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P&G Uses Olympics To Say, “Thanks Mom”


My friend Ellie White-Stevens posted this on my Facebook wall this morning, asking if I’d seen it.

Proctor & Gamble has taken the “proud sponsor of the Olympics” commercial and elevated it to a whole new level.

It’s an excellent example of “show, don’t tell.”  P&G can afford to do this general type of branding ad because of all the years they’ve spent hammering away at product ads, but it’s still powerful, and I can guarantee you it touched the hearts of many moms out there.






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3 Comments For This Post

  1. mark laurie said:

    Great video, even more powerful for Canadians with our bronze figure skater winner,Joannie Rochette, having lost her mother just before the start of the event.

    -February 26, 2010 at 8:48 am
  2. John McDougle said:

    Interesting how culturally specific successful advertising is. As a Brit, it reads as overly sentimental and the song is the theme for Liverpool Football (soccer) Club fans.

    -February 26, 2010 at 10:30 am
  3. Rachel McNeal said:

    This commercial also seems to speak to a secondary audience of young adults. Those who don’t necessarily have their own kids yet, but who are starting to realize all that mom did for them in the past.

    I responded to it, as a college kid who never gets to see her mom. Nicely done P&G.

    -March 4, 2010 at 8:06 am

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