Mark Huckabee's Blog – October 2009 Archive (4)

Best European Viral Ads of 2008

These videos by GoViral show some of the best European advertisements of 2008 that went viral. Most of these ads never appeared in the US and I never saw them until I came across these vids on the GoViral.com website. They show some really inventive work!

The ads are divided up into general categories and each video presents a different group. The one above is for Electronics. Here are the… Continue

Added by Mark Huckabee on October 24, 2009 at 7:22am — No Comments

Mattress Dominoes!

World record for mattress dominoes (who knew there even was a category for this?) and also a very cool ad for the bedding company. Love these viral video… Continue

Added by Mark Huckabee on October 23, 2009 at 7:21am — 2 Comments

Outstanding commercial for Johnny Walker

This is what all advertising should aspire to be! This is a terrific 5 minute video for Johnny Walker scotch. Who would think that we'd actually WANT to watch a 5 minute commercial? This one makes it worthwhile. Shot in one continuous sequence in the hills of Scotland this video is now going viral because it tells a compelling story in an entertaining way. Why can't other companies be this… Continue

Added by Mark Huckabee on October 23, 2009 at 6:58am — 1 Comment

New ad campaign -- The Fun Theory

A new ad campaign by Volkswagen has quickly gone viral. This terrific piece has been emailed, twitted, and linked a bazillion times in the last few days (and look now I'm blogging about it!). Created by ad agency DDB in Stockholm the campaign features entertainment first and product placement second. In fact the only mention of VW in this video comes at the very end. I believe this is the future of good advertising, giving people something truly entertaining and then… Continue

Added by Mark Huckabee on October 12, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments