NEW YORK – Companies hope you’ll be gabbing about their Super Bowl ads on Monday morning. But the ultimate score is if those conversations continue throughout the year.
The Super Bowl is an advertiser’s biggest stage (more than 111 million fans are expected to tune in this year.) It’s also an advertiser’s biggest gamble (a 30-second spot costs $3.5 million.) Marketers are willing to take the risk, though: A successful ad can generate buzz well after the game for the companies, products and people who star in them.
“If you do it well, it has the opportunity to set your company straight or change the direction of your company,” says Allen Adamson, a managing director at brand consulting firm Landor Associates. “You’ll never get all those people in one room again until next year.”
Here are three of the most talked-about ads from last year’s Super Bowl and what happened to the companies that created them:
May the force be with you
Volkswagen’s ad last year had everything to grab your attention: a cute, little boy, a retro theme, a funny plot.
The German automaker charmed millions of viewers with a “Star Wars” themed ad for its redesigned 2012 Passat sedan. The commercial shows a young
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