Novel Marketing

093 – What Authors Can Learn from Bad Super Bowl Ads


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Expensive, but the REACH is unparalleled.
1967 the cost was $42,000 for a 30. Today 5 million  
Spending that kind of money means you have to create a great ad
 
Talking Points:

Seahawks
 
One of the biggest TV shows in the world
 
If you have the money, it combats the fragmentation of media like nothing else
 
It’s LIVE TV, that even millennials will watch
Humor sells- Doritos
Going for the heart sells- Ram Trucks Farmer spot. Mean Joe Green and coke a million years ago.
Getting the audience involved sells- Doritos again! Users
What sells and doesn’t sell

Spots that don’t feature the product: Greatest Super Bowl ads of all time. Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2013/0130/Five-greatest-Super-Bowl-ads-of-all-time-video/Cat-Herders-EDS-2000
GEICO
Old Spice- Your Man Could Smell Like … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE



When thinking about your newsletters, blog posts, FB, Twitter, etc., you’re not spending 5 million dollars, but there is a cost, so spend your creative dollars wisely.
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