My picks for awesome, awful, inclusive and weird super bowl ads

For years, I did a post about my top 10 Super Bowl ads. I think this year warrants a different approach. I felt it was an odd mix. Sure there were some awesome ads and I’ll go through them first. There were some that I thought really missed the mark. In the current political climate, where anything inclusive is being wiped away from our government and the NFL had to remove “End Racism” from their end zones, there seemed to be a number of ads that went out of their way to be inclusive and honor marginalized people. This included
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How to use creativity - look at the opposite POV

What is one way that you can get an advantage over your competition using creativity? I’m gonna tell you, it is for you to look at things from the opposite point of view. If everyone in your niche is doing the same thing, do the opposite. Find a way to look at things differently and, and really attack it that way. A great example is the nonprofit Water is Life. You know with nonprofits you usually get the sad Sarah McLaughlin music and the sad looking dogs to make you feel empathetic to their thing. Or you’ve got the kids
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You would think an ad depicting Dollar Shave Club, as a snooty, exclusive club you have to know the right password to get into would not work. After all, they disrupted the razor industry by offering inexpensive, quality shaving supplies direct to consumer. But it does work. Why? Because it is played with the same kind of irreverence that has always been the undertone of their brand. In fact, if feels more like a Saturday Night Live skit than a commercial. Even the robe given to the young man once he gets the password right is somewhat reminiscent of the
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A great way to get your brand or organization’s stories told in an authentic way is to conduct interviews with the people who have lived them and create videos out of those interviews. I’ve been directing interview videos for 15+ years now. Here are some tips I’ve learned about getting good responses to create compelling stories. Help Them Relax When you’re interviewing someone who is not used to being on camera, it can be pretty intimidating. Don’t have them staring directly into the camera. That’s a sure way to get that “deer in the headlights” response. I usually sit in
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