Category Archives: Outdoor advertising

Sofa King Silly

Written by monkey. Posted on March 1, 2012. Filed under Marketing, Outdoor advertising, Retail. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
Sofa King Low Sofa King advert banned by ASA

Sometimes, the ASA need to have some balls. Sofa King have been running this cheeky catchphrase for nine years (not entirely without controversy). And now it’s been banned. But that’s not because their catchphrase is rude, abusive or threatening, it’s because some people have no fucking … Read More →

There are billboards in faraway places…

Written by monkey. Posted on February 7, 2012. Filed under Art, Outdoor advertising. Tagged , . No comments.
there are wooden houses on land in faraway countries billboard poetry

A picture tells a thousand words. A billboard should make you buy something. But these billboards – stolen from advertisers by a Robin Hood of moral guidance – tell words worth many thousands more without the aid of any pictures. They are the work of … Read More →

Don’t Risk The Tories says Labour PPC ad

Written by monkey. Posted on May 5, 2010. Filed under Digital, Marketing, Outdoor advertising, PPC, Social Media. Tagged , , , , , , , , , . 1 Comment.
Tweetminster has helped bring Westminster to the online community (or vice versa?!)

Labour’s anti-Cameron PPC (plus #UKelection display ads by Conservatives and the Google Chrome party) Lots has been said and written about the impact of social media on politics. Barack Obama surged to power on the back of a Facebook campaign; Stephen Fry brought the strife … Read More →

Stairway to heaven

Written by monkey. Posted on April 9, 2010. Filed under Outdoor advertising. No comments.
Distasteful or tongue in cheek?

Driving to work yesterday I came across this ad on the back of the 51 service, tootling down Elland Road without a care in the world. Surely the person who dreamt this ad up was having a laugh? Surely the guy who printed the ad … Read More →

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