advertising

This is probably not a good idea, but I have been seeing a lot of weird ads on the internet, and I thought I'd talk about some of them. 1. The pictures that reveal a lot different side of history than we thought. I see this one everywhere, and as best as I can tell, we are supposed to be...

Maybe this is the wrong sub-forum. this question is about human psychology Some background: I market a small fashion brand with a limited budget. I'd love to use nation-wide billboards to advertise the brand and increase brand awareness. However, this is waaaaay too expensive. So I was...

MMqXOc5yyN8 OK I'm ready to go on a rampage about this ad, it so angered me. That's all I got right now but I'll post updates on my progress voicing my disgust to J&J.

I apologize if this has been posted before, I asked about it in the neuromarketing thread and didn't receive a reply: I recently came across this article which claims that researchers were able to create false memories in subjects through ads. If I understood it correctly, subjects were shown...

While perusing the interwebs today, I came across a video on MSNBC about an advertisement for American Airlines at Ground Zero. Seems pretty innocent, right? Sure, untill you read what it says. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43107896#43107896 Yeah, you read that right. "You'll...

Yep, smoothly coordinated as usual. The website is "under construction". http://buildingwhat.org/ Clicking the "Donate" button takes you to AE911Truth. Hmmm, now how can NYCCAN'T stuff things up this time? :) Full text of the NYCCAN email here...

link WoQ59Av2AlU Gee, it's so tasteful, I can't imagine why they rejected it. This link contains a CNN video about the ad.

I can't get that smegging song out of my head and I actually bought a mcfish yesterday. I can't remember the last time an advertisement worked explicitly (versus tacitly). Anyone else have an example of a commercial that actually made you buy a product you otherwise likely would not have?

I place liability insurance for US Healthcare institutions. I have started to get these emails from a publication called "GP Notebook" - they are basically aimed at GPs. The format appears really quite insidious. For instance, they sent this article: Seems like a reasonably objective...

A storm in a chicken bucket? http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jan/06/kfc-advertisement-accused-of-racism Having seen the advert (watch here, I wouldn't for one moment assumed any racial sterotypes - it seemed to be simply a chap offering some fast food to people...... maybe it's...

Twiggy's Olay ad banned over airbrushing

Ever try to actually read those little printed disclaimers that run underneath TV commercials? Interesting exercise.... I was watching one yesterday where they were promoting Pop-Tarts as a healthy breakfast for your kid because they contain "real fruit". I was just barely able to read the...

First it was Brunel. Then David Colquhoun. But now Monsieur Hulot appears on Paris billboards without his pipe. It's political correctness gone mad I tell you...

For some time, my husband and I have used as an "in-joke" a tag-line to a radio ad that appeared a few years ago: "E-wood! It's wood, with the cool touch of technology!" This shows such a staggering lack of understanding of what the prefix "e-" is meant to imply that we were enchanted. Well...

Has anyone else noticed this theme in advertising? So many products seem to be marketing the fact that they are "European" or from some European country as a reason they should be bought. For a while, I thought it might just be me until I realized that even those "Muzzy" foreign language tapes...

The UK Advertising Standards Authority has published an adjudication about a leaflet put out by a homoeopath: Archway House Natural Health Centre t/a The Harborough Asthma and Eczema Clinic for Kids They upheld complaints about four issues, finding that the leaflet breached the sections of the...

Over in Religion and philosophy, CFLarsen posed this question: I replied Claus responded: My answer: Obviously this is a derail from the topic of the thread, so I'm bringing it here. Now let me say in advance that I am aware that the word "art" is fraught with meaning. You can talk...

I just saw that the ASA in the UK has ruled that a hair products TV ad offends Christians. There were 23 complaints. I suggest that 23 of us find some ads that offend an equal number of obscure irrational beliefs. They don't even have to be real - well by definition irrational beliefs are not...

I keep hearing ads for vitamins and supplements where claims are made that this product "supports" various things--immune system, memory, energy, etc. Is this something new, or has it been around a while and I'm just now becoming aware of it? Are they using "support" as a weasel word because...

And I want it outlawed. What possible reason could I have for banning this technology? How about disturbing the peace? How about invasion of privacy? If there's a more private space on earth than my head, I'd like to know about it. Of course, the first public use of this is by propagandists...

Goldstein, Ken and Paul Freedman, "Campaign Advertising and Voter Turnout: New Evidence for a Stimulation Effect" in The Journal of Politics, Vol. 64, No. 3 (Aug., 2002), pp. 721-740.

Log on to my Yahoo! email homepage, and what do I see? *mutter*

A friend has pointed out to me that this'news story' on the BBC website appears to be a straightforward advertisement for a breast enhancement website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6751443.stm Whereas this (older) story is, err, a condemnation of a (different kind of) breast enhancement...

I’m new here, and English is not my first language so I apologize in advance for any language mistakes. Feel free to correct any blatant errors or ask me to clarify if my bad grammar makes something not make sense (it could of course not make sense in any case, but… :)). And I hope I posted this...

The city of Chicago has taken down a racy billboard that proclaimed "Life is short. Get a divorce." The billboard featured photos of a scantily clad woman and a shirtless man and was an ad for Chicago divorce attorney Corri Fetman...

Does anyone know anything about this hypo marketing thing: hypnomarketing.biz? They had a report on Tonight Tonight here, one of our prime time current affairs shows.

Over at DU, I've often been accused of being a plant from a PR company like the Rendon Group, H&K, etc. Of course, I'm not. Still I've often found it true that what people are willing to accuse you of, they're willing to commit. Call it the guilty conscience misdirection tactic. So have Dylan...

If Google does not allow advertising for tobacco and gambling, should they also ban ads for "psychic readings" as some have claimed such services to be addictive? http://www.rhine.org/reviews/addict.htm http://www.todaystmj4.com/_content/news/special/story_2344.asp...

Source: Consumer Reports Is it important to have unbiased information ONLY if the information concerns products or services that one might buy?

It has come to my attention today, that Emma the forum owner of www.inspiredofspirit.com is selling readings on e-bay. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1523&item=5596922071&rd=1 List of all items on sale by Emma...