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Jul 19, 2023 13 tweets 4 min read Read on X
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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• The most creative TikTok ads I've collected this week

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More from @The_AdProfessor

Apr 16
10 creative ads I've collected this week

1. Vaseline Image
2. BiC Whiteout

Principle: The Deliberate Mistake

Step 1: Commit a deliberate mistake - the funnier this is, the better.

Step 2: Show the solution - your product. Image
2. PROST8 UK

Principle: The Shock Factor

Step 1: Grab attention with something impossible to ignore.

Step 2: Provide the explanation.

"A prostate exam is not what you think.

It's just a blood test taken from your arm." Image
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Apr 13
BIC

The 10 best BIC ads of all time:

1. BIC Pens Image
2. Pens & Razers

Principle: 1+1=11 BIC sells razors and pens.

They took out ads next to one another for both products.

If you think outside the box, 1+1 can equal 11. Image
3. BIC Color

Principle: Contrast Effect

If you want to make cold water feel like hot water -- put your hand in ice cold water before putting it into the cold water.

If you want to sell a coloured pen -- limit them to a basic black pen first. Image
Read 11 tweets
Apr 3
9 creative social media ads I've collected this week:

1. Ring Doorbell Image
2. Cookie Bros.

Principle: Stop the Scroll

The first 2 seconds are crucial.

Start with something impossible to scroll past.
3. Ridge Wallet

Principle: Sell The Lindy

We started this 11 years ago... And the product is still lasting.

Clever way to sneak in a product benefit that it doesn't go out of date. Image
Read 11 tweets
Apr 2
8 great copy examples I've collected this week:

1. Land Rover Image
2. Reed Jobs

Principle: The Double Meaning

Looks like an ad about sex... Actually an ad for a job board. Image
3. Toronto City - Anti-littering ad

Principle: Fork The Common Phrase Image
Read 10 tweets
Mar 26
Confession:

I collect ad copy like rich people collect watches.

8 examples: Image
2. Master Dog Trainer

Principle: 2+2 = ?

Step 1 - Set up the equation

Step 2 - Let them have the Aha moment beneath the ad Image
3. Oxford University

Principle: The 1% Ad

If your ads are targeting the top 1% -- write copy that excludes the 99%. Image
Read 10 tweets
Mar 25
10 creative ads collected this week:

1. Viagra Image
2. New Zealand Transport Agency

Principle: Shock After Shock

Step 1 - Show someone in a car accident (Shock)

Step 2 - Realise this is what it looked like because he wore a seat belt (More shock)

Clever ad using survivors of car crashes to stress impact of a seatbelt Image
3. Los Tacos

Principle: Almost Illegal

Step 1 - Find a criminal activity

Step 2 - Find the verb that links your product with that criminal activity

Step 3 - Sit back and enjoy your golden copy. Image
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