PAUL HOLMES: When creating institutional ads, corporations must put more focus on substance over style

Okay, I know product ads can be terrible. Any medium that offers a forum for the McDonald's chicken man or Carrot Top has forfeited the right to be taken seriously. You half expect these ads to be joined by an extortion letter: "Buy our products or we'll keep running these spots over and over."

by PAUL HOLMES

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