What was the worst advertising campaign ever?

Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 by admin


ok…maybe not ever but at least 70s to present

my wife and I were debating about this…..I said “nothing ***** like an elctrolux”…….but I think her’s was better “melts in your mouth not in your hands” M&Ms which is 100% garbage!!!

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9 Comments on "What was the worst advertising campaign ever?"

  • Sam X9 said on Oct 19th, 2009 at 2:30 PM:

    The worst advertising is when you tell a lie infront of the camera and the consumer finds it.

  • Schroder said on Oct 21st, 2009 at 7:08 AM:

    The worst advertising campaign that I can remember was IBM Corp. trying to sell OS/2 back in the 1990’s as a competing product to MS Windows.

  • wizardslizards said on Oct 22nd, 2009 at 2:40 AM:

    There have been many horrible advertising campaigns over the years and quite a few of them, if not majority of them fall under one catagory: politics. I don’t think there is anyone out there that can’t say they get sick and tired of the crap negative political campaign ads!!!!!

  • banjuja58 said on Oct 25th, 2009 at 5:06 AM:

    There was a commercial for batteries that had these really evil looking wooden puppets a few years back.

  • KENDRA M said on Oct 25th, 2009 at 1:18 PM:

    the crashing jetta

  • eggman said on Oct 26th, 2009 at 2:18 PM:

    I am really annoyed by these new Geico commercials featuring washed up stars helping ‘regular’ people tell about there good experiences with Geico insurance. The one with Little Richard is particularly disturbing.

  • Kittybriton said on Oct 28th, 2009 at 11:26 AM:

    Within my lifetime – I forget the brand, but this loner was mooching along a riverbank in a city. Black and white ad. Then he pulls out a cigarette and lights up. Caption “You’re never alone with a …{whatever the brand was}”

  • r said on Oct 29th, 2009 at 4:02 AM:

    I have to second the Geico ads. Little Richard is scary but the Movie Guy is pure evil.

  • mrmaccnz said on Oct 30th, 2009 at 12:27 AM:

    The worst ever advertising campaign for me was running a 3 month radio campaign for nearly $15,000 and not getting any business from it…..

    Expensive lesson but one well learned!

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