Most irritating ads of 2009

Occasionally I am very thankful of reading an article which offers some help in soothing the pain of 'that' ad that you can't avoid, the ad that seems to follow you around regardless of channel, time, or day. For this reason I'd like to thank Marketing Magazine for the following list of last year's Most irritating ads.



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1 Gocompare.com
2= Cash4Gold
2= Glade Touch 'n' Fresh
4 Swiftcover
5 Confused.com
6 118 247
7= Churchill
7= Webuyanycar.com
9= Nintendo
9= Country Life
11 McDonald's
12 Kingsmill
13 BT
14 Gillette
15= T-Mobile
15= Peugeot
15= Dolmio
18 Orange (Monkey)
19= Greggs
19= Tesco
21 Holland & Barrett
22 Pampers

Source: marketingmagazine.co.uk (Adwatch research was conducted from 24-26 November 2009 by TNS)

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A short history of marketing

Here is quite a cool short video put together by German ad agency Scholz & Friends.

Coke Zero rebrands for Quantum of Solace launch

Coca-Cola are to launch limited edition Coke Zero bottles, which will be rolled out next month, rebranded as 'Zero Zero 7' for the latest film in the James Bond series Quantum of Solace.



Although the campiagn has a nice tie-in with the dark, edgey male audience of the film, I still feel that Coke Zero will need to work a lot harder at convincing its audience of its brand values.