent Foorire FM Ad is Full of Personality and Spunk
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Personified Brewski Campaigns
The Redhook May 2011 Beer Ads are Filled With Cheeky Attitude
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Nostalgic Y2K-Inspired Commercials
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Faux Food Pop-Ups
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Affectionate Insult Beer Cans
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Panda-Inspired Sport Campaigns
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Haute Auto Pattern Campaigns
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Functionally Focused Dog Campaigns
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Actress-Supported Footwear Campaigns
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Gamified Condiment Experiences
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Fun-First Self-Care Commercials
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Brighton Retail Launch Ads
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Self-Discovery Soda Ads
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Animal Welfare Campaigns
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Foggy Self-Care Billboards
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Takeout-Style Serum Sets
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AI-Embracing Asian Cuisine Ads
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Pet-Finding Billboards
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Cheeky Food-Focused Soda Campaigns
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GenAI Mascot Campaigns
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Animal-Human Translation Concepts
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Experiential Marketing Campaigns
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Indulgent Festive Snack Lines
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AI-Powered 3D Avatars
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Dating-Inspired Plush Collectibles
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Home-Centric Beauty Campaigns
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Decluttered Ad Campaigns
IKEA Unpackaged Goods Organizes Branded Products into Storage Containers
Imaginative Fantasy-Inspired Campaigns
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Human-Centric Bank Branding Campaigns
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Unfiltered Sleep Campaigns
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AI-Assisted Marketing Tools
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Human-Grade Pet Food Campaigns
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Immersive Cat Lover Pop-Ups
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Chocolate Chip Cookie-Inspired Billboards
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Music Scene-Informed Luxury Campaigns
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Expressive Plush Toys
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Cinematic Condiment Campaigns
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Sensorial Soda Campaigns
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Mobile Beauty Pop-Ups
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Photocopied Fast Food Campaigns
McDonald's Office Delivery Ads Scanned Popular Menu Items
Gamified Scent Marketing Experiences
Axe's Grab The Sweet Turned a Bus Stop into a Claw Machine
Musician-Led Beverage Campaigns
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Heart-Warming Pet Owner Campaigns
The CESAR 'Love Like Crazy' Campaign Showcases Pet Owner Love
After-Dark Pizza Ads
Morrisons' Market Street Halloween Pizza Ads Transform at Night
Spoof Pet Product Collections
Dyson Beauty Teased a Dedicated Dyson Beauty Pet Range
AI-Assisted Nut Spread Commercials
This Pip & Nut Commercial Leverages the Power of AI
Candy Brand-Inspired Nutrition Lines
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Personality-Forward Bookmark Designs
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Plush-Starring Sitcom-Style Campaigns
IKEA UK Introduces the Adorable Life in Stitches Campaign
Body Care Rebranding Initiatives
Tree Hut Embraces the Sentiment of 'Uncontain Yourself'
Poetic Secondhand Campaigns
Depop's Where Taste Recognizes Taste Celebrates Style Doppelgangers
Gourmand Beauty Products
Cake Beauty Brings Dessert-Inspired Haircare to Mass Retail
Lyrics-Inspired OOH Campaigns
Taskrabbit Interprets Pop Culture Songs for Summer Home Tasks
Chicken Wing Teasing Campaigns
This Pizza Hut Wings Campaign Pokes Fun at Competitors
Experiential Grocery Campaigns
No Name launches a multi-city grocery goss campaign
Interactive Scented Billboard Ads
LOLA MullenLowe Presents a Scented Lynx/Axe Campaign
AI-Powered Satirical Ads
Dollar Shave Club Uses Generative AI To Skewer Corporate Culture
Behavior-Based Smart Homes
Google Home automations adapt to routines, moods, and behaviors
Proactive Pet Health Management
Hoomanely's Approach is Dependent on Three Interconnected Parts
AI Ad Generators
Creatify Turns Product URLs Into Ready-To-Use Video Ads Automatically.
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PG Tips Monkey Collectible Debuted at London Fashion Week
Ice Cream Popsicle Campaigns
Häagen Dazs’ Devoured Campaign Sparks Craving Through Absence
Sentimental Dairy Campaigns
'Everybody Milk' by Dairy Farmers of Ontario Celebrates Daily Rituals
Animal-Inspired Habitat Lip Balms
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Animated Footwear Campaigns
Vivobarefoot Unveils Free Your Feet Campaign Through Joyful Animation
Affectionate Cat Campaigns
SHEBA's Ignored to Adored Invites Cat Parents to Build Better Bonds
AI-Centric Brand Campaigns
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AI-Personalized Streaming Ads
Amazon Customized Prime Video Ads Using Shopping Behavior Data
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Caveman-Centric Running Campaigns
Craft Sportswear's Brand Film Channels the Primal Joy of Running
Vibrant Cafeteria-Inspired Campaigns
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Tactile Marketing Campaigns
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Body Typography Campaigns
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Festive Fairytale Campaigns
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Pawprint-Adorned Door Mats
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Quirky Edible Mascots
The Pop-Tarts Brand Introduces Team Sprinkles and Team Swirls
Dairy-Free Ice Cream Campaigns
Over the Moo Taps Dog Cat & Mouse for a National Marketing Push
Predictive Mobile Advertising Features
T-Mobile Advertising Solutions Unveiled Contextual AI Ads
No-Nonsense Grooming Campaigns
The Rock Face Makes Scents Campaign Pokes Fun at Marketing Cliches
Human-First Marketing Agencies
Alev Digital Prioritizes Human Creativity Over AI-Generated Content
Purpose-Driven Brand Storytelling Platforms
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Physical-World Data Marketing
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Cheekily Creative Bookmarks
Humdrum Paper Delivers a Line of Illustrated Bookmarks
Copywriting Automation Tools
AI Product Marketing Generates Fast Product Descriptions At Scale
Interactive Streaming Ads
Spotify Turns Listening into Engagement with Carousel Ads
Shoppable Mascot Homes
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AI Pet Arts
PetPicture AI Creates Personalized Pet Portraits Using Artificial Intelligence
Playful Brand Messaging Campaigns
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AI Beauty Marketing Platforms
Coty Uses Pencil to Scale AI-Generated Campaigns
Generational Wellness Campaigns
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Nostalgic Dessert Mashups
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Ad Creation Platforms
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Cheeky Gift-Wrapping Campaigns
Scotch Brand and Ego Nwodim Embrace the Resting Gift Face
Holiday Story Animations
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Tree-Planting Drink Campaigns
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Human Copywriting Services
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Cheeky Family-Friendly Swearing Campaigns
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Cheeky Celeb-Inspired Tool Campaigns
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Sporty Pet-Centric Video Series
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Halloween Season Candy Campaigns
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Brandless Packaging Campaigns
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Cat-Like Attitude Certifications
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Brand Recognition Games
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Grandmotherly Lunchmeat Campaigns
Eat Your Buddig Spotlights a No-Nonsense Caretaker
Retail Conversation Marketing Campaigns
Tesco Launches 'Need Anything From Tesco' Platform