Ads You Must See

Here are this week's Ads You Must See (Aug. 19, 2011)

Here are four ads you must see because…

Sony Ericsson

…while it’s a nice short film, the answer to their questions seems to only be “kinda.” Didn’t land with the oomph it could have.

Volkswagen

…it’s a helluva giveaway idea.

Air Swimmers

…again we see that some products sell themselves without need of much production value (1.7 million views, online purchasing crashed due to demand). Also: we totally need on of these for the office.

Pear Drop

…talk about turning a flaw into a feature.

Advertising Articles

BC Children’s Hospital waxes poetic

A Christmas classic for children nestled all snug in their hospital beds.

Teaching makes you a better marketer (Column)

Tim Dolan on the crucible of the classroom and the effects in the boardroom

Survey says Starbucks has best holiday cup

Consumers take sides on another front of Canada's coffee war

Watch This: Iogo’s talking dots

Ultima's yogurt brand believes if you've got an umlaut, flaunt it!

Heart & Stroke proclaims a big change

New campaign unveils first brand renovation in 60 years

Best Buy makes you feel like a kid again

The Union-built holiday campaign drops the product shots

123W builds Betterwith from the ground up

New ice cream brand plays off the power of packaging and personality

Sobeys remakes its classic holiday commercial

Long-running ad that made a province sing along gets a modern update