Cutting through the clutter while maintaining brand image

One of the great challenges these days for advertisers is managing to cut through the clutter of non-programming messages to grab the attention of viewers, yet still projecting a positive brand image.  That’s what we’re going to be looking at with the following sets of commercials:

Cutting through the clutter – Which works better?

Which of these better tells the story of the product?

  • Nissan “Toy Story”

  • Levis “I Think I Love Your” by Michael Bay

Building Brand Image – Grabbing attention while building the brand

  • Bud Light with Lime
  • Guinness
  • Chrysler

Two markets for small SUVS

Different people respond to different messages.  Look at how these two commercials for small SUVs target two very different buyers:

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And finally… This PSA on melanoma awareness brings a certain level of humor to a very serious issue:

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