How do you catch and keep the attention of your audience, and galvanize them into action?
This is the Holy Grail of marketing and promotion professionals, and they have to nail it each and every time. That is, if they want to keep working in the industry. The thing is it has all been done before.
Or has it?
The Internet has not made coming up with ad campaigns any easier, either. Of course, that also levels the playing field, so ANYONE can try out a crazy idea without having to spend a ton of money.
Shock and awe are two emotions that are very useful in advertising because they are new, different, and memorable.
However, some of the best ad campaigns did not even start as an ad campaign, but it drew so much attention, it ought to have been.
Check out these 15 game changing advertising ideas.
1. Create drama with the push of a button (it doesn’t have to be an ACTUAL button)
The “Push to Add Drama” button was a series of elaborate setups created by TNT in the quiet corners of towns in different countries. It concerned a big red button, and a sign (in different languages) that said “Push to add drama.”
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