[Closed] Most stupid ad on the telly right now...

got you talking though, so not that dumb, in fact, less dumb than you 😀

The Strongbow ads are particularly crap though.

This is an odd concept that ads are just to get you talking. No they're not they're meant to make you buy the product.

look up "subliminal"

You of course are immune. It's just gullible fools like me that fall for it.

I'm a real ale drinking, corduroy wearing, beard sporting fixie rider so it's next to impossible that a pint of strongbow will ever pass my lips.

When did I say I was immune?

idiot.

dont know about most stupid, but this is the funniest one at the moment:, maybe you dont get it in Englandshire?

Here we go...... all advertising is poisonous. Except little squeak off the EDF advert, he is sooooo cute I could cry

It's not even subliminal. Brand awareness is just as important as direct selling (maybe more so), so any ad that people talk about is a good ad even if it's a bad ad.

slainte ➡ rob

"Hello, Captain Speedy!"

FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!

I want subliminal, where can I buy subliminal?

I'm a real ale drinking, corduroy wearing, beard sporting fixie rider so it's next to impossible that a pint of strongbow will ever pass my lips.

So the quality of the advert has had zero effect on you, I can't see where they have failed or why an "improved" advert would have made a difference.

The fact that despite never letting cider pass your lips you are willing to give Strongbow free publicity suggests that the advert hasn't failed. Presumably if the advert had been to your liking you wouldn't have provided product placement for Strongbow on a cycling forum. It looks like a win for Strongbow to me.

look up "subliminal"

Yeah, I know what it means, but an ad being so crap that everybody talks about it, isn't subliminal.

I see those ads every so often on the TV and I think "they're crap"...this is the first time I've discussed this openly on an internet forum; in fact with anyone I know.

Hey, it's like an AA meeting. 🙂

"My name is Darcy and I think some adverts are crap"

Next step?

idiot.

You're awfully confrontational and condescending tonight. Did you miss your afternoon nap?

OK maybe it's not directly subliminal, but many adverts are meant to be memorable for crapness/anoyyingness, like Daz.

[url= http://uktv.co.uk/dave/article/aid/652590 ]Dave[/url]

i am unaffected by marketing, i don;t even know what adverts are.

suggests that the advert hasn't failed

I wasn't commenting on its effectiveness as an ad more the stupidity of the plot.

What strange attitudes some people are demonstrating to this.

aa - Member
i am unaffected by marketing, i don;t even know what adverts are.

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Please can we just all stay quiet for a minute, otherwise HE'S going to come crashing into the thread. 🙂

cynic-al, fair point, well made. á la WeBuyAnyCarDotCom...did you notice that when they went to just doing the door-closing, clunks and clicks to the timing of WeBuyAnyCarDotCom that you realised what the ad was for before they said? Arsing annoying bastards.

dont know about most stupid, but this is the funniest one at the moment:, maybe you dont get it in Englandshire?

Glad you like it! Ad agency I work for, we made it.

Some adverts are so crap though they actually put you off the product, due to their advertising campaign I will never buy "bodyform".

I wasn't commenting on its effectiveness as an ad more the stupidity of the plot.

What strange attitudes some people are demonstrating to this.

It's only its effectiveness as an ad which matters, whether the plot is stupid or not doesn't matter.

Indeed it is your attitude which I find a little strange.

And btw since I hadn't seen it I looked it up, and I quite like it. In fact it's made me a little thirsty. Anyway, in case someone else hasn't seen it and to provide it yet more free publicity :

is there subliminal advertising on this forum?
every time I read it, it makes me want to go out and buy a gun.

every time I read it, it makes me want to go out and buy a gun

I [i]k[/i]now th[i]i[/i]s comment wi[i]ll[/i] be tr[i]y[/i]ing t[i]o u[/i]pset s[i]o[/i]me other[i]rs[/i]. You remnind me of that [i]Elf[/i] chap, if I'm honest so I call troll.

That bellend in the BT ad really grips my p!ss.

This forum IS marketing.

The marketing industry is actually rather scared of social media, it gives control to their customers, and away from them.

But the second we comment on a brand or product, good or bad, we are also part of the marketing process...

we are also part of the marketing process...

Not sure about that... I'm going to have to think it over whilst eating an Orange because Apples give me the shits in a whole different way.

I want eggs. Don't know why.

This forum IS marketing

Absolute poppycock!

I want poppycock.

I want poppycock.

WooHoo!
I want TBC.

It's all on Twitter sweetheart.

Not on mine. 😥

Get involved... follow the cute one.

nah,

i prefer heinz beans to edf beans

Am doing, must have missed something with all the marketing activity.

Ahhh... you're following me now 🙂

You can still hear my crap even when I'm on the naughty step!

I hate being left out... 🙁

Do you want to be big or little spoon?

Actually... how tall are you? We can go [s]'locomotive'.[/s] Russian Doll?

I'm easy and very accommodating.

You're bunking with Dave then.

This forum IS marketing
Absolute poppycock!

This forum is social media
Social media is used for marketing purposes
Therefore this forum is marketing, no?

It's part of STW's marketing (part of their product)
It's got advertising all over it from third parties
We discuss brands on here every day (recommendations, reviews, negative reviews etc)
Cotic use it all the time, CRC used to use it to deal with customer service issues, Superstar did a lot of damage to their reputation on this forum)

You do know that companies use sentiment tracking tools which record every mention of their brand on social media, and use that to understand what people think about their brands and products...

... " ... you're worth it ... " ... 🙄

*Starts making plans for "The best sound in the world ever.... " thread.* 8)

Spin - Member
This is an odd concept that ads are just to get you talking. No they're not they're meant to make you buy the product.

No they are to make people in their target audience buy the product. There is no expectation that everyone will buy Strongbow, but there is a desire that people who are likely to buy that brand or a direct competitor might select Strongbow at some point in the future.

I once told an advertising guy I didn't 'get' his advert (which had made him, and he claimed his client, a lot of money). He explained - if you don't 'get' the advert, you are not in the target audience. When you add in the effect that Strongbow, not its competitor is being discussed by people who aren't even in the core target audience the ad is successful; you don't need to enjoy it or like it to remember it.

Now the following test won't really work on the internet when people have as long as they want to think about it (or google it). But name Strongbow's biggest competitor? Still sure it doesn't work?

My most stupid advert is the student Nick Johoba (sp) who is parachuting while trying to take photos of a model for his coursework. He wants the perfect shot before he hits the ground. Rubbish that, it's for a phone but I couldn't tell you which phone.

The shame with that ad is they've cut the first few seconds of it, which are an absolutely amazing bit of filmmaking. But I dunno what phone it's for either.

The most stupid advert is the one for HSBC with the kid selling drinks followed by the statement that "we believe in the future even the smallest business will be global " or something like that . Firstly they won't be . Secondly how is that advert supposed to increase HSBCs customer base . And thirdly Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Company , global who would've thought it .

Did anybody watch Patriot Games last night?

You must have laughed your head off at this unbelievable advert:

I want a bald patch!

The Strongbow one is just their attempt to position themselves as cider purveyor of choice to the LAD market. It's all a bit puzzling really, because I'd always assumed that they'd already cornered that market.

I guess that Magners have muscled in to an an extent, but basically the whole Oi Oi! Lads on tour, epic bants, Archbishop of Banterbury, just off to the lashpoint, they should send me to Bantanamo Bay, don't get many of them to the paaaaaaaaarnd, d'ya daaaarlin'? thing always seemed to be domain anyway.

The one with the cow made from gravy dancing around the table... Stoopido

the argos advert or the magnum one where she moves her mouth but the shape of her mouth is wrong for the words!

The Strongbow one is just their attempt to position themselves as cider purveyor of choice to the LAD market.

If there has ever been an example of clever/effective marketing, it's the way that the cider industry has re-invented itself over the last few years.

I want a wet patch!

I still have to turn over or mute any go compare advert that comes on and avoid using their site as a result.

Mind you that brain surgery ad for kayak makes me laugh :p

Me too, I have a paddy when that go compare advert comes on, can't get to the remote fast enough

I too would never use their site

Oh and what about that gormless looking bloke on the McDonald's advert, the one were she's having a scan and he comes in late........his face pisses me off