Advertising Facts

In 1984, a Canadian farmer named Murray Chicken began renting ad space on his cows, pioneering a bizarre form of outdoor advertising.

The first banner advertising was used in 1994.

For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was invented for Montgomery Ward's Christmas promotion in 1939.

There are only 14 blimps in the world.

The typical image we have of Santa Claus dressed in red clothes with white fur trim, is an amalgamation of cultural input over many years. Some people claim the image of Santa we know today is from Coca-cola advertising, but this simply isn't true. The st

The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.

U-Haul is the world's largest advertiser in the Yellow Pages.

Dunkin' Donuts in South Korea started spraying coffee aroma into public buses every time their jingle played. Coffee sales increased 29%.

In the mid-90’s, Coca Cola recalled an advertising poster due to a hidden sexual image.

As part of an advertising campaign, Molson, a Canadian beer company, strategically placed 'beer fridges' around Europe that only Canadian passports could unlock.

It costs around 2.75 million dollars to make an episode of The Walking Dead, and it pulls in 11 million in commercial revenues for a profit of 8 million an episode