Issue #50
Super Bowl Best and Worst
What’s In This Issue?
This Week’s Main Stories
Even More Stories
- 2016 Best and Worst of Super Bowl Marketing Strategy
- 2015 Best and Worst of Super Bowl Marketing Strategy
- 2014 Best and Worst of Super Bowl Marketing Strategy
- 2013 Best and Worst of Super Bowl Marketing Strategy
- 2012 Best and Worst of Super Bowl Marketing Strategy
- 2011 Best and Worst of Super Bowl Marketing Strategy
- 2010 Best and Worst of Super Bowl Marketing Strategy
Quick Summary - Best And Worst Of Super Bowl Marketing Strategy

- Best Overall Marketing Strategy – Buick “Not So Pee Wee Football”
- Worst Overall Marketing Strategy – T-Mobile
- Best Brand Positioning – Michelob Ultra “Our Bar”
- Worst Brand Positioning – Mercedes “Easy Driver”
- Best Storytelling – 84 Lumber “Journey 84”
- Worst Storytelling – American Petroleum Institute “Many Uses Of Oil”
- Best Cultural Relevance – Anheuser-Busch “Born The Hard Way”
- Worst Cultural Relevance – YellowTail “Kangaroo”
- Best Social/Political Statement – Audi “Daughter”
- Worst Social/Political Statement – Avocados From Mexico “Secret Society”
- Best Statement of Brand Values – Airbnb “#weaccept
- Worst Statement of Brand Values – Daytona Day (FOX)
- Best Use of Sex Appeal – Mr. Clean “Cleaner Of Your Dreams”
- Worst Use of Sex Appeal – Proactiv “Towel Drop”
- Best Alignment To Existing Strategy – Wendy’s “Cold Storage”
- Worst Alignment To Existing Strategy – WeatherTech
- Best Use of Celebrity – Bai Bai
- Worst Use Of Celebrity – Persil
- Most Original Creative Idea – Snickers Live Ad
- Least Original Creative Idea – Lexus “Man and Machine”
- Best Strategic Use of Media Spend – Ford “Go Further”
- Worst Strategic Use of Media Spend – Alfa Romeo
- Best Timing – National Geographic Genius