Thursday, May 28, 2009

Not as old as it seems


Silly as it may sound I think this ad was ahead of its time.

It doesn't try to sell the product.

The headline makes no reference to any kind of product benefit.

And the product itself is pretty much obscured.

Sure it's obviously dated. Not to mention sexist.

But by associating the product with nothing more than enjoyment, I believe this ad is an early example of the use of emotion as a selling technique for a 'me too' product.

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5 Comments:

Blogger Tim said...

Is that Don Draper?

8:56 AM  
Anonymous The Bogan said...

The good old days. When men were men and women knew how to chill a beer properly.

9:35 AM  
Anonymous Stef said...

there's a proper way to chill a beer?

3:17 PM  
Anonymous The Bogan said...

Obviously you were too young for the good old days Stef?

10:08 PM  
Anonymous Stef said...

thank god for that

3:10 PM  

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