Ad campaigns


Great moments in advertising: Viagra’s 10th birthday

Viagra celebrates 10 years of hard work (boom tish!) with a predictably innuendo-laden ad. It left us a little flaccid at first, but now it’s growing on us…

The Age in CBD graffiti tag shame

Melbourne broadsheet The Age is facing prosecution after it illegally sprayed promotional stencils onto Melbourne’s streets, in defiance of Melbourne City Council guidelines.

When online journalists moonlight as copy-writers

Sites like Gawker and Thrillist are now penning their advertisers’ copy for them in “sponsored posts”, to help the brands fit in with the “vibe” of their sites. Are they crossing the fine line between advertising and editorial?

The best viral ad videos of 2009

Business Pundit wraps up the ads that took the internet by storm in 2009, including LED sheep, Bruce Lee playing table tennis, Vanilla Ice says sorry. Ah, so many memories, so many wasted working hours…

A history of weird and wonderful Windows ads

Celebrate the release of the latest Windows operating system (and hopefully the death of Vista) with a look back through some of the weirdest ads for each Windows release.

A dispiriting attempt to flog beer to women

Following from the ’80s flop that was Swan Gold, National Distilleries is gifting the ladies with another ‘special’ beer: Hummingbird Blonde Lager. Do women really need our own patronising, bastardised version of beer, asks Mel Cambell.

The sneaky alternative to giving up boozy lunches

A clever ad campaign for a NY restaurant gives hope for GFC stricken execs wanting their expense account back. Enter your lunch total at Expense-A-Steak, then print off fake receipts for office supplies and panini lunches to claim.

VIDEO: Levi Johnston gets his nuts out

Milking his 15 seconds for all they’re worth, Sarah Palin’s former-future-son-in-law is appearing in an ad campaign for a brand of nuts. And it’s actually quite funny.