This week is our very last post in the Sex Sells series. Over the past year, I have featured over fifty commercials in the SEX SELLS series, some very clever examples of marketing teams using sex to create desire for their products, and some terrifyingly cringe-fest examples. For the most part the classic advertisers were […]
This is the penultimate post in the SEX SELLS Series. Although Carl’s Jnr could have kept the series going for at least another year, their commercials make me feel too nauseous to consider that. This week, I have picked one of my favourite forms of chocolate treat from childhood. I loved a dark chocolate Cadbury’s […]
I have to warn you now, the SEX SELLS Series is soon coming to an end. I have to wrap some things up before we move back to the US, and it seems that after over a year of exhibiting the commercial world trying to be sexy, the time has nearly come for our final […]
I know TLC were hugely popular, I was just a little too young for them in their hay-day. But when Destiny’s Child came out of Houston, I started searching out music I had never heard before. I remember my mom caught me watching this video on MTV and she did not like it at all! […]
Again and again in the SEX SELLS series, we saw the producers of both male and female fragrances popping up with their blatantly sex advertising. This commercial may seem very familiar to you at the start, but it is essentially a parody and I thank SpecSavers for their little parody treat. They have fun with […]
The Sex Sells has been an interesting an at times scary journey through the world of marketing. So many times I have wondered what on earth was going on in the minds of the marketing team who put these adverts together. This week I have a series of adverts that illustrates how sometimes the makers […]
This week we have a treat in store…one of the most iconic adverts ever made. Levis 501 know how to make a sexy commercial. They pick the right music, they create a scene, crank up the tension, and their male stars always play the role with utter cooldom. I don’t need to say much more […]
Last week we saw a commercial promoting healthy eating options (a vegetarian lifestyle) and this week we are staying in the realm of health promotions. The product is Centrum Silver vitamins. I am going to admit, I liked this advert and so did Ben. Part of me thought it was clever. I don’t know it […]
Here in the UK, supermarket giants “Marks & Spencer” are accredited with “food porn advertising”. But it seems that they are not the only food agency who have tried to stir desire in viewers of their advertisements. Whereas M&S stay firmly on the classy side of not being too embarrassed if you are watching this […]
You may remember that we featured a commercial from Liquid-Plumr a couple of months ago. Well here they are again, cleverly giving one of the most dire of household domestic dramas a sexy spin. I think you know before you watch the advert that Liquid-Plumr Double Impact is going to be as fun as it […]
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