The recent revelation that Anthony Weiner emailed naked pictures of himself under the moniker "Carlos Danger" is almost too ridiculous to not mock.
Embracing the scandal's buzz, Mini just launched a
"Not all brands can be this brazen," a spokesperson for Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners, Mini's longtime ad agency, told Business Insider.
The account currently only has 23 followers.
Although marketers jumped on the real-time marketing bandwagon following the Royal Baby birthing — Oreo instantaneously tweeted about "royal bottle service" and Charmin rhapsodized about preparing the "golden throne" — there hasn't been much brand chatter regarding the mayoral candidate's grizzly sex scandal.
Granted less harm can be done from tying a corporate image to the birth of infant heir to the throne than to a married guy who can't stop sending women pictures of his penis.
Apart Mini, Spirit Airlines, known for its tacky advertising history, created an ad featuring a masked hot dog with the caption "The Weiner Rises Again."