When brands buy space for their ads to run there are some things they can control. Brands can choose where in the magazine their ads run, the specific billboards their ads are featured on, the websites their banners appear on, and the television channels and shows their commercials appear around.
But then there are things that brands can’t control. Mainly, what editorial content their ads may appear alongside.
We can only imagine the earful the agencies must have gotten from the clients when these ads ran. Not that the agencies could do anything, except pull the ads down immediately. Here are 13 of the most painful ad placements for a marketer to lay eyes on…