Advertising Is Good For You

Does a suggestive vegetable make you want to buy something? Me, neither.

Came across this online ad today:

" Your recent near-death experience may have been our fault. Here's 30% off to give us another try."

Following the Costa Concordia disaster off the coast of Italy, the ship's parent company, Carnival Corp., is trying to do some damage control. Emphasis on trying.

Carnival if offering all the passengers of the ill-fated cruise a refund. So far, so good.

Carnival is also offering some passengers — just some, not all, mind you — 30% off future cruises.

Click here to read about another effort at damage control after a different marine disaster.

 

Via Huffington Post
Image: Sinking of the M.S. Wilhelm Gustloff,
Irwin J. Kappes

Becca Kallem's animals love their luxury brands

Mr. Longneck loves Burberry:

Mrs. Henrietta L. Vuitton loves Louis Vuitton:

Click here to see more of Becca Kallem's work.

Via Design Sponge

Carlsburg and I wish you a Happy Chinese New Year

Here's an ad for Carlsberg beer — created by Euro RSCG, Singapore — celebrating the Chinese New Year, the year of the Water Dragon.

Click here to see a clever Chinese New Year message DDB International, Kuala Lumpur, created a few years ago.

Via I Believe in Advertising

The most succinct post-primary headline

From Huffington Post.

Movie Poster: Project X

Via IMP Awards

Celebrity Saturday: Emma Watson for Lancome

Click here to see Clive Owen in an ad for Bulgari fragrance.

Via Just Jared

Model Hanaa Ben Abdesslem will be the first-ever Muslim face of Lancome

Click here to read more about it.

Click here to see a beautiful ad for Oscar de la Renta's Live in Love fragrance.

The Oatmeal's brilliantly funny explanation of SOPA and PIPA

Click here to enjoy The Oatmeal's animated GIF explaining SOPA and PIPA.

If you agree that SOPA and PIPA would result in censorship and would like to sign Google's petition to that effect, click here.

Most outrageous reasons people give for being late to work

CareerBuilder conducted its annual survey of hiring managers. The results include the top four most common excuses for tardiness:

· Traffic, 31%

· Lack of sleep, 18%

· Bad weather, 11%

· Getting kids to school or daycare, 8%

No surprises there. The fun began when CareerBuilder asked hiring managers to provide the most outrageous excuses given by employees for being late. CareerBuilder shares the ten best answers:

1. Employee’s cat had the hiccups.

2. Employee thought she had won the lottery (she didn’t).

3. Employee got distracted watching the TODAY Show.

4. Employee’s angry roommate cut the cord to his phone charger, so it didn’t charge and his alarm didn’t go off.

5. Employee believed his commute time should count toward his work hours.

6. Employee claimed a fox stole her car keys.

7. Employee’s leg was trapped between the subway car and the platform (turned out to be true).

8. Employee said he wasn’t late because he had no intention of getting to work before 9:00 a.m. (his start time was 8:00 a.m.)

9. Employee was late because of a job interview with another firm.

10. Employee had to take a personal call from the state governor (turned out to be true).

Read more about the survey at CareerBuilder.

The vintage Alka-Seltzer ad is from my other blog, Found in Mom's Basement.

The post-zombie apocalypse will include Twinkies, after all

Everything is going to be okay.

Despite filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, Hostess is assuring snack cake lovers that it will continue to produce Twinkies, Sno Balls, Ho Hos and other iconic Hostess brands.

And now for your Zombie Monday treat.

From one of my favorite movies — Zombieland — comes a great example of product placement.

Click here to see Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson in the 'Hostess truck' scene from Zombieland.

Starbucks digital print by lilopie

The Starbucks print by lilopie is available for purchase at Deviant Art.

Click here to see Starbucks cups with sketches by Johanna Basford.

Movie Poster: Flake & Flames

Click here to see four more movie posters with interesting illustrations.

Via IMP Awards