Brahma, Bit Copa and Skol – Sex Sells

America is a world leader in many great things, but awesome beer advertisements is not one of them. It is common knowledge that the Europeans can get pretty crazy in their advertisements, but Brazil? Who knew?

Here are some ads by Brahma, Bit Copa, and Skol to illustrate what I’m talking about…

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Drew | Tuesday, November 4, 2008
I see these ads .. and suddenly I find myself thinking about things OTEHR than alcohol. But at the same time, it draws my attention to the ads.

Effective marketing? Or ineffective?

JJ Bagley | Tuesday, November 4, 2008
That is the point exactly. Sex, beer, sex, beer,sex, beer…

FiL CAPONE | Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Im a boob man. Effective marketing indeed. I’d like to lie and say I’m deeper than that, and choose to spend my dollars wisely. But… No, I like the booby ads.