Dec 17, 2010

Marketing + Humour = Memorable Ad

When using humour in your marketing, there’s a fine line between creating a funny ad and producing something that could cause offence.

Personally, I’d visit this place 🙂

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Mark
The founder of Attwood Digital, Mark is a digital marketing veteran having been working online since before the dotcom boom. He created the world's first online skip hire service in 2003, has created multiple online courses, lectured on digital marketing and even written a book on the subject. He is also an ICO advisor and crypto-enthusiast.
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  1. Phil Hill
    December 17, 2010

    Mark My sons website is http://www.plymouthrugcleaning.co.uk is trying to mix a bit of humour to the seamingly boring subject of rug cleaning. Would you use this man,Andi Hill aka Captain Rug Wash.
    Phil…aka Private Hands Wash

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    1. Mark
      December 17, 2010

      absolutely 🙂

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  2. Ben Hunt
    December 17, 2010

    I always wanted to do a billboard for a cough medicine with the slogan: “For Coughs, Strong Medicine” (would only work in the North of England, I suspect)

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    1. Mark
      December 17, 2010

      hehe – at school, we used to say this one all the time: “Fuckoffs and colds, take Beechams Powder”

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  3. Steve Lowrey
    December 17, 2010

    Here a long one but I have remembered this for 30 years so it works: I saw this joke advert for a kitchen cleaner called BUGGER. It stood for the Best Universal Grit Grime and Effluant Remover – & the slogan was – If elbow don’t brighten it & Daz don’t Whiten it:BUGGER IT !

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    1. Mark
      December 18, 2010

      Nice one Steve. Slightly off subject, but do you remember TV presenter Stuart Hall’s travel company in Salford in the 1970s? I’m not sure if this is an urban myth or not, but it still makes me laugh. His business was, allegedly, called: Stuart Hall International Travel, or S.H.I.T. for short.

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  4. william
    December 18, 2010

    I work for Cunard. How about you?

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  5. Steve Lowrey
    December 18, 2010

    On an Asian Plumbers van in Bolton – You’ve tried the Cowboy’s – Now try the Indians !

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  6. Tom
    December 21, 2010

    Love it! Gave me a chuckle!
    Cheers Mark!

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  8. Ben Hunt
    January 3, 2011

    Or the Indian karaoke host in Sheffield.. Gurupta Singh

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