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Funny Specsavers Parody Ad Goes Viral [VIDEO]

specsavers viral adWant to create a viral ad but lack inspiration? How about creating parodies?

Specsavers tried it and enjoyed huge success. The ad is a parody of another viral ad titled, “The AXE Effect – Women – Billions” (over 3 million views), in which a throng of women dashed and swam towards a guy, who was vigorously spraying Axe deodorant on his body.

Specsavers created the exact same ad, except the women were turned off by the spectacle instead. The ad ended with a line of promotional texts that spotted the same typeface as the original.

Just 3 weeks after launch, the ad has gathered over 600,000 views. An impressive statistic + guaranteed good laugh.

‘The Specs Effect’ Advert (parody)

The AXE Effect – Women – Billions

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About Sarah Chong

Co-founder and editor of Penn Olson. A laid-back marketing student otherwise. Loves social media and twitters about everything! (yes even about the stranger who chants to himself) A huge Harry Potter movie fan who is extremely scared of geckos.

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  • akosfintor

    The parody is cool. ( I love “the Soup” on E! )
    Original sucked!

  • http://www.thecuillincollective.co.uk/web-videos Web videos

    The first videos shows how can an interesting commercial can attract people to buy their products, well this is what viral video is all about using pre existing social networks or sharing a video to several sites which can cause it to be popular

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