Creative Uses of Stickers in Advertising
The use of stickers in advertising is not only an innovative way to attract attention, it is also an extremely cost-effective way to create a lasting impression. Many companies, whose only form of advertising is stickers, have seen an increase in business by as much as 550%. The great thing about these stickers is that they can be easily customized and this is probably one of the main reasons why they have become so popular. In this post, we’ve collected some of the most striking and creative examples of stickers in advertising. What do you think of these type of adverts? Please feel free to share other examples that you may know of in the comments’ section below.
Apple Store Window Guerrilla Marketing Example
The broken-glass sticker was placed on the window of an Apple Store to promote the iPod Hi-Fi.
Cillit BANG “Clean Coin” Guerrilla Marketing Example
The househould cleaning product Cillit BANG placed transparent stickers on 5 Cent coins they gave out as change to consumers, that were half way cleaned by Cillit BANG and half way dirty.
BARCORAIA: 3 MILLION DOLLAR CATCH MARKETING EXAMPLE
Creative advertising for the TV show Million Dollar Catch by placing stickers at either end of the lanes.
TV2 “Batman Stickers” Guerrilla Marketing Example
In honor of the launch of Batman Begins on TV2, stickers were placed on footpath lights, so that the bat signal was created when the lights were on.
Brastemp “Stainless” Guerrilla Marketing Example
Brastemp Stainless placed outlines of the shape of their products, on shopping center elevators.
Bubble Hair Salon and Spa Guerrilla Marketing Example
Bubble Hair Salon and Spa placed a temporary sticker on the road to recreate a comb-shaped zebra-crossing adjacent to the salon.
Road Safety Bus Advertisement Guerilla Marketing Example
This sticker was placed on the front of a bus to encourage pedestrians to look both ways before crossing!
Folgers coffee: Manhole Guerilla Marketing Example
Stickers with an aerial view of a coffee mug were placed on top of steaming manholes all over Manhattan. Small holes in the sticker allowed the steam to exit the drainage system.
Revista Demolicion Guerilla Marketing Example
Surfboard-shaped stickers were placed on moving walkways to promote extreme sport magazine Demolicion.
Dermagraphic Tattoo Guerilla Marketing Example
Dermagraphic Tattoo’s placed stickers of tattoos in various bathroom and changing room mirrors so that people could line the tattoos up in the mirror to give the impression that they were actually on their skin, in order to promote their mission to “try before you buy a tattoo”. Below the tattoo was another sticker with the message.
Wilkinson Eggs Guerilla Marketing Example
Wilkinson Quattro Titanium placed transparent stickers of masculine faces on the eggs and put an advertising flyer with a promotion on the back in every box.
Elmex Lockers Guerilla Marketing Example
Elmex used two rows of lockers to create a mouth with teeth. Opening a locker gave the ilusion that there was a hole in one of them. To complete the experience, a product sample and additional information about the toothpaste and its benefits were waiting inside the locker. In one month 35.000-40.000 people were exposed to the message.
Folliderm Guerilla Marketing Example
Folliderm, a crand that prevents hair loss, used elevators in corporate offices and residential buildings to promote their company. A face of an man was stuck on the elevator door; such that his hair was stuck on one door and the rest of his face on the other. When the door opened, the hair pulled away. Another print was stuck in the inside of the elevator – where the man was shown bald. The line read: “Scared of losing your hair? Ask your doctor about Power 1+4″.
Gillette Guerilla Marketing Example
Outdoor ads in high-traffic Manhattan neighborhoods were tagged with bloody tissue stickers – making it appear that men in the ads had nicked themselves shaving.
Golden Holidays Guerilla Marketing Example
Stickers were placed onto the pull-down meal tray on-board selected Malaysia Airlines domestic flights making the captive audience “feel” their next holiday.
Greenpeace Guerilla Marketing Example
Floor Stickers that resembled puddles of water were placed on the streets of China to raise awareness of the huge problem of unsafe drinking water in China.
HomePlus Subway Guerilla Marketing Example
Stickers were applied to the subway station pillars in order to make them look like life-size HomePlus supermarket stands. The intended effect was to make the people entering the subway station feel like they were stepping into the HomePlus supermarket. No TV/Print ads were carried out for HomePlus. As a result of this unique outdoor campaign, the sales for the opening day exceeded the expected sales by 550%.
Restaurant-bar Le Cactus “Monday Hot Wings” Guerilla Marketing Example
Le Cactus restaurant-bar communicated the burning effect of spicy wings by putting stickers featuring the face of a men screaming on the rear window of taxis. The man’s tongue is superimposed on the central brake light, creating the effect of extreme heat.
