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  1. Skeptic Ginger

    What are forum robot viewers under who's online?

    They don't show up here but on another forum I'm on in addition to 'guests' and 'members' it also shows robots under who's on the forum currently. So are they collecting advertiser data, are they search engines, or ???? I'd like to learn a bit more about them. Thanks.
  2. Roma

    271 grams of protein daily ?

    Just looking over some magazines in the library today, I found a diet that recommends 271 grams of protein every day; lots of meat and eggs and protein powder that they are marketing of course. I was thinking that so much protein might cause kidney problems or some other types of health...
  3. Denver

    USPS: Damn the trees

    Really interesting ad I just saw on tv for the United States Postal Service. The gist of the ad was: "No one has ever hacked a refrigerator note. A virus has never attacked a cork board. Give your customers the confidence and security of a paper receipt. USPS." I've heard of the USPS's...
  4. Kuko 4000

    Organic foods taste better - so you think / not so fast / it's all in your mind / etc

    History repeating: http://experimentalbiology.org/content/upload/file/EB_Media/2011/ASN%20OrganicHalo.pdf P&T did a funny show about this effect and organic food a few years back, stuff like this should get more exposure.
  5. Blue Mountain

    Stupid marketing decision

    During the summer I ride my bike to work, but once the snows of winter fly I put the bike away until spring. Work for me is relatively close to home, so in winter I get to the office on transit and, weather permitting, walk home. My route home take me past the Convention Centre. It covers an...
  6. Skeptic Ginger

    New JibJab song, What We Call the News

    http://www.jibjab.com/what_we_call_the_news I posted this in Dustin's thread on media priorities which was about the state of the news today but that thread seemed a bit off track.
  7. Charlie Monoxide

    Volvo's new Sales Gimmick - Fear

    Volvo link http://www.volvocars.us/models/s80/FeaturesOptions.htm check The Personal Car Communicator option ($495) I caught a quick ad while watching Discover channel last night (Sunday) on cable. The ad went like this (from memory), "a woman just gets off an elevator in a parking garage top...
  8. P

    Hypno Marketing

    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.
  9. Ramooone

    Multi-level marketing

    ok, now i've been a skeptic for a long time, but it doesn't run in the family especially for my sister. my sister has been duped again by these multi-level marketers and this time its for the product "Reliv" http://www.reliv.com/ I know this product is ********, but my sister gets really...
  10. Z

    Marketing religion

    Christian-Themed Apparel Sees Popularity Surge [/b]NASCAR Takes Religion to the Raceway [/b]
  11. B

    No surprise - a study on internet marketing of herbal products

    Almost half of the sites claim these products treat, cure, prevent or diagnose specific diseases. Dietary supplements? Sound like drugs to me... jama internet marketing of herbals
  12. S

    Catholics and bad marketing

    I recieved a letter from a local Catholic Church inviting me to participate in something called a "Red Mass." A "Red Mass" according to the letter, is a special service for lawyers and judges marking the beginning of the civil judical year. I guess they got my name and address from the State Bar...

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