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I collect ads like billionaires collect passports

The 10 most creative ads I've collected this week: Image
2. The Beetles vs The Beatles

Principle: The ultimate play on words

The Beetles (car company) re-created The Beatles (band) album cover.

Genius. Image
2. Durex

Principle: Present the opportunity cost

You can buy a condom -- or you can buy a dummy for your baby. Image
3. Lotus

Principle: Create your own category

This opening line creates a new category.

It can be used for anything: "It doesn't compete with other project management software. It competes with drugs" Image
4. Keloptic Glasses

Principle: POV hacking

Everyone has had the experience of putting on glasses and seeing differently.

Notice how this ad was done with the viewer in mind. Genius. Image
5. Lemon, Ice & Alcohol

Principle: Break the 4th wall

If you are running out of ideas -- that can be the idea. Image
6. Canon

Principle: Embrace the inner nerd of your super customer Image
7. Staedtler Highlighters

Principle: The 2nd Read

This ad is like a Christopher Nolan movie.

The multiple layers makes you want to read it again and again. Image
8. British Airways Holiday

Principle: Avoid the corporate speak

Nobody ever actually travels for "business or leisure".

If you want customers to like you, use the language they actually use. Image
9. Bose Headphones

Principle: Contrast your selling point with the most extreme setting

It's impossible to view this ad without a change in your heartbeat Image
10. Everything Is A Tide Ad

Principle: Meta Marketing

This ad was voted in the top 100 ads ever

Saatchi & Saatchi's genius idea: Show how every other advert uses Tide on its actors' clothing
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Next on the Professor's list this week:

• The most creative social media ads I've collected this week
• The most creative TikTok ads I've collected this week

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More from @The_AdProfessor

Jul 12
The 10 most creative ads I've collected this week:

1. Luxor Highlighters
2. Bumble

Principle: Stack the memes

Meme 1 = "Life is too short"

Meme 2 = "Binge watching Harry Potter"

Stack those memes -- and then sell your product.
3. Fit4Less

Principle: Zig where others zag

There's so much brand safety in 2023.

Stand out by doing the opposite.
Read 11 tweets
Jul 11
Do you know who spends the most on advertising globally?

Meet the top 25 spenders... Image
25th place = PepsiCo

• Amount spent = $3 billion
• Revenue = $86.39 billion
• Revenue : Marketing ratio = 28.8x Image
24th place = Nike

• Amount spent - $3.85 billion
• Revenue = $46.7 billion
• Revenue : Marketing = 12.1x Image
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Jul 1
I collect ads like rich people collect watches.

The 9 best Porsche ads I've collected:
1. Nobody's Perfect

Principles:

1. People trust a 9/10 rating more than a 10/10

2. If you're going to dunk on your competition, make it hilarious.
2. Porsche RS America

Principle: Anti-Fragility

Reframe criticisms into selling points.
Read 11 tweets
Jun 19
McDonalds is the biggest food advertiser of all time.

The 11 best McDonalds ads ever:

1. McNuggets Image
2. Happy Fathers Day

Principle: If your marketing to families, showcase your product in family form. Image
3. Open 24 Hours

Principle: Turn every boring announcement into an excuse to be creative. Image
Read 12 tweets
Jun 18
Amazon spent $20.6 billion on advertising in 2022

They avoided advertising -- and are now the biggest advertiser ever.

Let's break it down: Image
Bezos in 2009: "Advertising is the price you pay for having an unremarkable product"

Amazon in 2022: "We are the biggest advertiser in the world"

On average, they spent $56 million per day. It's estimated they are 2% of all ad spend on earth. Image
Alibaba, L'Oreal, and P&G are now behind Amazon (via @benedictevans) Image
Read 14 tweets
Jun 15
Car ad spend is set to hit $83 billion in 2023

Here's the 13 best car ads I've collected:

1. BMW Image
2. Range Rover

Principle: Create 2 clubs. The competition -- and then you. Image
3. Daihatsu

Principle: If you have an unsexy practical product, make it sexy with a funny reframe. Image
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