In one of the more extraordinary product marketing schemes, TRU Organic Vodka is promising to plant a tree for every bottle of vodka you down. If you’re going to have a drink or five, why not help plant…

Holy crap! There was a Viagra game and I didn’t know about it? Talk about leaving their target audience out of the loop! It sounded like fun too.

According to Multinational Monitor, “Viva Cruiser” gameplay…

These Odies Pure Fat chocolate bars make no attempt to trick consumers into thinking that their guilty craving is healthy.

In the marketing world, where every little deception or exaggeration is exploited,…

Some time ago, Trend Hunter published a story about a heart surgeon and tattoo artist named Dr. Valentin Vikunjevski, who ran a business called “True Love Tattoos.” This doctor purportedly performed open…

In Barnardo’s latest campaign for children, ‘Break the Cycle,’ shockvertising is used as a way to raise drug abuse awareness. 

The ‘Break the Cycle’ ad depicts a teen girl in the following order: trying…

The advertising agency JWT came up with a brilliant new way to advertise the much beloved game of Scrabble: they’ve dissected items and animals. 

JWT dissected an elephant, submarine, and guitar, in…

Despite the involvement of such public figures as the late Princess Diana, there remain over 100 million undiscovered land mines worldwide. In an effort to bring attention to this huge dilemma, the Swedish…

With all the stress and challenges of our modern lives, it’s clear we have become obsessed with the pursuit with obtaining one common feeling:  Happiness. 

Book writers, educators, psychologists, and…

Lotus hasn’t produced a new car in 13 years, so the Lotus Evora had its own buzz even before its debut at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show.

After the Lotus Evora was unveiled, however, buzz grew to a roar…

Danny Choo is cool. He’s best known as the Dancing Storm Trooper, but also has had some other cool jobs with Amazon, Microsoft and Japan Airlines.

His collection of “Meishi” (Japanese for a name/business…

With 2008 coming to an end, it’s time to obsess about calendars. One of these that draws my attention is the Volkswagen Scirocco Calendar, which utilizes the fashion show ‘Germany’s Next Top Model,’ a…

This new advertising campaign from Argentina promoting Bonafide Noir coffee is sure to capture people’s attention beyond just the caffeine freaks.

Complementing the campaign slogan “Noir Intense Coffee.…

Bertrand Bodson, the boss of Bragster.com, an online community for daring, boasting and bragging, was dared by his own team to allow complete strangers in London to rack up £10,000 on his credit card.…

Gift cards were the hottest present for a while, but the recession has a lot of people wary about buying them this year. Surprising to many, Circuit City is still selling gift cards, despite having filed…