“I can’t help looking at what’s hot.”™
Excuse me? A medical imaging supply company using naked x-rays as a selling tool? I guess you could call it creative, but is it more along the lines of pornography?
This has to one of my favorite examples of Suggestive Selling™ in a long time!!
“I can’t help looking at what’s hot™” …even if it’s an ad for toilet cleaner! Sometimes the best ideas are about doing the opposite of what is expected.
So it’s no surprise that Fast Food advertising has mainly dwelt in the lowest, physiological level of Maslow’s Hierarchy. Tearing animalistically into a huge sloppy burger is a guilty, sometimes uncontrollable URGE right? Hehe That’s why Suggestive Selling is perfect match for Quick Service Restaurants (…you do the “quickie joke” or shall I?) Well I [...]
So you may or may not have already heard of the “Australian Man Drought”. It’s a recent phenom that entails eligible city dwelling Aussie bachelors heading overseas for extended working holidays or high paying salaries. Hey, I’m reporting from the front line. I’m living in beautiful Sydney- the city that’s been hit hardest by the [...]
Former British Cosmo editor Linda Kelsey is “shocked, bewildered and disgusted” by British women’s magazines and their cover lines like, “I breastfeed my puppy” or “Lesbian Incest: My Sister and I Want A Baby.” Magazines were feeling the pinch even before the recession so it seems aiming at the LCD (lowest common denominator) is their [...]
Oh yes, it’s been the fanboy dream of years to see Laura Croft in the buff, and as strange as that request sounds, thousands of digital artists have done their own… interpretations of it. However, with the economy sinking and smaller video game companies going under, anything to promote sales is a good thing. Perhaps [...]
Economy got you down, laid off and bored, bummed because you just pawned the last thing of worth that you own? I have three words for you… Lesbian…Killer…VAMPIRES!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s right , horror comedy, Lesbian Vampire Killers is soon to be released in Europe and is looking for a US distributor. So far we haven’t heard [...]
Perfumes bottles have always taken some sort of sensual structure. And why wouldn’t they, for the very contents within are nothing short of our aspiration towards perfection and beauty. Our human desire to smell good, at its most primitive, is to ultimately make ourselves more desirable. Suggestive Selling™ captured this human truth, from the subtle [...]
Most of us animal lovers feel a little sick inside when we hear about the terrible conditions that animals are often forced to exist in. So, why is it that whenever I find out about a new campaign launched by the organization PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, my interest is replaced by [...]
For those heavier consumers wanting to hide their love handles, Levi’s brought us the tummy flattening jeans, aka Levi’s 512 Jeans. And now, for all those consumers aspiring to a tighter booty, it’s the Levi’s Ultimate Lift 544 Jeans. Designed with fabrics promising to lift, tighten and tone the shape of your rear, Levi’s just [...]