Brilliant Ads: Calm, Daihatsu, Apple


Brilliant Ads This Week

Calm, Daihatsu, Apple, & more.


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Ad Professor here.

Welcome to your front-row seat to the best ads of the week.

This week, Calm, Daihatsu, Apple, & more.

Warning: If you can’t handle brilliant, creative and razor-sharp marketing, turn back now.

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Ad Professor Original: Calm

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Great Ad: Daihatsu

🧪 Principle: The U-Turn

Take them down a familiar path: "A mechanic fixing a car"

Do a complete 180: "Call an ambulance"

Great Ad: LEGO

🧪 Principle: Inelastic Budgets

If you sell to parents, frame your product as an investment in their child.

Social Media Ad: Apple

🧪 Principle: The Minimalist Ad

No marketing gimmicks, no fancy graphics.

Let the product speak for itself.

Social Media Ad: Heights

🧪 Principle: Viral Trend Hijacking

Heights used this viral AI Barbie Box challenge trend at its peak to promote their supplements.

Timing is everything.

Great TikTok Ad: VHS Life Saver

🧪 Principle: The Complete 180

Step 1: Start with a ridiculous hook

Step 2: Sell your product

This video went viral across socials in days, getting shared on multiple pages and racking up over 1.5M likes on TikTok alone.

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