Pizza on the floor

Clean advertising, reverse graffiti, whatever you call it - it's an effective and sustainable way of getting your message across.

Using a template, an area of pavement is blast cleaned leaving visuals, logo, copy - whatever you want.

All that's being removed is dirt, and even the council don't own that. And over a short period of time, the message fades and disappears.

This is something we've working on here in the UK - now it's appearing over the streets of US cities thanks to Domino's Pizzas.

There's a competition attached: the first 250 people who send their PR department a photo of them with the ad will receive a $15 discount card.
Nice - but what if there were 6 different visuals. Find all 6 Legends and win pizzas for you and 5 friends. Just because the media's relatively new, there's no reason not to push the idea as far as possible.

What is Natural Advertising?

Natural advertising is a unique way to get a message across. This marketing uses natural media such as sand, grass and snow. I work with the team at Curb, the UK's first all natural media company. If you've ever seen clean advertising or snow tagging, there's a good chance Curb did it.

In these days of environmental concerns, every client suddenly has a sustainability story to tell. And what better way to do it than with media that is sustainable? Of course snow melts, sand collapses and roads get dirty again. But not until the message has been absorbed and spread around the world thanks to the internet.

As an advertising creative, this media is a delight to work with. It's fresh and new and infinitely exciting. But as with any marketing, the key is to target the right people, and create a message that is relevant, impactful and effective.

So if your brand wants to talk about its natural ingredients, stamp a message on the fruit your product contains and hand it out. If your stately home is opening its gardens, chalk the message on a leaf and put in on car windscreens nearby. If you want to tell tourists arriving at a regional airport about your local attraction, create a crop ad they'll see as they come in to land.

This blog intends to spread the word of natural advertising, and explore the constantly growing list of ways to use it.