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Every company in the world wants to increase their name recognition; after all, people cannot buy products from you if they do not know you exist. However, sometimes companies’ marketing stunts are so absurd, so questionable that it leads us to think there may actually be such a thing as bad publicity. Below are ten publicity [...]
Posted by Gregory Myers on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 12:01 am
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Who in their right mind wouldn’t want to be Morgan Freeman? In addition to having one of the world’s most instantly recognizable voices, Freeman has become a cinematic icon with roles in some of the greatest movies of all time. Alas, there can only be one Morgan Freeman. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under People · Tagged Academy Award, Air Force, airplane, alcoholism, Business, businessman, celebrities, drinking, Golden Globe, golf, legendary actor, morgan freeman, Philanthropy, pilot, recognizable voices, U.S. Air Force
The internet is not only a great resource for information, it is loaded with free stuff waiting to be claimed. If you would rather get samples and gift cards than viruses and spyware, you need to stick to legitimate offers. Identifying trusted websites can be a daunting task but the following list provides the top [...]
Posted by Suzy Duvall on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Internet · Tagged Blockbuster Inc., Business, cellular telephone, Clearvoice Surveys, Computing, Coupon, eBay Inc, Facebook Inc, free stuff, free stuff online, get free stuff, Inc., Internet activity, internet sweepstakes, Loyalty program, marketing, Mindfield Online, Safeway, Safeway Limited, saving money, search engine usage, skype, Sweepstakes, The Home Depot, www.1saleaday.com, www.audible.com’s, www.blockbuster.com, www.coupons.com, www.cvsresearch.com, www.dailysteals.com, www.freebies4mom.com, www.freecycle.org, www.groupon.com, www.hulu.com, www.insideredbox.com, www.mercurymagazines.com, www.moneysavingmom.com, www.rewardsgold.com, www.savemore.com, www.savingeveryday.net, www.skype.com, www.textem.net, www.thethriftycouple.com, www.wheresmycellphone.com
It is estimated that we are exposed to thousands of commercial messages every day in one form or another. Most of them are boring as hell, but once in a while, a shocking ad makes us stop and wonder. ‘Shockvertising’ is like a sword with a double-edged blade. Do bold and controversial print ads incite [...]
Posted by Timeea on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Advertising · Tagged Advertising, Advertising Agency, advertising campaign, advertising campaigns, advertising professionals, Alex Sean, Amit Akali, Antonio Federici, appropriate advertising, art director and photographer, Bangalore, Benetton, Benetton Group, Black Wu, body paint, Burger King, Burger King B.V., Business, catholic church, Chhattisgarh, china, Chris Groom, communication, Communication design, Communist Party of India, Copywriter, Copywriting, Corporate Chhattisgarh, Creative Director, Darren Cheung, Deepak Joshi, Duncan Quinn, england, football player, Great Britain, ice cream manufacturer, Inc., India, investigator, JPMorgan Chase, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Karnataka, Kim Papworth, Lauren Kuziner, Lego, Manchester, Manmohan Singh, Manoj Jacob, marketing, monthly corporate magazine, N.K. Fairbank Co., Nike, NoitulovE, Oliviero Toscani, priest, Prime Minister, red paint, Roman Catholics, Saatchi, Saatchi & Saatchi SA, Sandy Sang, Shanghai, Shock advertising, Singapore, spokeswoman, Stuart Harkness, Television commercials, the 2006 World Cup, The Left, the World Cup, Tony Davidson, United Kingdom, Wayne Rooney, Zoo Advertising
Though you may not know it, the billboard has been around since 1867, but today it’s probably not what you think of when you hear the word advertisements. You probably think something more along the line of a pop-up or those annoying commercials that come on the radio. While many of them are still simply [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Friday, December 10, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Advertising, Humor · Tagged adolf hitler, Advertising, advertising methods, Ash Ley, Ashley Madison, barack obama, Billboards, Business, California, Calvin Klein Billboards, communication, design, E.T.A, Easter, Ellis Miller, FL restaurant, Florida, Georgia Right, Jack Kevorkian, Jesus Affirmed, Jesus Discriminate, MediaNet, MediaNet AB, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio, online community, Orange County, Oregon, physician, politician, president, san francisco, Street furniture, Tea Party, Texas, United Kingdom, United States, USD, Vladmir Lenin, Washington
Something about the gimmicky, hyper-formulaic template of a stereotypical infomercial makes it so silly and contrary to expensive ad campaigns that they hardly seem to pose a threat to our hard-earned money. Big businesses, and the advertising companies that work for them, spend millions of dollars to make TV commercials effective. In contrast, infomercials haven’t [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Advertising, Television · Tagged Advertising, Al Borland, As Seen On TV, Billy Mays, Body Shaper, Bruce Lee, Bruce Wayne, Business, car sound, charismatic spokesperson, Chia Pet, Chuck Norris, commercials, Ding King, Direct marketing, Flex Belt, HD Vision Sunglasses, Hercules, Infomercial, infomercial actor, infomercials, marketing, Orange Glo, rubber muscles, Ryan Thomas, Salespeople, Sham Wow, Slap Chop, South Park, The Shake Weight, The Snuggy, tv, TV characters
Let’s face it; in a world that is heavily reliant upon technology, especially the Internet, none of us are entirely safe from running into an online scam. There are literally thousands of them, and even though you may consider yourself “e-smart,” the people who set up these scams may be looking to target those who [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 12:01 am
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Assassins, gangsters, and enraged mobs of the past have employed a wide variety of methods to silence their victims. One such method involves chucking people out of windows, an act known as defenestration. Technically, the word applies when you throw anything – not just people – out of a window. In spite of this, I [...]
Posted by Brandt on Friday, April 16, 2010 at 12:02 am
Filed under Bizarre, History · Tagged angry crowd, Archduke Ferdinand II, assassins, Beijing University, bible, Bishop Dom Martinho Annes, blog, bugsy, Business, castilian, Catherine d’Medici, Charles Square, Crown Prince of Bohemia, Cyprian Norwid, death, defenestration, deng pufang, Dogs, Dom Martinho, Federal Bureau of Investigation, ferdinand i, gangsters, Gaspard de Coligny, getting thrown out of a window, hostilities, Hradcany Castle, interregnum, Jan Masaryk, Jaroslav Borzita, Jezebel, King Ahab, king ferdinand, Leonor Telles, mao zedong, Martin “Buggsy” Goldstein, mobs, murder, Murder Inc., National Crime Syndicate, National Crime Syndicate’s Murder Inc., north tower, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority, popes, Prague, Queen Jezebel, Queen Leonor, Ramallah, Ramallah,Israel, Travel, Walls, wedding, Yahweh
The 10 Richest Billionaires in the World, and Where They Got Their Money The recession has taken its toll even on the wealthy. Recently, the World Wealth Report found that 2009 was ushered in with fewer billionaires than previously. However, there are still plenty of billionaires in the world. Indeed, even though people like Bill [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 12:01 am
Filed under Business, People · Tagged Amancio Ortega, bill gates, billionaire, billionaires, Business, Carlos Slim, Chevron Corporation, Goldman Sachs, Ingvar Kamprad, Karl Albrecht, Lakshmi Mittal, Lawrence Ellison, melinda gates foundation, Mukesh Ambani, Oracle Corporation, People, rich, richest people, Theo Albrecht, top 10 billionaires, Warren Buffett, Wealth, wealthy, Wells Fargo