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The weirdest places to advertise and still have an impact (Gallery)

Check out this slideshow of odd advertising places, from outer space to egg shells.

Published with permission from Business Insider.

There’s traditional advertising — print, television, and radio — and then there’s everything else.

To break through the clutter, an ad doesn’t need to be perfectly executed or have a killer slogan. Sometimes, an unusual location is all that’s needed.

Here are the most unexpected places real ads have popped up.

For more campaigns, check out BusinessWeek, and Oddee, which pointed us to many of these campaigns.

Check out 15 strange places to advertise >

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