Best Ads This Week: TikTok, Sharpie, Pepsi


Best Ads This Week

TikTok, Sharpie, Pepsi, and more.


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Great ad: Sharpie

🧪 Principle: Show, Don't Tell

Don't tell your audience how long your product lasts, show them.

The more ridiculous the example the better.

Great ad: Pepsi

🧪 Principle: Life or Death

True story: Pepsi is designed so your taste pallet never gets sick of it.

Pepsi addiction is real.

Social media ad: Lumin

🧪 Principle: Seize the Memes of Production

Small Budget? Out of ideas? Refresh the meme format by recreating it in real life.

Social media ad: Bella Bronze Tan

🧪 Principle: User Interface Hijacking

Use a shopping cart format. Take your customer straight to the final.

Great TikTok ad: iPhone 16

🧪 Principle: Sticky Songs/Ideas

Create a song that sticks in their head.

Your advert lives rent-free in their head paying dividends for weeks later

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