Great Commercials by creatives

There are good commercials and there are great commercials. Out in the yard outside my office we had discussion on what it takes to be a good creative.  I initiated the conversation talking about that horrible “febreze” commercial. You know the one where the voices were dubbed in later.  I made the comment “How does something like that get to a national scale?” My next question was how do kids suddenly rise to be the top creatives in the country.  Firms like crispin porter +Bogusky who I would say are massively creative have kids leading these teams.  Are they more creative because they work on a bigger scale?  Are their creatives more confident?  Is it better to work for a client or within a firm?  I know nothing about this.  That discussion led to another. A commercial doesn’t have to be good to be affective.  How do I know this? I have now spoken about that horrible febreze commercial  in two forms. First,  in conversation now in a social media form. In Birmingham there is a commercial that plays constantly for Goldberg and to this day I remember the phone number to call because of that commercial. A commercial doesn’t have to be good to be affective.  Take a look at the Google search I did on bad over dub here. Bad adr here.  So people talk about it. I wouldn’t say I’m a fan of vague commercials but doesn’t there have to be something more that just a jingle. I’ve learned that I know nothing.  Well.. I do know the commercial you are about to see is a great commercial.  Guinness changed their tag line from “Good things come to those who wait” to “Bring it to life” I don’t really know how much marketing you need to do for Guinness I pretty much think you like it or you don’t but this may make you try it.  Fantastic.  So what thing are you going to create today?

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  • Call Goldberg, 800-600-6014. I haven’t heard that commercial in ages, but it seriously is the most effective (maybe not most creative, but definitely effective) example I can think of. In my first mass media & communication class at Samford, we actually talked about that firm and their commercial. Students from out of state that had been in town for less than a month could sing the entire thing. Great marketing for them…

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