Coke cancelled their “You’re on [Diet] Coke” campaign. http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/coca-cola-cancels-its-youre-diet-coke-campaign THIS IS NOT A JOKE. I saw it was like “NO WAY – SOMEONE (more…)
We are the Cattle of many a Corporation.
The more brands you wear, the less *you* are defined, and the more you are owned. Â We’re all guilty with aligning with brands, it’s natural. Â But what does it mean? Brand: Brand may also refer (more…)
Bad Ads – Our history of misogyny, ignorance, and mindless consumerism
Bad, BAD *BAD* ads. For so many reasons. From creepy, to wrong, to just REALLY wrong… the nature of so much advertising is to make you feel deficient. The tactics of marketing are, on the whole, to (more…)
Roald Dahl to Gene Wilder, marketing to memories
This is and was one of my favorite songs of all time. I loved it. It was a moment of reckless magic and unbridle possibility in my childhood… it still reminds me of that slightly unhinged feeling (more…)
Facebook, Marketing, Memes. Fishbits, round two.
[WARNING: DISGUSTING CYNICISM AHEAD. I JUST TALK ABOUT IT TO MAKE IT AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE] It might be the most important marketing tool in the history of business. This is what I would (more…)