If advertising is dead then…

Why am I (and almost every teenager in Ireland – the audience that supposedly doesn’t pay attention to advertising anymore) going around saying “bow chicka wah wah”?

Answers on a postcard or watch the Lynx ad below.

Yes the role of advertising is changing (more on that later), but to say it is dead or ineffective is just plain ignorant.

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6 Responses to “If advertising is dead then…”  

  1. 1 Damien

    Similar thing to the Daft Dave phenomenon I suppose!

  2. 2 Michael Morton

    I have been guilty in the past of saying advertising is dead.

    I should clarify…

    Advertising isn’t dead; It’s just better meant for certain functions like brand reinforcement. I believe marketing, PR, core company values, and customer service create brands. Only truly great advertising (which is a very rare thing) can effectively create a brand.

    What do you think?

  3. 3 Piaras

    And by truly great you should have added a couple of million:D

    Yep, of the same opinion and something I hope to expand upon over the next week or two

  4. 4 Alex

    Advertising is certainly not dead and a creative concept will break through the clutter. Interestingly in an ( admittedly unscientific ) poll of my students, equal numbers first encountered this Lynx campaign through viral means ( as with your posting of the You Tube video on your blog and mine) as saw it on television. Far from eliminating creative concepts, the internet can in fact be a catalyst for reinforcing them.

  5. 5 Vladimir Orlt

    Not dead… just dying…

  1. 1 I pity the fool that doesn’t like this Snickers ad at Piaras Kelly PR - Irish Public Relations


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