Do you remember when marketers used to target men?
Here’s a commercial for Goodyear that plays to a husband’s fear of his incompetent wife driving. Thanks to the good folks at Reddit, and artfuldodger89‘s brilliantly titled post: “My tiny, inferior female mind cannot understand what this commercial is implying.”
I love that this article is working the circles (thanks Maruhlynne). Seems the FTC is so keen on stopping companies from manipulating bloggers, they’re making the companies liable for stuff bloggers write if they get a free sample. Or wait- here’s another idea. How about you just stop bribing bloggers? How’s that one fit? Here’s…
Yesterday my wife and I were finalizing our information for a financial counselor who will tell us that we’re too deep in debt, not saving enough, and have precious little buffer. So naturally I found myself humming this intro tune all morning. I shot half of this on the way in, and then wrote a…
Well, I couldn't have seen this coming if I had a Deep Throat at Google… In a test, Google Video will serve ads for about 2,000 videos from 8 providers. Advertisers will select the videos on which to advertise their products through a combination of banner ads and 15-second video ads (at the end of…
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Rusty is our babysitter‘s dog, and this is his song (see video). Woke up at 4 a.m. with a compelling urge to write it. Don’t ask. We found our babysitter because she was working at Applebees, and recognized my wife (wifeofnalts) and son (Charlie) from YouTube. And although her cookies taste like chunks of coal,…
Reality TV has obviously hit its peak and on the decline. What’s next? Viral video according to this Pittsburgh Tribune article by Andrew Johnson. It’s a nice article that tracks the EepyBird explosion and identifies a number of other top viral sources (see more below). Obviously we at WillVideoForFood hope the viral video fad sticks…
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I wonder how successful this ad was.
I haven’t watched commercials for a while, but have marketers really quit with the beer, truck, and erectile dysfunction ads?
@Alexis… no they havn’t. Didnt you know that now when you drink Coors, the can will tell you when the beer is cold and when it’s super cold! Now we dont need to rely on our own senses to tell us simple things like when beer’s cold! Isn’t that amazing?