--- title: Creative Advertising description: Creative advertising does not have to cost you 4 million dollars like the 2013 super bowl commercials. See how these companies thought outside the box! image: https://www.thecreativemomentum.com/hs-fs/file-3572847856-jpg/blog-files/istock_000020535651_extrasmall1.jpg --- CloudMellow Acquires The Creative Momentum [Read Press Release](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cloudmellow-expands-into-the-atlanta-market-through-the-acquisition-of-award-winning-website-design-and-digital-marketing-company-the-creative-momentum-301593009.html?tc=eml_cleartime) [The Creative Momentum - Top Web Design Firm - logo](https://www.thecreativemomentum.com/) [![The Creative Momentum . Atlanta Top Web Design Firm](https://www.thecreativemomentum.com/hs-fs/hubfs/the-creative-momentum-white-sig-logo.png?width=189&height=54&name=the-creative-momentum-white-sig-logo.png "The Creative Momentum . Atlanta Top Web Design Firm")](https://www.thecreativemomentum.com/) [Get a Quote](https://www.thecreativemomentum.com/quote) [* View All Blogs*](https://www.thecreativemomentum.com/blog) # Creative Advertising ![](https://www.thecreativemomentum.com/hubfs/Michael%20White-1.jpg) Updated on October 1, 2024 Posted on February 1, 2013 by [Michael White](https://www.thecreativemomentum.com/blog/author/michael-white) [![Creative Advertising](https://www.thecreativemomentum.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Creative-Advertising-425x282.jpg?width=425&name=Creative-Advertising-425x282.jpg)](https://www.thecreativemomentum.com/hs-fs/file-3572847856-jpg/blog-files/istock_000020535651_extrasmall1.jpg) * * Creative advertising does not have to cost you 4 million dollars like the 2013 super bowl commercials. In fact you should be striving for the biggest return on investment for your advertising dollars. Below are a few creative advertising campaigns that will help you think outside the box for your own company. * * *CREATIVE ADVERTISEMENT # 1: * * * Does the [Dollar Shave Club](http://www.dollarshaveclub.com/) ring a bell? This Santa Monica company sells cheap razors and razor blades online and they deliver it right to your door. * * Budget: Less than $5,000 * * Creative Advertising: a [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUG9qYTJMsI) video * * Difference: Bold, Capturing, and Memorable * * Outcome: Almost 9 million views on YouTube in less than a year * * *CREATIVE ADVERTISEMENT #2* * * [Dumb Ways to Die](http://dumbwaystodie.com/) - I remember when I first came across this video and I was thinking to myself "what in the world is this about?", but yet I just kept watching. Metro Train's goal was trying to communicate safety around trains. * * Creative Advertising: a [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNR2EpS0jw) Video that is nearly 40 million viewers since November 2012. * * Difference: Capturing, Catchy, and Fun * * Outcome: "Within two weeks it had generated at least 50 million worth of global media value in addition to more than 700 media stories, for a 'fraction of the cost of one TV ad' (Wikipedia). * * *CREATIVE ADVERTISEMENT #3* * * [Mashable](http://mashable.com/2010/11/01/mashable-to-honor-fans-with-the-worlds-largest-real-life-facebook-wall/) (inspired from Indigo doing this on their logo) created the world's largest real-life Facebook wall in November 2010. Creative Advertising: A social media campaign to get a large amount of "Facebook Likes" where even YOU could be on their wall. All you had to do was "like" their Facebook page at the time. 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