Funniest current commercial. Period.

Seriously, these U by Kotex commercials are hilarious. They say all the things that people have typically thought about tampon commercials, but typically don't say. The commercial comes on, the family gets quiet, and patiently--everyone lets the ill-timed advertisement pass as quickly as possible.

But can a company make their "unmentionable" products funny? If I'm not mistaking, they just did.
More on the campaign here: http://popsop.com/33116

"Best" Videos? Says who...

This CloudAve blog link originally came to me from Twitter. I'm really into looking at videos these days, as we just bought our first video camera and are currently setting up the template guidelines for film and production.

CloudAve sites these videos as the "10 Best Enterprise 2.0 Videos and Presentations in the last month". First, where did they get these videos? How were the recommended? How were they rated? Are they based on content? Because they surely aren't based on time and effort put into production.

So I wonder... is it really necessary to go through all this trouble of production? Do people really listen to the video, kind of like a pod cast, and not really even look at it? It sure would be nice to know... especially if these videos can make a Top 10 list and be so amateur.

Of course, I like the Salesforce Chatter presentation, mostly because its FLASH, and not really a video. And I sure do like that voice over... nice.




Not only is this video awesome... Its like an EPISODE. While things like this are hilarious to me, are they good for business? Is this kind of production worth the effort? In my book. Absolutely.



That said... this is more the route I'd like to go. HILARIOUS in my book. It gained the most attention when it was actually "withdrawn" for being risque. In the world of viral video, that is GOLDEN.



and for good measure: www.youtube.com/atosoriginus

21 Ads You'll Love

Or, more appropriately entitled "21 Ads You Won't Hate" by BusinessWeek. I originally saw this post on Twitter, (Thanks @HelenWalters).

This is a great article with quick links to a bunch of ads from 2009 that made the most creative list. One of my favorites is number #21 Boone Oakley's You Tube Website. It's a little bit of twisted humor wrapped in an unsuspecting scribbled "website" on youtube.

I've just fell in love with Billy, their Marketing Director who was killed by his wife to set an example for all others who may fall into the Madison Avenue trap. You'll have to see it for yourself to get the full appreciation of this hardly "little" company.

Follow @booneoakley, or visit their webpage: http://www.booneoakley.com/ --which incidentally just goes to the youtube show :)

Using YouTube, the right way...

Ok, so this is a shameless plug for Atos Origin... BUT there is a reason to posting the video. It looks like MetaStorm really knows what they are doing. They have used YouTube to post professional videos of clients, event participants, and have done a great job. If I can search for Atos Origin, and they come up... well done them.
When I grow up, I want to be like MetaStorm.

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