Marketing has always been about promoting something so that people will buy it. So it’s always interesting to see campaigns where a company is encouraging customers not to use their own product. Probably the most (in)famous example is the tobacco…
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Chris Houchens
Marketing Speaker + Marketing Author
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trash talking yourself
sadly, this is not a parody
One of the best indicators that you have a horrible idea is that people think its a joke. Microsoft wants you to have Windows 7 launch party. This is not a joke. PLEASE do not invite me to any such…
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bada bing
Lots of people are hating Bing just because it’s from MSFT. I think you can find lots of other reasons to hate it including that Bing can’t seem to find things that are on the Internet — which is the…
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bill gates as kramer. no es bueno
I had high hopes when Crispin Porter + Bogusky took over the MSFT campaign. I expected something creative, edgy, and/or amusing. I was doubly excited when I heard Seinfeld was involved. Imagine my (and your) dissapointment with this garbage:Questions:Yeah. He’s…
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Tagged with: bill gates, crispin porter + bogusky, microsoft, seinfeld
Posted in advertising, marketing
Posted in advertising, marketing
we don’t like the masses
So someone sends me a link and when I get to the page I get this: Really? You chose not to build first for the browser that 76% of people on the internet use? You chose to build for the…
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