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Arnold Worldwide’s new campaign for ADT, “In My Mind’s Eye,” launches today with the debut TV spot “Burglary.”

The new campaign marks something of a departure for ADT, whose advertising strategy has historically stressed”the value of monitored protection in emergency incidents such as theft, fire, or carbon monoxide.” “In My Mind’s Eye” and the debut spot “Burglary” instead focus on the peace of mind ADT provides its customers with their protection from everyday security concerns.

In the 30 second spot, a couple are out to dinner when the woman realizes she may or may not have remembered to lock the back door. This distracts the man, who imagines he sees a troop of burglars at the restaurant making off with their valuables. Prompted by his reverie, he locks the back door using the ADT service offered on his mobile device. “Burglary” effectively demonstrates both a key feature of ADT’s service, and the peace of mind that comes with it — answering the questions, “Why would I want this?” and “What can it do for me?” in a simple, direct way.

The shift in approach came from insights showing “that people experience worry, like a low consistent hum distracting the person when they’re away from their homes,” says David Register, EVP/group creative director, Arnold Worldwide. “”The spot demonstrates how ADT relieves that angst by putting their customer in control and back in the moment.” Expect more ADT ads in a similar vein from Arnold in the future. “Burglary” rolls out today, with “radio, direct, digital, and social media creative appearing online beginning mid-February.” Credits after the jump. continued…

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Yesterday we called the pre-Super Bowl for Doritos, but a lot can happen overnight when you put a Clydesdale and a bunch of Labrador puppies in the same ad. Therefore, upon further review, we’re reversing the call: Budweiser’s “Puppy Love” is champion the pre-Super Bowl champion, really crushing on all fronts: views, shares, tweets, likes, plus-ones and collective aaawwwws.

As Ad Age associate publisher Abbey Klaassen finds out in her behind behind-the-scenes look at “Puppy Love,” those puppies really did make friends with the Clydesdales.

At this point, “Puppy Love” is clocking in at more than 23 million views and nearly 400,000 social shares — and the video has barely been out three days. Visible Measures says the video grew from 12 million to more than 20 million views from 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Thursday. But “Puppy Love” is the only one scaling fast: Hyundai climbed into the top-3 with its “Nice” campaign.

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Focus sur les photos incroyables qui ont été faites du Lake Superior au Nord des Etats-Unis. Le lac a tellement gelé qu’il est possible de faire des excursions en tout sécurité dans les caves de l’Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. Des photos de cascades figées et de stalactites à découvrir dans la suite.

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Production company Henry & Aaron are behind this (intentionally) over-the-top public service announcement for the Learn for Life Foundation.

In the spot, some youngsters who skip out on school (we learn later) for a day frolicking at the beach suddenly start exploding, body bits flying everywhere. The message “This is what happens when you slack off” ends the spot, suggesting that skipping school dramatically increases your risk of spontaneous combustion.

Co-creator Henry Inglis told Uproxx that the spot he created with partner Aaron McCann was “about contradicting standard advertisements – it’s a bit of a f*ck you to advertising in general…It’s playing on those idealised commercials of people breaking free from their confines.” Set Yourself Free” also seems to be a self-conscious play on the historically anything-but-self-conscious ridiculousness of PSAs. Although “Set Yourself Free” is kind of funny, we have to wonder if the whole thing is just too ridiculous to get its message across — especially since, before they start blowing up, everyone seems to be having a really good time.

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