Humor doesn’t just sell—it sells well, and that’s no joke. There are any number of stats to validate it. Research from Oracle indicates that 90% of consumers are more likely to recall a product or ...

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One of our columnists took a bit of a pot-shot at ‘cause’ marketing last week. In short, he asks that marketers seeking to stick out from the crowd rediscover their funny bones. Humor has always been ...

From Snickers’ You’re Not You When You’re Hungry 2010 spot with Betty White to Wendy’s Where’s the Beef 1984 spot, Super Bowl commercials are known to be the funniest of all time. So why aren’t ...

Answer: Actually, as you'd expect, people really like humorous ads. But, they have proven more appropriate in ads for products that people are not really involved in (that is, products that they don't ...

Beer ads try to be funny, but a regulatory group has determined that Molson Coors went too far with a recent ad that compares rivals' light beer to water.The National Advertising Division, which is ...