I was quite surprised to see the below video shared by @HalaMoubarak today for an ad made by Absolut Vodka back in 2007 and looking very similar to the ads currently running for touch’s new campaign “In My New World“.
To me, In My New World was basically among the two most interesting campaigns this year along with Lebanese Brew’s Try Something Brave, now let’s hope the latter doesn’t turn out to be yet another inspired campaign as well!
Below is one of BLC’s new ads promoting an initiative they started a while ago to support women entrepreneurs by making it easier on them to get loans to start or expand their business.
It’s a great initiative indeed, but couldn’t they think of a business women can start other than a bakery as it shows in the ad?
Quite funny!
The new Cadillac SRX ad looks ad if it was shot in Lebanon, especially with the “Faraya-Mzaar” sign that appears in the middle of it. But where exactly do we have such nice road here?
Amer just confirmed the ad was shot in Faraya. Ok, the ad was NOT shot in Lebanon.
What’s more agonizing than listening to McDonald’s new ad on radio is probably just watching it on TV!!
No matter how good or bad their service is, I just love MTC Touch’s 3G ads!
Seems like Beyonce’s new Heat perfume ads were too provocative for some people! I was on my way to work this morning when I noticed they were vandalized overnight at Dora highway. (Same as what happened to Marie France’s ads back in May)
The act is pretty weird though… there are much more other explicit ads all over the country, why did they decide to just target this one?
Anyway, it’s good no one thought of playing the video commercial of the perfume at one of the newly installed outdoor giant screens!
I just got the below ad in a spam e-mail via “ePublicities Lebanon” promoting “Hot Nurses” nights at the Excalibur Super Night Club!
I was of course shocked when I first saw the e-mail, but then again with all the provocative billboards on our highways, we’ll get acquainted with such ads in no time! And it wont be very surprising if we start seeing them on TV anytime soon… don’t you think?
Anyway, if hot nurses is your thing, you know what to do this weekend!
I saw the below letter as a note on Facebook written by Mr. Nazih Sanjakdar criticizing BankMed’s latest advertisement promoting a car loan, and I thought of sharing it with you as it speaks my mind with every word.
The advertisement on TV shows a guy who feels embarrassed in front of a girl because he doesn’t have a car! BankMed then of course offers to help by selling him a loan to buy a car and therefore make him look like a real man!
Dear BankMED,
Without elaboration, because I believe that if you think it over just a little bit, you would find that this is correct. Your Car loan advertisement is stupid and disrespectful. I cannot believe how low a bank would sink to sell a service !
The ad is based on a social prejudicial assumption. The bank is directly and shamelessly adopting a social vice and a tremendous mistake in the way people are currently considering things. A car, by definition is a mean of transportation and not in any way a social or masculine instrument to attack success, or the other sex.
Your ad is incorrect, disrespectful and is a clear sign of the bank’s immoral approach towards its customers. I believe and I know that if you show such ad here in Europe people would laugh at your bank and boycott it.
Thank you. And have good day.
Nazih SANJAKDAR
—
Thésard en droit international public.
École doctorale Sciences Juridiques – Grenoble.
Photo via Beirutiyat
Tnein bi 15? Yalla!! Ahh tnein subscriptions…
This is a new billboard advertisement for CableVision that is all over the streets now.
Joe has already pointed out that it’s a copycat, but I would like to add that the use of a hot girl in such ad is VERY cheap!
