The effect of pop culture & advertising on our everyday lives.

The results are in for one of the most recognized campaigns in recent memory. The Old Spice campaign “The Man You Wish Your Man Could Smell Like” – Already had taken it’s place in Pop-Culture, but how effective was it really?

The new Allstate campaign from Leo Burnett, featuring Dean Winters – Mayhem Is Coming is pure gold.

Okay this is the most basic and important lesson to be learned in advertising. DO NOT, under ANY circumstances attempt to copy a campaign that is less than one year old, even then – when you ATTEMPT, and I put emphasis on ATTEMPT, to recreate the magic that was a highly successful campaign; try please for the love of advertising, try to be different.

Time for a little lesson in advertising.

Here’s an awesome idea from UNICEF: 8 flavors of bottled water: cholera, dengue, dysentery, hepatitis, malaria, salmonella and yellow fever to help people understand that more than 4,000 children die daily from water related diseases.

can you guess? click to find out!

Digging through the Archives to bring you an oldie that surely will not disappoint!

Found this FANTASTIC collection of celebrity photos for Empire as they celebrate their 20th anniversary, they took photos of 27 of the most iconic celebrities recreating some of the most iconic moments in movies! AWESOME!

We live in a time where social media is the buzz word, where sharing is common practice, and where privacy issues are a constant talking point and concern. But do you remember life before Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Digg, and other social sites? Do you remember the first time you realized the genius behind a social networking site?

So you think you’ve got a cool marketing idea? You think you can change peoples perception of a product, and breathe new life into a product that has been around for decades? – well that’s nice but you’ve got to try a little harder now, after W+K comes through again for Old Spice…

Not much to really say other than these are pretty hilarious ads.