Ford Escort “Social Proof” Ad
In 1985 the Ford Escort was one of the best selling cars in the world, so this ad listed out all the cars it outsold. This is a great use …
Category: Ads
These are clever and high-performing ads throughout the internet and IRL.
Product describes how it can dye your clothes a different color
This 1968 ad for Rit Liquid Dye uses a great headline and image to grab your attention, then describes how the yellow dress in the picture actually used to be …
Velcro Ad Showing Results/Benefits of Product
This whole ad demonstrates how to replace snaps, hooks, and buttonholes with simple Velcro fasteners. It even shows a closeup of them being sewed on.…
McDonalds promotion using the “Desire to Collect” trigger
This McDonalds ad from 1975 uses one of Joe Sugarman’s Triggers called “Desire To Collect.”
The desire to collect is very strong in humans, and this promotion keeps you “hooked” …
Hilarious “Hot & Spicy” Pringles Ad
This is a clever Hot & Spicy Pringles ad showing a guy eating Pringles lighting up a hot air balloon with his Hot & Spicy breath 😂…
Showing off the “call in” feature on a VCR
In 1989 if you wanted to watch a show but weren’t around to hit “record” on your VCR, and forgot to see the programmed record time, you could call this …
Cool Felix The Cat ad from 1959
This is a fun ad that would be frame-worthy! It uses an eye-catching huge image of Felix The Cat smiling, and has a fun headline pun: “The Cat Is Out …
History of the Telephone Ad
This is a Western Electric ad from 1964 beautifully showing the history of the telephone (up till 1964). Fun fact, they had crude forms of video calls back in 1964! …
Funny Radiant Plumbing Van
Here’s a funny “Swipe File In The Wild” seen while walking around a neighborhood….this hilarious van promoting their plumbing service 😂
Here’s the side of the van featuring a dude …
YMCA Hiring Direct Mail
BACK OF MAILER:
The YMCA blankets nearby neighborhoods to recruit for their busy summer season.
They use imagery clearly aimed at younger people like high school or college students on …
Good headline on a ready-to-eat cake ad
This 1975 print ad for “Stir N Front” cake mix is has a cool headline that shows it comes 100% ready to make.…
HungryRoot Before/After Ad
This is a cool before/after ad for food delivery service HungryRoot seen on Instagram and Facebook.
The image shows it’ll keep your pantry stocked, and the testimonial shows it’ll lower …
1955 Jello Magazine Ad
This is a great Jello print ad. Perhaps they should’ve kept this cartoon character as their spokesman instead 🤪…
Clixlo Price Comparison Ad
I like how Clixlo promotes their website builder by showing how many services (and their prices) you have to use to compare with their single service.
This is an ad …
1958 Fender Amps Ad: LISTEN!
This is just an awesome ad in general because of the image. It also has some text explaining why Fender amps are better than the rest.
Overall awesome (and potentially …
1972 Plymouth Fury “Beautiful” Ad
Cool ad for a Plymouth Fury.
It’s headline says “Beautiful” (meaning beautiful on the outside), but then goes into great detail about the interior beauty of the engineering behind the …
1966 Ford Mustang “Youth” Ad
This awesome Ford Mustang print ad from 1966 was designed to tell the kids to screw off and buy that Mustang for yourself 😏…
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.…
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”…