What sells wins

The most complained-about ads of 2008

BOFINS

It stands for 'Boring Old Farts In Suits'

I just made that up, but it was inspired by this as a consequence of this.

Worth a read.

A JOKE - Hypochondria

The other day I was out with SWoMBO in Hereford, where we visited Boots.

She was gunning to avoid chores upon our return, and claimed she needed medication.

So there we were at the pharmacist's counter, and when the lady appeared I asked: 'Do you have any medicines for hypochondria, that are irony-free?'.

I thought it was funny.

Daffy ideas

'Design us mascots for 2012 Olympics', creatives told

Ducks are indigenous, and cute. If they are alive.

Maybe a 'Pushmepullyou'? But then they are totally made up. Like some budgets.

Gotta say, defending something cr*p by saying it's not bland is a masterstroke.

London 2012 Olympic mascot: Calling all entries

London 2012 mascot sucks (probably)

Telegraph - Team GB selection news: London 2012 mascots are down to final shortlist

Sloooooooo news

ASA refers Lynx Bullet ads after complaints of sexism

Bless.

And how many from their PR agency?

I am thinking of complaining on behalf of all non-studly's with a penchant for tigerskin undies.

Viral is as viral does...n't?

Spreading the word

It's an area that interests me, especially for apps with Junkk.com.

Hence the comments in the thread become even more pertinent.

I love the way the BBC and its luvvies somehow disconnect so often themselves from being the only national broadcast entity there is which, oh, I dunno, may influence who wants to 'help' them (U2, Brute?), and how good, old-fashioned promotion on the MSM is still a heck of a way of boosting up one of a trillion bits of work in the e-ther to getting noticed at all, much less judged and/or repsonded to.

Nice that Aunty (we) didn't have to pay. Shame we didn't get a cut of the massive promo value to the creators, mind.

Any stats on how many folk actually stayed with it all the way though to snag the 55k+ views?

Speaking of hooks, I am sure there was some nice, funny stuff later on, but really, life was too short. Ok, I fib. Was it a Labour of love? Or... something more conservative? I fear I err on the latter.

It's a mystery

Why do the worst products have the best adverts?

Hello Boys!

Rubbish product (didn't for me, for some reason). Never rated the line that much, either.

Mind you, it did result in cars crashing (apparently). And, possibly, awesome sales figures. Maybe even the odd award (though possibly the PR guys deserved it more).

Go figure.