Nomadic Matt Travel Journal Instagram Promo Image
This is a travel journal explainer image from Nomadic Matt that uses simple arrow-and-text to give a quick product tour.…
Category: Ads
These are clever and high-performing ads throughout the internet and IRL.
Funny “Crappy Marketing” strategy by Kapwing
Hilarious Instagram ad from Kapwing 😂
This totally grabbed my attention compared to most polished IG ads!
This reminds me of other funny “shitty advertising” examples like:
1.) Microsoft Paint …
Social Proof Headline: “America’s Largest Selling Ale”
This 1947 print ad for Ballantine’s Beer uses a Social Proof to promote by saying in the headline: “American’s Largest Selling Ale”…
1911 International Tourism Exhibition in Berlin
This is (in my opinion) a visually stunning poster for the 1911 International Tourism Exhibition in Berlin. It just looks cool!…
Reforge Car Analogy Image
This is an interesting analogy Reforge is making between a high performance car and high performance company using just an image and some arrows/text.…
Steve Wonder Atari Ad
This 1977 Atari ad shows a blind Steve Wonder saying, “If I could play video games you bet it’d be Atari!” 😂…
“Creativity is the Enemy” Nike Headline
This Nike headline makes you do a double-take, and makes you want to read the print below it. The text goes on to demonstrate how you don’t need to re-invent …
Guinness Happy Turtle
This is just a delightfully cute “Happy Turtle” ad from Guinness Beer in 1936.…
Yamaha “Pass the Gas Pump” Headline
In 1980 when this ad was put out, gas prices had spiked really high and were frequently talked about. This Yamaha Motorcycle ad tapped into that conversation showing how to …
Earth Rides: Like Uber but with Teslas
This company “Earth Rides” has a very to-the-point headline on their advertising:
“Like Uber but with Teslas”
…that pretty much sums up the company well!…
California avocados, a “sensuous” food
This ad for California grown avocados gets people all hot-and-bothered by showing delicious recipes and uses for them.…
Baseball Guide to Ball Park Franks Ad
This ad uses baseball terms and funny images to sell their ballpark franks.…
Kraft ad gives helpful suggestions
This is Kraft ad from 1962 is great because it not only promotes the product, but also EDUCATES.
It gives several suggestions on how to use the product.
Giving customers …
Vitalis Vintage Hair Workout Ad
Funny ad using a hockey player Maurice Richard with “winning” hair to sell hair product for men.…
Vintage Borden’s Milk Brand Ad
This vintage milk ad shows different types of milk and how to use them helping to create brand loyalty and awareness to other products.…
American Motors Eagle 2-wheel or 4-wheel option ad
This ad from 1983 clearly shows the uses of this wagon in the heading and includes pictures. They do this to show off it’s ability to switch from 2-wheel drive …
“No other video game stacks up”
This great Atari ad from 1980 shows the sheer number of games you could play with an Atari system. Most game systems at the time didn’t have that many titles, …
1960’s Budweiser Ad
There’s something weirdly eye-catching about this Budweiser ad 🤔…
Vintage Kodak camera Ad headline sparks curiosity
I looked at the headline and was clueless to what they meant by “two cameras in one pocket”. The ad only shows a photo of one camera. My curiosity caused …
“How can just 1 calorie taste so good?”
This is a great Tab Cola ad from 1964 showing how few calories it has.…