Posts Tagged ‘netherlands’

A nice day at the beach spoiled by rain

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Marketing and advertising – it’s a funny old hit-and-miss kind of a game. What works on one campaign will be an unmitigated disaster on another. Sometimes, rather than being subtle and clever, the best approach is to just bash the potential customer over the head with the message.

On other occasions, like this one in the Netherlands, the best approach is to just bash the potential customer over the head with thousands of tampons.

[BuzzFeed]

Commercial Break: Twat’s Life

Monday, January 12th, 2009

We’re not often lost for words, but this new Dutch ad, for female hygiene brand Lactacyd has got us all gobsmacked.

It whizzes through a day in the life of a vagina, and according to Elisa Beenakker, a creative at Grey Amsterdam, it, “takes Lactacyd from feeling like a medical product to feeling like an essential part of a woman’s personal care routine.

“It’s unapologetic and instead unashamedly confident and energetic in the way women today are.” Unfortunately, the growler in the ad doesn’t have a voice. Which brings us to pose the question, “If a lady’s area could talk, who would it sound like?”

We reckon it would be Barbara Windsor. Feel free to add your own thoughts…