From our Season 11 Archives, one of our favourites.This week, we explore how dating agencies Sell Love. We’ll talk about the very first dating service in history, we’ll explore one app that is more about lust than love and we’ll talk about how heartthrob Reynolds created one of the best dating commercials of the last 10 years.--------Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code TERRY at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/terry Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ask Terry 2025
This week, it’s our annual Ask Terry episode. As we do every year, we open the show to questions from our listeners. This week, we’ll answer a question about the longest-lasting slogans in history, we’ll explore why there is so much dancing going on in commercials these days, and we’ll play a fun game where you have to guess the celebrity voice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gone in 60 Seconds: Crazy Automobile Stunt Commercials
Dramatic car stunts are not just the stuff of movies.They’re also the stuff of car commercials.We’ll talk about one ad where skydivers risked their lives spelling out the word “Honda” in the sky, a commercial where a car speeds on the roof of a skyscraper, and a story about a car that was dropped from an airplane - and the parachute didn’t work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Yes I Can: Marketing to People with Disabilities
This week, we explore how advertisers market to people with disabilities. Disabled people are usually ignored in advertising campaigns. Yet people with disabilities control half a trillion dollars in spending money.We’ll look at four powerful campaigns that not only feature people with disabilities, but these commercials are disrupting the public’s negative perceptions of the disabled. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Brand Envy (2025)
This week, it’s our annual Brand Envy episode.We look at four brands that I admire.One is a cosmetics empire started by a woman in an era when women couldn’t even vote.One is a band I have a soft spot for.Another is a family-owned business that has lasted 88 years.The fourth is a TV show that broke records. And they all have one thing in common – they succeeded against all odds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Under the Influence gives listeners a rare backstage pass into the hallways, boardrooms and recording studios of the ad industry.Join host and adman Terry O’Reilly for fascinating (and humorous) stories that connect the dots between pop culture, marketing and human nature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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