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Posted in Advertising, Audience (Consumer), Marketing Insight, Viral Marketing, entrepreneurship, marketing by Steve Sammartino on July 29, 2007

As a follow up to radvertising…

TOOHEYS EXTRA DRY HARVESTED

Here’s why I think this creative is bad:

  • It’s contrived & try hard
  • The idea isn’t linked to the core values of the category or consumption environment
  • There’s something dirty / semi disgusting about the story - Do we want to think my beer is the spawn of a rednecks strand of hair? (I beleive it’s just a bad idea with anything you put in your mouth)
  • Seem’s like some brand manager and advertising creative is trying to get a trip to Cannes.

Your thoughts?

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  1. Jennifer said, on August 1, 2007 at 4:04 pm

    You gotta be kidding! LOL If I wanted a beer that much, I’d just go to the store. If it takes that much work just to have a beer, no thanks.

    And the hair sprouting out of the ground….gross.

    Interesting ad, which is completely lost on the likes of me.

  2. Dr Dre said, on August 7, 2007 at 10:11 pm

    So obviously an attempt to respond to the Foster’s Big Beer ad which simply worked.

    Playing catch-up is always a bad thing…

  3. The Big Whinge said, on August 9, 2007 at 6:38 am

    It’s Wankersville with such a disappointing pay-off.


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