The Future of Ads

Never Hide Films Are Viral Successes For Ray-Ban

To help promote their line of sunglasses, Ray-Ban created a series of viral videos called Never Hide Films. With 11 total videos to date, they’ve seen multi-million view successes, and four-digit failures, so it’s an interesting look at what works well as an online viral video, and what doesn’t.

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When Forever Began Shares A Moment For Diamonds

Every year, the holiday season brings out diamond advertising in full force, and it’s usually a bland and boring mix of ‘surprise’ gifts and ‘forever’ taglines, but this year, De Beers actually created a rather unique and compelling ad campaign called When Forever Began.

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Vodafone and Cubeecraft Make Holiday Clones To Help Spread Cheer

The holiday season often brings out the worst in advertising, as companies know that they need to make a holiday push to get themselves into the public eye, but they don’t take the time to do it right because they figure that everyone is already in the buying mood, so there’s no need to put effort into motivating sales. However, standout (and unique) ads will always prevail, so over the next few days, I’m going to highlight some of the best from this holiday season, and look at why they succeeded when others failed.

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Nintendo Shakes Up YouTube With Wario Land Ad

Nintendo’s new YouTube ad for Wario Land: Shake It is a fantastic example of how to grab a viewer's attention, create replay value, and ensure pass-along by using the element of surprise.

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