I’ve never really been big on vermouth, but this commercial has got me feeling a little adventurous and I might just have to give the Martini a pour or two.
 
Via Advert Fan
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Give us your opinion. As a registered panelist we will invite you to take part in interesting surveys on various marketing topics. The panel results will make for great reading in theMarketingblog during 2010.

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Most businesses have probably felt the pinch of the recession this year, and chances are that if you’re a marketer this would have translated into a hacked marketing budget.

Obviously this isn’t ideal, but what it’s done is separated the men from the boys and forced marketers to spend more wisely, measure more accurately and operate more efficiently.

And during the course of it all there have been some interesting lessons for marketers to learn; of these, five stand out.
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It has been some time since Edinburgh based Scottish Widows widened their range of financial service beyond the very limited sector of providing for women from Scotland whose husbands had died. Now there is a general feeling that the lady in the adverts should perhaps come out of mourning and begin to enjoy life a little bit more.
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Ever experience that moment at work when time seems to stop? You glance around the office? You notice every little detail? You marvel at the beauty of things? You are overwhelmed with feelings of goodness, righteousness and environmentally sound principles?

Worth showing co-workers ...probably NSFW

No. Neither have we which is why this is all encapsulated in a commercial instead of real life. Because in real life time never stops, there's nothing special to see in the office, details involve strange looking stains on the rug, no one is beautiful, you never ever feel anything but misery and most assuredly, no one's clothes are magically torn from their bodies...in slow motion. Via AdRants.
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Unfortunately, the odds are against you when creating a new company and there are many challenges that easily deter the cynical. For optimistic entrepreneurs, it's real easy to lie about the challenges and the state of a business.

More lies of entrepreneurs
 

This will probably will set you off once again on that all important question What is the meaning of life?

There are a few genuine pearls of wisdom, like this quote from Clint Eastwood:

As you get older, you're not afraid of doubt. Doubt isn't running the show. You take out all the self-agonizing.

And Eminem’s secret to a happier life: If you don't overlook the fact of what you look like, then no one else will.

Esquire The Meaning of Life: Wisdom, Humor, and Damn Good Advice from 64 Extraordinary Lives
 

Banned commercial 
axe - shower girls.
 

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Lingerie makers Triumph have unveiled the 'Nice Cup in Bra', which can be removed, rolled out and used as a putting mat for the keen golfing lady.
 

Ian Smith, the chief executive of business publisher Reed Elsevier, has resigned with immediate effect after little more than eight months in the post.
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A series of really funny commercials - enjoy.
 

Hilarious commercials!

Some are foreign, some are banned, all are extremely funny