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Smarketing

Smarketing, or ‘Smart Guerrilla Marketing’ for exceptional buzz

Implications - Using elements of shock or surprise can make for a very successful marketing campaign. In a society that has become a lot more savvy to standard marketing ploys, taking the unexpected approach can drive up a marketing campaign’s chances of becoming viral, talked about and remembered.
Trend Themes
1. Shock Marketing - Using elements of shock or surprise in marketing campaigns can increase viral potential and memory retention.
2. Guerrilla Advertising - Targeting consumers in unexpected ways is a great way for businesses to get noticed and gain consumer loyalty.
3. Real-world Interaction - Leveraging the concept of real-world interaction with ads can create a conversational relationship between businesses and consumers.
Industry Implications
1. Advertising Industry - The advertising industry can benefit from incorporating shock elements, guerrilla ads, or real-world interaction concepts in their campaigns, resulting in increased consumer awareness and memory retention.
2. Social Responsibility Industry - Social responsibility professionals can use visually provocative images to promote important social causes with efficiency and effectiveness, leaving a lasting impact in the minds of customers.
3. Mobile Homes Industry - Mobile homes and other brands looking to target a European audience can use provocative trailers to revamp their advertising strategy and create a more memorable and creative communication method.
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Featured Examples

Guerrilla Model
Guerrilla Model
Elle Muliarchyk
Elle Muliarchyk is a Guerrilla Model who shoots her own photos in the changing rooms of designer stores. She creates vivid imagery and even brings her own props. Elle had this to say in her Showstudio… MORE
Cadbury Guerilla Marketing
Cadbury Guerilla Marketing
Dairy Milk Gorilla Ad
Cadbury has come up with some very clever gorilla marketing, literally. Their 90 second Dairy Milk candy bar video doesn't feature chocolate once, not verbally or visually. Guerilla marketing is a low-budget,… MORE
Papa John's Guerilla Ad
Papa John's Guerilla Ad
Fake Delivery Man in Your Peep Hole
Papa John's Peru has created viral buzz with its guerilla Delivery Man ads. The ads, created by Saatchi and Saatchi, consist of a little dude taped to your door. The catch is that it looks like a delivery… MORE
Ad Tagging
Ad Tagging
Express Your Opinion with a Sticker
Express your opinion by tagging outdoor ads with a sticker. Ad Tagging is a rising guerrilla action where organized individuals are raising consumer awareness about ad quality by vandalizing ads with… MORE
Guerilla Awareness
Guerilla Awareness
Child Poverty Ads in India: Begging Child on Glass
A Guerilla ad agency named Grey has launched a ad campaign for Childcare India.  The ads feature cut outs of homeless children on the glass of store windows.  The aim is to help 20 million indian children… MORE
Mirrorvertising
Mirrorvertising
Guerrilla Campaign from ACK Insurance
In a new campaign for ACK Insurance, Partizan Media has created mirrorvertising. The guerrilla ads are made using images imprinted on real mirrors. The unsuspecting driver will look at their rear view… MORE
Europe Trailer Ads
Europe Trailer Ads
Freitag Guerrilla Campaign
Tired of looking at kitschy trailers? With labels like "Maria te quiero" or other religious slogans or tacky images of naked females, it was time trailers got a makeover. In Europe, they've made the decision… MORE
Prisonertising
Prisonertising
Prison Break Actors Chain Walk Through City
In a guerrilla campaign to promote Prison Break, the Fox channel in Portugal has marched prisoners throughout the city. The prisoners (actors) were chained together as shown in the photo. Posters and… MORE