Funny and Weird Examples

Why learn calculus?

Subjects like calculus were hard to get excited about because they never told you WHY this was helpful.

If you give zero evidence why something is useful, it’s hard to …

Mar 10

2

Figma to Production

I’ve been moving designs from Figma into actual live pages, and this meme captures it perfectly 😂

Design mockups look so awesome in Figma, but when actually translating them into …

Feb 26

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Michael Cera + CeraVe Advertising Campaign

I really like this Michael Cera + CeraVe advertising campaign 😂

This was developed by WPP and Ogilvy after seeing random rumors on Reddit that Michael Cera created CeraVe.

Weeks …

Feb 23

3

Let’s re-do this classic 1950’s David Ogilvy ad for Schweppes Tonic Water.

….The original

Let’s give it a more modernized headline 😂

What if we made it more seasonal and festive??

Let’s give it a totally different 90’s vibe (AI generated):

Let’s …

Dec 20

2

Newsletters are just blogs.

Newsletters are usually a bunch of short posts and thoughts listed out. This is what most blogs were.

The thing that newsletters solved versus blogs: DISTRIBUTION.

When you publish a …

Dec 6

2

Injured? Good!

This billboard is simple and totally brilliant!

Plot Twist: It’s not real, it was just a fun Reddit thread, but this billboard would probably work well IRL (although it would …

Nov 21

6

AppSumo Black Friday Retro-Advertising

Awesome retro advertising for an AppSumo promotion! This is emulating the box of Windows 95….except with a taco 🌮…

Nov 18

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Hilarious and unique marketing agency landing page

This is an amazing homepage for a marketing agency, totally made me laugh and pay attention!…

Nov 17

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Guy walks around with QR code on hoodie

This would be such a cool experiment to try out. Walk around in public with a QR code and see how many website visits you get.…

Nov 5

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AirBnB revenue went up after painting house black

This guys AirBnB revenue went up after painting his rental house black.

This was in Mt Hood, Oregon. Original post is here:

“The revenue at our Airbnb cabin went up …

Nov 3

2

Las Vegas Sphere QR Code

My dream marketing experiment:
Put a QR code on the Las Vegas Sphere and see how many people click it.…

Nov 1

3

Rubiks Cube Formula

Apparently you can solve any Rubiks cube by repeating these 4 moves 11 times.…

Oct 22

6

Conference table flyers

At a conference this guy found out if you place a stack of flyers on a table, no one takes them.

…but if you splay them out in circles like …

Oct 21

2

I put up a billboard

As an experiment a few years ago I bought a billboard for Copywriting Course. It was on a decently busy street and it cost $904 total (printing + posting).

The …

Oct 13

4

Best party crashing advice

In college I’d crash parties to network with people way above me. The ultimate way I found to crash any high end party was to bring:
– Flask with wine…

Oct 12

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