www.comparethemeerkat.com

[john_r]

Sorry if this is a repost, but this made me laugh this morning which is good for a Wednesday!

http://www.comparethemeerkat.com/home.html




ETA: (and yes, I realise it's just a marketing tool for comparethemarket.com!!)

Edited by john_r on Wednesday 7th January 09:17

[WildCards]

Very good.

[ETA] Helikat in WSM

Edited by WildCards on Wednesday 7th January 09:19

[Famous Graham]

That's rather inspired. I like the constant refutation of being able to do car insurance and suggesting you use comparethemarket

[singlecoil]

Very amusing. I tried the small ballet kat in Cairo

[Mr Whippy]

Hehe, nice.

Good actual proper website too!

[Munter]

I posted it on the Insurance Comaprison Site thread at the weekend. I didn't want the shame of starting a thread about a fluffy animal on my profile...

Tis good for a giggle.

[signia]

Do you reckon that in the current climate, companies are going to try to get more creative with their advertising? When I saw the meerkat ad, I thought it was one of the best I'd seen for a while for any of those comparison sites.

Seeing as there appears to be one comparison site for every normal site, it looks to be pretty competitive out there.

The other ad I thought was good was the Norwich Union one with the name change with the various celebs who actually have a bit of credibility world wide, not just Celebrity Big Brother-ites.

Maybe Zavvi could have done something like that... you never know...

[Marf]

Haha thats great. One thing that immediately sprang to mind when I saw the advert was why make him Russian? Its damn funny but I'd love to know the thought process behind it.

[The Tea Boy]

comparethemeerkat.com said:

Q: Is it true that 96% of people could save on their car insurance with you?**

A: Are you son of mongoose?! This is not comparethemarket.com! I am not insuring your car! Meerkat, market – know the difference!

[Munter]

Marf said:

Haha thats great. One thing that immediately sprang to mind when I saw the advert was why make him Russian? Its damn funny but I'd love to know the thought process behind it.

Borat....

[Fetchez la vache]

signia said:

Do you reckon that in the current climate, companies are going to try to get more creative with their advertising? When I saw the meerkat ad, I thought it was one of the best I'd seen for a while for any of those comparison sites.

Seeing as there appears to be one comparison site for every normal site, it looks to be pretty competitive out there.

The other ad I thought was good was the Norwich Union one with the name change with the various celebs who actually have a bit of credibility world wide, not just Celebrity Big Brother-ites.

But you do realise that all the celebs never mention the name of the company - old or new.
No doubt Avulva bought it from an ad agency who can sell the ad round the world for totally different companies and just stick the relavant company name on the end.

[Marf]

Munter said:

Marf said:

Haha thats great. One thing that immediately sprang to mind when I saw the advert was why make him Russian? Its damn funny but I'd love to know the thought process behind it.

Borat....

...is from Kazakhstan. But I can see the similarities.

[fastfreddy]

they forgot to include this one though...

[Marf]

[Viper_Larry]

Marf said:

Haha thats great. One thing that immediately sprang to mind when I saw the advert was why make him Russian? Its damn funny but I'd love to know the thought process behind it.

It's the accent - sounds like he is actually saying "compare the market" - very clever...

[LukeBird]

The advert (the TV one) made me chuckle as well!

[BlueCello]

You can become a friend of his on Facebook

[mitzy]

sounds like Borat

[Steamer]

Excellent! Always wanted a meerkat... heres my Tokyo based, large, helicoptering meerkat.

[dienamic]

My favourite - Weston-Super-Mud Kendokat!!