Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Make your own ad

Giving ordinary people the ability to create commercials seems to be the fad these days. Many companies like MasterCard, Sony, and GM are doing exactly that. Well, the rationale seems to be if consumers are creating their own dog-and-pony shows, there is no way they can avoid companies' ads, right?

Maybe not for GM. These days, GM just can't seem to get it right even with their ad campaign. GM recently started a contest where you can design an ad for their Chevy Tahoe SUV. It seems that if the consumers don't like your product, they are not going to kind with the portrayal of the product. Needless to say there are plenty of parodies created from this ad campaign. Here are some of my favorites:

Feeling inspired? Let your creativity run loose at the Chevy Apprentice Challenge.

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