Brilliant Ads: Spotify, Durex, Rexona & more.


Brilliant Ads This Week

Spotify, Durex, Rexona & more.


Hey,

Ad Professor here.

Let's stop scrolling past bad ads and study the ones that got it right, shall we?

This week's mix: Spotify, Durex, Rexona & more.


Ad Professor Original: Spotify

Here's an ad we made for Spotify


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Great Ad: Durex

🧪 Principle: Seasonal Double Meaning

One line. Two meanings. Instant fit.


Great Ad: Coca-Cola

🧪 Principle: Let Them See It

Your own eyes fill in the Coke.


Social Media Ad: Rexona

🧪 Principle: Sponsor the Blind Spot

Every time a ref raises the board or an arm goes up…

there's Rexona — branding football's sweatiest moment.


"Nobody counts the number of ads you run; they just remember the impression you make."
— Bill Bernbach, co-founder of DDB

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