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Another invaluable lesson in exactly how NOT to advertise.

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Sep 4, 2023
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In recognition of “Labor” Day and the obvious lack of labour put into creating these ads, I’ll be working as little as possible critiquing them.

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This is a hot new approach in Outdoor advertising: lazy/meaningless/terrible copy combined with shitty stock photo, or stock photo quality, visuals. Great job, everybody.

EXPEDIA

I was “made”? You know NOTHING about how I was made. See, Expedia’s tagline is “Made To Travel”. So the CW is desperately, badly trying to “integrate” the headline with the tagline. And, how bout just a nice shot of a sunset, instead of this ugly mish-mash.

Aspall Cider (UK)

Truth be told, who gives a flying fuck where you’re more at home at. You’re a bottle of liquid. And Jesus, what a dead-ass nothing photo. Three racially-diverse people.

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JACK DANIELS

Sure you can puke in the parking lot, if you want/must. Just MAKE IT COUNT. And does Jack really think people are going to read all that boring-ass copy on a transit poster? Again, three racially-diverse people.

SCHWEPPES (UK)

BORN SOCIAL. Yeah-Nah, I think we’re all—including individual bottles of Schweppes—born non-social. And RE the headline: well that depends on the “stories”. Whatever story these three are “making” looks boring as piss. Slick art direction, too, making “beats” Scheppes yellow. And yes, three racially-diverse people.

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