Squatty Potty: Unicorn

There are some adverts you watch and you think how did you come up with this?! They generally come from a difficult brief for difficult products to market – perfumes are one. I never understand the adverts for the perfumes, but as my fiance put it “how else do they get your attention for a product you can’t smell?” one point to him. They have to go to the other extreme to get us to watch it and remember it. but this product is well, hard, but definitely not as mainstream as perfume! Some days you wish you could be a fly on the wall and one I would put on my list s to be in the meeting where they came up with this! It’s very well done, and puts humour in to make it less embarrassing, hats off to the actor to be able to do it so well! #squattypotty to the rescue!

Skoda: European Bike Stealing Championship

If you left a high quality bike unlocked in Amsterdam, Prague or Rome, which city would the bike be stolen in first? And how long would it take to happen? Skoda decided to test it out for the first European Bike Stealing Championship 2015 with their site We love Cycling. They brought along a band and confetti to to celebrate the thief!

DHL: DHL Is Faster

A lesson in being sneaky from DHL! Getting their competitors to deliver a large black box to hard to reach addresses. What they don’t know is the box is covered in thermoactive foil. When taken to places with the correct temperature the box changed colour to reveal a giant “DHL is Faster” slogan on the box.

Blush Lingerie: Make Him Stand

What do you need to make people pay attention to your campaign. Money so you can put as many poster sites and billboards as possible and paste your image everywhere? or a simple but brilliant idea? I’d definitely say the latter. As proved by Blush Lingerie. All they required was a pack of $1.99 24pack 35ltr bin bags and free use of the air vents that frequent the American pavements

Also creates a brilliant new form of dancing

Paranormal Activity: Open House

Paranormal Activity films are meant to be pretty scary, I wouldn’t know I don’t do scary films! But I do enjoy watching people GET scared by things. This one is a great example of a fun prank on unsuspecting people. The house from the first Paranormal Activity film was “put on the market” with the previous owners giving no reason why they left in short notice. The trusting house hunters are about to find out why they left! A bit of fun to start your Friday off!

If you enjoyed that then you’ll love these other prankvertising examples, like this haunted apartment which possibly inspired this version, this elevator prank, and this great coffee shop telekinesis prank.

Have a giggle to start your weekend!

French Contrex: Stripping Light Show

This went round on Facebook the other week, but it turns out it’s an oldie! An oldie but a goody! French Contrex set up a row of bikes in front of a building. No signs. But as soon as curiosity won out one woman, others joined in and you can tell from the video they were pleased! So funny, I’ve never seen women so enthusiastic about exercise! Priceless moment when one lady even takes a break and makes her husband get on and spin! The harder they pedal the more they see, and it works!

Republica Parrillera: Bad Ad

Not seen this good an example of a bad ad for a while, this is the front and back of a billboard from Republica Parrillera in Costa Rica, uploaded to Reddit. Not much forward thinking going on when they put this up was there?

Powerade: Workout Billboards

“Powerade presents: the world’s first “Workout Billboards”. Billboards, which are an advertising and training machine at the same time. By using the ad you could prove directly: You have more power than you think!”

Powerade created 3 different workout billboards, rock climbing, weight lifting and not exactly sure that the other is called! If anyone knows the right words let me know! I’m glad they did the variety, it works a lot better than just doing the rock climbing one. Nice team work by the public too, especially the creative attempt at the end which made me laugh!

Pepsi Max: Time Tunnel

“Using advanced projection technology, we surprise passers-by with the illusion of an extraordinary time portal opening up before their very eyes. We filmed their reactions on a hidden camera as they got the shock of their lives!”

Pretty cool use of technology, what I like best is that the “screen” is pretty much invisible so the graphics come as a major shock to the people, unlike those that actually look like TV screens. Not really sure how it links to Pepsi Max in anyway though! Creates some funny reactions though, and if I was the person who’s window faced the tunnel I would have sat there with popcorn!

Skittles: Web

I hate spiders. I am not liking them letting themselves into my house at this time of year! Early Halloween one for you, advance posting! Here’s a story about how a boy and a giant talking spider became friends . . .