Sunday, September 9, 2012

Fantasy Football and Star Wars?


This week marked the beginning of another NFL season. Meanwhile to the millions of fans who enjoy fantasy football the season has already been long in full swing. With many fans completing their fantasy draft weeks ago the trash talking and taunts have already been raging on while no games have been played. One aspect I feel that gets overlooked in all the post draft commotion is the commercials. I find fantasy football commercials to be some of the funnier ads on TV. Advertisers have the ability to take the ads in so many different directions, from the person who always seems to lose, to the friend that is overly enthusiastic about his team’s success.  This particular ad is a bit older but is one that I particularly enjoy.

 

I love when two completely unrelated things pair up to create something that seems to fit in perfect harmony. I would never think to incorporate Star Wars with fantasy football. This video got me thinking about all the possible partnerships you can have in the world of marketing and communications. I have started to look at brands and objects and find “partners” for them, which in most cases would make hilarious advertisements. For an advertisement to be successful it must have an element of surprise to it. If an advertisement catches you off guard it has a much better chance of getting you to laugh and thus remember the product or service. For that reason I found this advertisement to be a huge success.

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