Brilliant Ads: Strava, Heinz, Walmart


Brilliant Ads This Week

Strava, Heinz, Walmart, & more.


Hey,

Ad Professor here.

New week. New ads. Same obsession with what makes them brilliant.

Let's get into it:


Want your ads to perform like the best in the business?

We’ve helped billion-dollar brands create high-performing social campaigns that drive real results. If you spend $100K+ monthly on ads and want expert help...


Ad Professor Original: Strava

Here's an ad we made for Strava.


Great Ad: Heinz Shanghai

🧪 Principle: Flatter Their Identity

Don’t just sell the product.

Sell who the product says they are.

This campaign doesn’t claim Heinz is the tastiest or healthiest. It suggests Heinz is where the winners go.


Great Ad: Dolmio

🧪 Principle: The Double Take Visual

Give people a visual of your product they can't ignore.

The AHA moment is in the second look.


Social Media Ad: Joe & the Juice

🧪 Principle: Interface Hijacking (ChatGPT Edition)

Use a fake AI response to humorously overstate how good your product is.


Social Media Ad: GAIL's

🧪 Principle: Hijack The Viral Launch

A late-night photo of GAIL’s, looking like Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks, goes viral.

The photo gets 3.5M views.

GAIL’s reposts it, partners with the photographer, and gifts the woman in the shot a year of free coffee.

Not all great campaigns start with a brief. Spot the moment, then own it.


Great TikTok Ad: Maezen

🧪 Principle: BTS > Ads that look like ads

This clothing brand went viral on Black Friday.

But not for their 'Anti'-Black Friday ad. But for the BTS.

300K+ views on TikTok. 30K+ likes on Instagram.

Just a raw, unfiltered look at the process.

Proof that people don’t want more ads. They want honesty.

Watch the full video here.


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– Rory Sutherland


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