Someecards Have Ads I Actually Pay Attention To. And They’re About To Do Video.

Sean | June 12th, 2009 | | PrintThis

Someecards, creator of hilarious online greeting cards, is now featuring cards branded by the hit Showtime show Weeds, the show Bridezillas, the shoemaker Puma, and Jose Cuervo. And the branded campaigns are genius because they include the same witty text as regular cards, but tie it into the campaign in some way.

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1 Andrew Mager // Jun 11, 2009 at 6:51 pm

I LOVE these ads

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2 Andrew Hyde // Jun 11, 2009 at 6:53 pm

Great ads, fits the site very well.

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3 Tanner // Jun 11, 2009 at 7:05 pm

Engaging, genuinely funny content works? Who would have thought? They also helped me add “full-throttle insanity” to my vocab.

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4 Samuel Ryan // Jun 11, 2009 at 7:09 pm

I’d buy a product from a clever advertisment over a down-your-throat pop-up any day. Humour sells.

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5 Christina Catherine Maner // Jun 11, 2009 at 7:12 pm

Priceless…just what I want in a card.

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6 brendan birya // Jun 11, 2009 at 7:16 pm

these are good but not as good as rubberchickencards.com although I d think rubber chicken needs a better UI

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7 Gopinath Sundharam // Jun 11, 2009 at 7:33 pm

Lovely site. I’ve already started using some of the e-cards. Great!

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8 Daniel // Jun 11, 2009 at 11:24 pm

*Showtime, not Sometime.

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9 tpp // Jun 11, 2009 at 11:34 pm

Yea, well, someone already spammed an internal email address at my company from this site.

Onto the spam filter it goes.

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10 Tathagata Chakraborty // Jun 12, 2009 at 12:18 am

Amazing creativity at work! Although I do not dig e-cards that much, I just might start using some of these!

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11 MG Siegler // Jun 12, 2009 at 12:33 am

thx. fixed.

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12 Matt Keithley // Jun 12, 2009 at 9:49 am

wish they had an affiliate program…

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13 Shawn Topp // Jun 12, 2009 at 10:11 am

I may start printing these bad boys and use them as cards. Oops! Does that count as copyright infringement?

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14 Puranjay // Jun 12, 2009 at 10:12 am

Let’s all get together and give a HUGE prop up to ads like this.

On TV, the best ads are those that are actually fun to watch, or evoke some strong reaction.

On the internet, ads are just flashing banners meant to make you click on the link.

Ads like these are great for the internet. Let’s bring back some creativity on the net.

Awesome site, this btw. Shows once again that good things done right can be so profitable.

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15 Guias Local // Jun 12, 2009 at 10:35 am

Wow… very cool ads. Simple like monopoly cards.

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16 Andy Gongea // Jun 12, 2009 at 10:37 am

Awesome – I really like these ads. Cool and effective.

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17 Kelly Winters // Jun 12, 2009 at 12:56 pm

Someecards has incredibly witty content — this is awesome that they’re exploring ways to monetize via branded cards. That Bridezilla card is hysterical! I have a total crush on Someecards.

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18 PigSpigot // Jun 12, 2009 at 1:03 pm

It’s tough these days to survive on a model that mainly relies upon advertising. someecards has come up with a good solution. but ads are ads – are people going to send these to each other? tweet the funny ones? I’m curious where someecards goes from here – but kudos to them for thinking out of the ordinary banner ads which are ugly and dont make much money.

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19 Nick ONeill // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:15 pm

These are some great ads … in the world on display advertising, these will kill it.

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20 creativedept // Jun 12, 2009 at 4:07 pm

Squeak of the Week, Someecards Have Ads I Actually Pay Attention To. And They’re About To Do Video. – http://tinyurl.com/kov9zc

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21 Alex // Jun 13, 2009 at 1:27 pm

These remind me of Married To The Sea:

http://www.marriedtothesea.com/

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22 any other user // Jun 15, 2009 at 2:30 pm

They spammed my mail account with a newsletter I couldn’t unsubscibe anymore! Blocked Sender. Priciples before content!

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23 Duckwing // Jun 17, 2009 at 12:49 am

They also spammed my work account. For witty content, I like their crazy little brother

wrongcards

and the venerable

married to the sea

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24 Someecards Have Ads I Actually Pay Attention To. And They’re About To Do Video. // Jun 29, 2009 at 8:49 am

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