Halloween Marketing: 6 Brands That ‘Killed’ It

Happy Halloween!

In celebration of this festive occasion, let’s highlight a few brands that have done a really excellent job with their efforts surrounding this holiday! 

1) Google 

When visiting your Google Search Page, you may spy a little note stating, “Even monsters are Made with Code. Code your own for Halloween.” When clicked, you are then taken into a platform which allows you to make your own Yeti.

Here’s the little monster I made; he can dance, wave, and entertain. Better yet, I can share my creation across Twitter, Facebook, and Google+! Kudos to Google for helping to make coding more accessible and less intimidating!  Made w/ Code has a ton of other kid-friendly and kid-at-heart coding projects, take a peek.

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2) Oreo 

Oreo brought it this year with their “Nomsters.” Their Tim Burton-esque 11 second video clips are amazing and invoke The Nightmare Before Christmas. Doctor Finklestein would definitely approve of this lab set-up.

The brand also invited their Facebook fans to name these little critters. Very, very clever on the fan engagement front. Genius, actually.

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 3) Peeps Minis

Peeps Minis wants you to know that they are tasty all year long…

A series of these spooky-yet-cute images have popped up on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram! It’s fun to see these iconic treats makes waves way after Easter.

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4) Crest

This hilarious video probably makes dentists (and that lady down the street who hands out toothbrushes every year) cringe a little despite being for a tooth-friendly product. If you’ve ever been around a group of kids on Halloween night, this is exactly what that experience is like.

5) Trulia

The ‘Housing Scare Report’ infographic is informative and festive!

 

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6) Ford

Since the other examples were more cutesy and whimsical, let’s end with people being simply terrified. ‘Tis the season.