Don’t Expect Any General Motors Ads During Super Bowl XLIX
General Motors has decided not to advertise during Super Bowl XLIX. In 2014, GM aired two 30-second ads during the most popular television event of the year supporting its Chevrolet brand. This year however don’t expect a single commercial from the Motor City automaker. The company also resisted showing any ads during the game in 2013 when then-global chief marketing officer of GM, Joel Ewanick, said that the company...
Are Super Bowl Ads Worth the Price? Newcastle Says No
Newcastle’s new pre-Super Bowl ad campaign encourages small brands to band together to create a game day commercial that will rival those of larger brands with bigger ad spend. Newcastle, a British beer company, has released a new pre-Super Bowl ad that jokingly challenges the efficacy-to-cost ratio of Super Bowl ads and invites smaller brands to “crowdfund” a more cost-effective solution. The spot features...
For Super Bowl Advertisers, Loud Bark Doesn’t Equal Big Bite
Small dogs can bark, and that certainly holds true for Super Bowl advertisers. But Communicus, a Tucson, Ariz.-based ad consultancy, says that big or small, the volume isn’t the point when it comes to successful Super Bowl ads. The company says that 80% of ads fail to produce meaningful impact among consumers, though small and “underdog” brands often beat those odds. Especially those brands offering something really new. The firm...
SaatchiNY & LA Score in Top 10 Super Bowl Effectiveness
Leading up to Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1, an Ad Age story details how nearly 50 ads fared in terms of consumer effectiveness during last year’s game, with Saatchi & Saatchi claiming two top ten spots for its Toyota Highlander “Joyride” (SaatchiLA) and Cheerios “Gracie” (SaatchiNY) Super Bowl ads. Conducted by Tucson, Arizona-based research firm Communicus, which provides advertisers and agency partners with insights about consumer...
The Science of Emotions: How Effective Are Super Bowl Ads?
Every year, around February 3rd, newspapers and websites line up to play the post-Super Bowl favorite reporters pastime: Analyzing Super Bowl commercials. Some scrutinize their humor, others focus on the sexy factor, while many others come up with more or less passable definition for the “best” and “worst” ads of the year. Communicus, a US research based advertising consultancy, conducted a study prior to Super Bowl 2014 that found...