Thu, Aug 2, 2007
I don’t really have much commentary on this one. I was just tickled at the following banner ad currently running on UK-based Onrec, which speaks for itself really.
I didn’t even know what it was until looking closer and discovering it was a female putting on pantyhose. The advertiser even promotes the banner on their homepage. Crazy Brits!
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August 2nd, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Being a crazy brit recruiter, over here in the UK, I thought you would like to know that it isn’t just the financial services advertisers that are trying to make a statement. A very large UK retailer uses its staff to promote their 2007 recruitment campaign in a ‘different’ way……go take a look through their career pages (and yes they are all their own HR Team and there is no photo trickery!).
August 2nd, 2007 at 12:04 pm
sorry forgot to add the crucial part……..www.superdrug.jobs
August 9th, 2007 at 10:02 am
Here’s another UK site to add to the list, just to show us Brits don’t take our advertising too seriously. Take a look at http://www.secsinthecity.co.uk – a popular job board for the secretarial sector, owned by Trinity Mirror. The job site uses ’secs’ related phrases in banners ads, clever advertising or poor puns – you decide.
August 13th, 2007 at 4:13 am
i took me less than a second to see it was a lady putting on pantyhose ;)