Firstly, my news before I reach the meat of my post. I’ve sold a new manuscript to Ellora’s Cave. It’s called House of the Cat, and I posted an outtake for this story a couple of weeks ago for Snippet Saturday. House of the Cat is a paranormal sci-fi with a feline shifter hero. I don’t have a release date as yet. Watch this space!
Our local airline, Air New Zealand has a brilliant new ad campaign at present. They’ve used their own staff to star in a commerical, and all they’re wearing is body paint. The ad has a catchy tune, and it’s awesome. I stop to watch every time it comes on the telly. And I have to agree with the ladies in the ad – I love a man in uniform.
They’ve taken this a step further and made a safety video as well – one that will guarantee every passenger watches to check out the staff in body paint.
And just to finish off – here’s the making of the ad. The guy with the gray hair in the yellow workman’s uniform is the company CEO Rob Fyfe. I’ve always admired him for the way he involves himself in the everyday running of the company. He actually spends time doing all the jobs in the company such as cleaning, moving luggage etc to understand each job and look for ways to improve.
Do you love a man in uniform?
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July 3rd, 2009 at 3:31 am · Link
Congrats on selling a new manuscript to EC!
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:21 am · Link
Congratulations on the sale! Those commercials are great. I did like the ending of the first one.
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:15 am · Link
Congratulations on the sale! Those commercials are great. I did like the ending of the first one.
Sorry… forgot to say great post – can’t wait to read your next one!
July 3rd, 2009 at 8:19 am · Link
Congratulations on the new sale, babe!! Keep it coming!
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:15 am · Link
Great news on the sale, Shelley! And of course, I love me a man in uniform — and out of uniform
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July 3rd, 2009 at 2:17 pm · Link
Thanks so much on the sale congratulations. I’m really excited about this particular one!
July 3rd, 2009 at 3:44 pm · Link
Those are hilarious, Shelley! Thanks for sharing these! What a clever idea :) And huge congrats on your latest sale! Can’t wait for House of Cat!
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:07 pm · Link
Fedora – aren’t they clever? Thanks re my sale. I’m very excited.
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:26 pm · Link
Thanks for the chance to see such inovative & wonderful commercials. It was informative, humorous, and enjoyable all at the same time. Many times commercials are just downright annoying that I turn them off and/or mute them. Only a handful actually make you want to watch them repeatedly and these would definitely be among those few.
Michelle B.
July 4th, 2009 at 7:46 am · Link
Congrats on your sale, Shelley! I loved that outtake too!!
July 4th, 2009 at 8:54 am · Link
More fabulous news! And yes – I can’t resist a man in uniform. Great TV ads – thanks for sharing them here. I wonder if my CEO would get any ideas from this…?
July 4th, 2009 at 3:22 pm · Link
Christina – thanks so much. I love this story – it’s a bit different but still have my beloved feline shifters.
Julia – I don’t think many CEO’s would get naked that way!
July 6th, 2009 at 8:36 pm · Link
Congrats on the sale
OMG, those adverts are brilliant. I had to watch the first one twice before I could tell it was body paint (the grey ones weren’t as good as the rest) Love your ads, Shelley, what is it about NZrs that make them so original?