You don’t need a big ad budget, you need effective psychology.
Viral holiday ads earn attention by feeling human, native, and recommended.
Win on a tiny budget with UGC, 3-sec pattern interrupts, polls, and micro-influencers.
Small budgets can outperform big ones.
#HolidayAds #AdCreative #UGC
McDonald’s AI-generated holiday ad gets pulled, then gets roasted by its own digital actor. #McDonalds #AISlop #TechNews #HolidayAds community.designtaxi.com/topic/20982-...
Samsung taps into childhood imagination for its latest festive spot, directed with gentle honesty by Ben Woolf. #Samsung #BenWoolf #GalaxyAI #HolidayAds #TechNews #SamsungUK community.designtaxi.com/topic/20979-...
My annual review of 2025 British holiday ads is now up!
This is going to be a tough year to top.
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#HolidayAds #TheSnowman #IrnBru
My annual review of 2025 British holiday ads is now up!
This is going to be a tough year to top.
#HolidayAds #TheSnowman #IrnBru
🎬 This holiday season, #Apple delivers puppets & snow captured on an iPhone 17 Pro. Real craft, and a refreshing change to it banging on about AI all the time. Read more: [https://buff.ly/m4qndHl #ShotOniPhone #AdFilm #HolidayAds
Let’s make this Black Friday your calmest one ever.
Run a 6-figure weekend calmly:
✅ Name campaigns
✅ Schedule 3+ days early
✅ Preload creatives & backups
✅ Submit promos early
Predictable = working system.
#ProteanDigital #BFCM #EcommerceTips #HolidayAds
You don’t need new ads for Black Friday.
Take your top 3 winners, add a holiday intro + urgency + festive overlay.
Fresh ad in 15 min.
The best holiday ads are optimized, not new.
👉 Hit the Like button if you're stressed about BFCM.
#ProteanDigital #BFCM #EcommerceTips #HolidayAds
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2z8...
#AmazonMarketing #BenedictCumberbatch #HolidayAds #BrandStorytelling #CreativeCampaign #MarketingNews #SplitrunPicks #Splitrun
Benedict Cumberbatch turns AI-picked reviews into theatrical gold. Amazon’s “Five Star Theater” proves even absurdity can earn a standing ovation.
#AmazonMarketing #BenedictCumberbatch #HolidayAds #BrandStorytelling #CreativeCampaign #MarketingNews #SplitrunPicks #Splitrun
Preparing for a holiday ad campaign creeps up earlier every year. Whether your business depends on having a successful holiday sales season or you are intentionally pausing your campaigns, you need to know what you are going to do by September each year.
#HolidayAds #SisuSocialMedia
That apple hearing aid commercial 😑.
Why wasn't John ALREADY LISTENING??
What kind of A hole just sits there ignoring his family on Christmas morning?
Don't wanna listen to your daughter play guitar? Fine, than you can READ these divorce proceedings 👋
#apple #airpods #holidayads
My 2024 review of British (and other countries') holiday ads is now up.
We had a stronger year than I was originally expecting.
#HolidayAds #TANKMAS #TheReinfall
We didn't know how good we had it.
To all who covered those shifts, you sir/madam were the true heroes. #christmas2024 #toysrus #Christmasgifts #holidayads
...and, N-n-n-nineteen #HolidayAds later, I think that's enough for this year's list! Of course, and as ever, please do let me know if I missed a spot that you feel deserves notice and attention. In the US, brands spend big during the #Superbowl. In the UK, it's Xmas Actually. 3/3
The frantic urgency of the characters in @cocacolagb.bsky.social's second ad are reflective of the frantic urgency in the brand's marketing department, as consumers roundly rejected their first #HolidayAds entry, which was 100% AI generated (it showed). 🧵1/3
Here's a cute take on a familiar character. It doesn’t really tap into the underlying value proposition of the @etsy.bsky.social brand, but it manages to strike a good balance between commerce and seasonal sentiment, so it finds a good place in the #HolidayAds list.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYgO...
Bitzer, Shaun, and the gang are in fine tune in this Barbour spot, sharing the warmth of the season with just the right balance of commerce and creativity.
#HolidayAds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtcV...
A big pivot from bricks & mortar department store to Britain’s latest Amazon alternative? This feels like conventional strategic brand repositioning, rather than emotional #HolidayAds. That said, it might find success with shoppers who want to avoid the rain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKra...
Bridgerton fans will delight in this #HolidayAds entry from Boots. I found the diversity play delightful and reflective of the inclusive intent of the season. Sadly, some have taken offense that it’s TOO diverse.
Someone is always ready to be the Grinch, it seems.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncTd...
A little unwittingly classist? Perhaps.
Kind sentiment, otherwise, and I do prefer #HolidayAds that focus on the spirit of the season, without pushing the brand proposition too bluntly. The Amazon value proposition is smoothly integrated. So, a decent delivery, IMHO.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDhP...
Bugsy Malone! 10/10, even though its not an obvious #HolidayAds tune.
The ad itself was perhaps the weakest I’ve seen this year. It was merely last year’s ad warmed over (so, I guess, the oven mitts are apropos).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPRt...
Next up on the #HolidayAds list: I love me a good pun! And these Asda animated mercenaries for holiday joy are gno mere illusion! Straightforward cheesy fun always has a place at the table.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6HI...
Kevin’s back! Here is the @aldiukstores.bsky.social entry in this year's #HolidayAds roundup (and who’s going to recognize the also returning voiceover first?)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ1v...
Number 7 on my 2024 #HolidayAds list, and well played Lidl! On brand, but also on target with the spirit of giving (labeling the hat was perhaps a tiny step too far, though).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iPs...
Number 5 in my annual rundown of #HolidayAds: @sainsburys.bsky.social has Roald Dahl’s BFG deliver a delumptious feast for eyes and stomachs, in perhaps the most directly commercial ad thus far. Still, it remains enchanting enough to merit a peek with your gogglers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8dc...
Next up in my rundown of this year's #HolidayAds: Taika Waititi crafted an enchanting brand values piece, & reminds us of the #Disney we remember from our childhood, and yearn to rediscover. See if you can find the Easter Eggs (hint: other Disney animated characters)!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd3S...
Lovers of British TV will recognize a bevy of familiar faces, as Waitrose conjures up a 2-part mystery bit for their entry in this year's #HolidayAds.
Here is Part One:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Ll...
#2 (with lots more to come!) of this year's discovered #HolidayAds (see pinned skeet): The return of Dawn French, this time both as the eponymous fairy and also as herself! An enchanting piece that took me right back to my youth, and M&S delightful foods.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTTz...
