an ad a day !!!

this ad is fun yes but .... ????

Apple - Think Different

Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.


They're not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They invent. They imagine. They heal.
They explore. They create. They inspire.
They push the human race forward.
Maybe they have to be crazy.
How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
Or sit in silence and hear a song that's never been written?
Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
We make tools for these kinds of people.
While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world... are the ones who do.

Midweek Musing !!!

Advertising is the ability to sense, interpret . . . to put the very heart throbs of a business into type, paper and ink."

- Leo Burnett, quoted by Joan Kufrin, Leo Burnett: Star Reacher(1995), Chicago, IL: Leo Burnett Company, Inc., p. 54.

The world is flat ..!!

a cool site....... at this age of 360 communication and IMC, websites are not simply for information Dissemination..its also advertising...its a lot of fun..... see this and you will know what I mean.....

I bet- it gonna be the best!

Why do we keep lot of alarm clocks ready to wake up us in the morning?
Why do we need an elevator if we could work at ground floors?
Why do we need a toaster to prepare food?
Why do we need a coffee machine?
Why do we need an air-conditioner ?

Yes, the answer is to make life better!....

so gonna see this Blackberry advertising!

It gonna be best!

an ad a day !!!

should I say something about this advertisement??

Veni vidi wiki………

Jimmy “jimbo” Wales was in Chennai for the wikicamp ...India’s first wiki unconference.....

Around 300 people participated in the event including Sandeep (sandy) varma representing Adformula (Sandeep and the guys in mirth with Jimmy can be seen in the pic appeared in 'The Hindu' today)......

He talked about how Wikipedia began, about the lessons learnt and the future plans.

Kiruba Shankar, a well known Indian blogger, podcaster and one of the main brains behind the event kick started the camp. There were famous wikipedians from U.S, Banglore and Chennai.

Then came Jimmy and talked about his experience. There were workshops for wiki beginners, about media wiki and whole lots of topic related to wikis.

The hero was, as expected by all, Jimmy Wales. He talked to almost all the guys present, posed for fotos, and gave autographs

Jimmy Wales came, saw and conquered the Hearts of the participants...

The fun gun...!!!

Soon after their last child left home for college, the husband was resting next to wife on the couch with his head in her lap.She carefully removed his glasses."You know, honey," she said sweetly, "Without your glasses you look like the same handsome young man I married.""Honey," he replied with a grin, "Without my glasses, you still look pretty good, too!".........Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........ u say?....

Did you Podcast today??

Podcasting is emerging as a hot medium,

If you agree, read it
If you disagree, read it

You might change your perception ......

daddu ki amanat !!!

New media forms are getting every where...fun and exaggeration here..typical filmi style hyperbole...but it does cut some ice....!! will not the brand stay in your mind next time you pick up some white candy..however impulsive it may be..??

Kudos to
Perfetti van melle and Mccann !!

Midweek Musing !!!

"Advertising is the principal reason why the business man has come to inherit the earth."

- James Randolph Adams, quoted in John P. Bradley, Leo F. Daniels & Thomas C. Jones, The International Dictionary of Thoughts, 1969, Chicago, IL: J. G. Ferguson Publishing Co., p. 12.

jump... your Coca-cola is waiting..!!

when and where this advertising was made, I am not sure..but I found it interesting enough to be sharing it with you....

Dangerous Liaisons !!!!

“Queer” is the word which comes to my mind when I see a “Levi-Straus” ad. Haven’t we ever seen young girls and boys sporting Levis denims proudly proclaiming “I am different and stylish”. They are just referring to the brand personality they love!

The new ‘ Dangerous Liaisons’ traces the history of Levis denims by showing different apparels that had been in fashion during last two decades ending with the 2007 collection with a new brand tag “New from the original”

Founded in 1853, Levis denim had an astonishing history. Levi Strauss came to New York to lend a helping hand in to his brother’s dry goods business. He had brought canvasses for tent-making and wagon covers. One day, a person asked Levis about the items and suggested that he should sell rough pants which would last longer. He made use of the canvas cloth to stitch pants and the miners who bought them liked it. But, they still asked for better and tougher ones! And he started using a cloth called "serge de Nimes" from France and the long story of denim fashions began

The ad begins with a lady waiting for a young man who comes in 1800 outfit of Levis. As soon as they see each other, love struck and passion brewing, they begin taking off their clothes and slowly different fashions of 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s are revealed and the 2007 collection is shown finally.


Levis ad is primarily linked to attraction and the style that a new brand of denim brings, inspiring lot of distinctiveness and force of attraction between two young minds of opposite sex.

The commercial is done by agency BBH, visual effects by Mill and sound design by Wave.

As queer as it speaks about- some of earlier print and media ads:-

Now that is not the end of it, I am sure.....

The world is flat ..!!

for all the fevicol ads and lot of fun ..simply click here...

O My GOD, these RaNkiNG!!!!

adformula
Blogger:
Sabu Nair Mangalasserril [Contact]
City:
N. A.
Language:
English

Rank
3050

3050th rank???? The owner had a shock of his life, when will adformula feature in Top 50 or at least Top 100?

Lots of brand building needs to be done, he thought.


The power of user generated content is on the rise. Many a giants have been humbled by the power of blogging. Heard the case of starbucks in the forbidden city of China, and the “Coke-mentos human experiment” in Youtube? Some of the companies have started their own blog where any consumer/person can go and give suggestions/ experience. Sunsilk's Gang of girls is a good example of how a company gets ideas from user generated content.

As Thomas Freidman in his bestseller, “World is flat”, says the demarcation between producer and consumer is becoming thinner and soon to be vanished. You consume then you produce, again you consume………


So if u are blogger, and you want to know how to increase the readership,

read 5 rules for blog success

Shuhhhh Sabu is reading 5 rules , don’t disturb him!!!

an ad a day !!!

the male body celeberated in advertising like what normally is dont with the female one.... !!! while you draw your own inferences let me request you to move on... life is waiting..!!!

Absolut(e) brand building..!!

No, I haven’t had a drop of Absolut Vodka yet........ But their ads inebriate me!
Before going into advertisements, these are the facts! I donno how much does a pint of Absolut Vodka costs……… I suppose its not that cheap!..

“Absolut Vodka” is a Swedish brand of Vodka owned by V&S group, a Swedish government owned producer and distributor of alcoholic beverages. It comes in different flavours-

PEPPAR- with chilli pepper flavour, 1986
CITRON – lemon flavour, 1988
KURANT- Blackcurrant flavour, 1992
MANDRIN- orange and mandarin flavour mix, 1999.
VANILLA- Vanilla flavour, 2003
RASPBERRI – raspberry flavour, 2004
APEACH- peach flavour ,2005
RUBY RED – grape flavour, 2006
PEARS- pear flavour, 2007

The name Absolut was introduced to differentiate the brand because its refining process resulted in an exquisite preparation of vodka sans fusel alcohol through fractional distillation. The name ABSOLUT became a brand in course of time. The ads were created not to generate controversies but just to draw attention to the shape of bottle in which Absolut Vodka came and the ads had slogans about anything under the sky with an ABSOLUT prefix to it – it went as Absolut clarity to Absolut illusion, Absolut Ankor to Absolut Manhattan, Absolut Jetlag to Absolut Liposuction.

I happened to see just one ‘ Absolut Smoke in the beginning and I became fan of these ads and TBWA which created them.

Have a feel of these and even their spoofs ads here

A living emotion ,a fruit, a scenery, a sky scraper, butterflies, fashion, zodiac signs- all have found expression through absolut vodka ads!..........but are they just visual metaphors. Or is there something absolutely more?

The features as I perceive in an Absolut Vodka ad in general :

Adoption – The company was able to adopt many ideas from the environment for eg: as in Absolut Anticipation or in Absolut Magnetism. In such an adoption there are less constraints as they can adopt from a mere feeling to a fashion exhibition, a musical maestro’s performance, to way a city looks as in Absolut Manhattan or Absolut Singapore. Absolut will have no dearth of ideas.
Color Selection – The color selection of ads for eg: in Absolut Aquarius which is filled with blue, Absolut Pears in green, Absolut Raspberry in red relate with experience and flavour of the product.

All the ads proclaim their “individuality amidst universality” with universally acceptable and recognizable themes given a positive shift towards Absolut Vodka bottle and content.






Now that is Absolut brand building... isnt it?

Wikipedia and Valentine’s

I am one of the participants for the forthcoming wikicamp in Chennai. So nowadays I make sure that at least once I visit the main page of the event. Once I visited the page of wikicamp, I came across this ad

Wikipedia is all about knowledge sharing

Why don’t we all share and spread love?

Happy Valentine’s Day

nokia = fun and romance

soft feelings always works in advertising...not that u will rush to buy a mobile after the ad, but the name stays back.....

Home sweet home !!!

One of the good things that happened to me, after my first article in adformula is that I started (read forced to) observing more. Let it be the ads in TV, Hoardings in the city or any article on advertising. And moreover the way Sabu (Pachu) staring at me from Googletalk, gives a feeling, Where is the article???

I see, the ads for Apartments/Villas are the least creative stuffs, without much fresh ideas in this category, and if wrong blame my limited exposure. Almost all the hoardings of Apartments/Villas has the same huge building, a swimming pool, a jogger’s track and a shopping complex. There is hardly any distinction.

The usual stuff I mentioned above…about spacious interiors, gardens…..

Can you think about the tagline for an apartment ad? When was the last time you saw an ad for apartments that really captivated you?

The problem with apartment ads, is that most of the ad talks only about the mortar and concrete and nothing beyond. Its not that they are not important but when you start talking beyond the mere structure you create ads like these

Arihant, heirloom apartments…. “Because family is your best asset” shows a stamp paper, talks about a home that is more than an investment, a foundation for generations to come…… so goes the body copy, the ad surely connects ......

Look at the hoarding for the same apartments. The family tree ad talks about,

“many generations, one address”

Why stay in a peanut?

Milind Dhaimade, Director, Equinox films, feels that 'agencies should spend time understanding the category'.

'The ad should awake a feeling of wanting to live there', says Dilip Damodaran, Creative Director, Thinkers.

And slowly but surely the advertising is getting beyond the list of comforts/ facilities…

What you say?

an ad a day !!!

Virgin Cola -was launched in the United States during the summer of 1998 to compete directly with the industry giants. Virgin Cola, a premium brand cola, offered an alternative quality choice from a decidedly different company. The company had a unique marketing advantage in the cola industry due to its extensive brand reach with its sister companies that include Virgin Atlantic Airways, V2 Records and a worldwide chain of pop culture music Virgin Megastores, among other Virgin products and services...and above all its celebrity head Richard branson...... he dared to do anything for being in the news...and anything means anything,.........

now please close your mouth...!!!