The Week on AdFreak: May 11-18, 2012 Depressed copywriters, Guinness submarines (and QR codes), and the year's most-viral ads so far
1. The 20 Most-Viral Ads of 2012 (So Far)
2. Infographic: Advertising People Are Hopeless Social-Media
Addicts
3. Martin Agency Staffer Gets Marriage Proposal via Banner Ads
4. Guinness Turns a Submarine Into a Branded Underwater Bar
5. Condom Maker Asks Women What They Won't Put in Their
Vaginas
6. Guinness QR Cup Reveals Scannable Code When Full
7. Keep Your Kitten or Puppy From Becoming the Town Whore
8. This Mother's Day, Literally Pay Your Mom Back for Her
Pregnancy and Labor
9. Depressed Copywriter Alters Ads for Maximum Self-Loathing
and Despair
10. Tiny Man Frolics in Giant Cleavage in Fiat Ad
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- Kawasaki And 'Lone Ranger' Ride Together in Multifaceted Campaign
- CBS Picks Up Bad Teacher
- Dish Network's Search for a Digital Agency Down to Finalists
- Liberal Groups Pressure Mayer to Withdraw From FWD.us
- Arrested Development Outbuzzing House of Cards
- Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women Includes Tech, Media Titans
- The IAB and Mozilla Clash—in Person
- Sen. John Cornyn Joins the Fight Against Patent Trolls With New Bill
- Samsung Presents Advertising's Most Idiotically Primitive Husband Ever
- And the 2013 Grand Effie Goes to ...
- The New York Times Reinvents the Boring Banner Ad
- Puma's Dance Dictionary Will Leave You at a Loss for Words
- Tablets Overtake Smartphones as the Big Shopping Device
- Droga5 Gives Qantas Fliers Paperbacks That Last Just as Long as the Flight
- Introducing Beardvertising: Tiny Billboards That Clip on to Your Beard
- Ad of the Day: Nike
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