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Real personal ads

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I like ads - especially the ones where the creator was creative and/or humorous.
These ads actually found their way into newspapers all over the world:

Braille dictionary for sale. Must see to appreciate.

Help wanted, singer for rock band. Must be female or male.

For sale, Hope Chest, brand new, half off, long story.

Help wanted, adult or mature teenager to baby-sit. One dollar an hour.

Lost: small brown poodle. Reward. Neutered. Like one of the family.

Four-posted bed, 101 years old. Perfect for antique lover.

Man wanted to work in dynamite factory. Must be willing to travel.

Wanted, man to take care of cows that does not smoke or drink.

Three-year old teacher needed for pre-school. Experience preferred.

Wanted. Widower with school-age children requires person to assume general housekeeping duties. Must be capable of contributing to growth of family.

Tired of working for only $9.75 per hour? We offer profit sharing and flexible hours. Starting pay: $7 -- $9 per hour.

Joining nudist colony! Must sell washer and dryer $300.

Open house body shapers toning salon. Free coffee and donuts.

Found: dirty white dog. Looks like a rat... been out while. Better be reward.

Exercise equipment: Queen Size Mattress & Box Springs - $175.

ALZHEIMER'S CENTER PREPARES FOR AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER.

German Shepherd, 85 lbs. Neutered. Speaks German. Free.

Snow Blower for sale... only used on snowy days.

1 man, 7 women hot tub. $850/offer.

Shakespeare’s Pizza. Free chopsticks.

Tickle-Me-Elmo, still in box, comes with its own 1988 Ford Mustang, 5L, Auto, Excellent condition $6800.



Have a great day! :heart:

Creative advertising

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I like creative advertising. I have an entire album full of photos of creative, funny and/or weird ads.

However, some advertisers can be a little too smart for my likings. Like, when Garnier says in their ad for Fructis hairshampoo: "Fructis. That has been proved" - then it makes me wonder what it is exactly that has been proved...

And the other day in the supermarket, there was a shower cream from Sanex, that made me stop and look one more time. Take a look:


Dermo
re-vital
Omega 6 & AHA



Dermo is something with skin
Re-vital - well, I understand re-vitalizing
Omega 6 is some kind of sebacic acid
And AHA is... umm... yeah, WTF is that???

Is it "Now with AHA"? Or, "AHA, we've got it now!" :idea:

They might as well have written: "Not containing AHA!", and everybody would have thought that it was a good thing is wasn't there...


Copy Brands

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Branding isn’t just for big companies like Microsoft and McDonald’s. All companies try to differentiate both themselves and their products via branding. Unless you take the easy way and steal a brand. Of course you can't steal a brand completely. But you can make is look and sound as one of the well known brands, and maybe steal some costumers that way.

Here's a few examples:

Bucksstar Coffee


Daiads shoes


Dolce and Banana Fashion


Hike Shoes


KLG fastfood


oMc McDnoalds Burger restaurant


Pizza Huh restaurant


Pmua shoes


Polystation gamestation


S & M chocolate


Sonia earphones