XKCD
Posted: Fri 17 April, 2009 Filed under: 1BEM, Advertising Leave a comment »Related to today’s XKCD cartoon, I love the text that goes with the image…
Somewhere out there is a company that has actually figured out how to enlarge penises, and it’s helpless to reach potential customers.
You know, I’d really never thought of it like that.
Promotional
Posted: Sat 4 April, 2009 Filed under: Advertising, Customer Services, Cynicism, Thoughts Leave a comment »Going by the number of promotional emails they’ve sent me this week, I guess MalMaison hotels are crying out for more business.
I’m a bit surprised, to be honest – I’ve been a fan of the Malmaison range of hotels for a number of years now, although (and I guess this proves the point of why they’re doing the promotions) I don’t use them often. Mind you, some of that is due to the fact we don’t do a mass of travelling at the moment, and I’ve been working in Norfolk rather than all over the place.
Then again, if I do work away from home, I’d have a tough job of justifying a MalMaison stay at £140+ per night to the taxman/accountant/auditor, rather than using (for example) a Premier Inn or Travelodge for half that…
So I suppose that yes, they are crying out for the business. But all the same, just this week I’ve received from them :
- A promotion for spring stays at a discounted rate
- A promotion for discounted Sunday nights
- A promotion for discounted Monday nights
So, Malmaison (and their marketing department) – There is such a thing as looking desperate, you know.
Nothing But
Posted: Thu 5 March, 2009 Filed under: 1BEM, Advertising, Cynicism Leave a comment »Just out of interest, how can a certain TV music channel have a section called “Nothing But Music” that still has advert-breaks every fifteen minutes?
Or is that just me?
Rebrand
Posted: Wed 4 March, 2009 Filed under: Advertising, Cynicism 3 Comments »Of all the strange adverts at the moment, one I really don’t get is why Bounty kitchen towels have rebranded to “Plenty”.
I must be missing something on the brand-recognition game..
Spam Honesty
Posted: Wed 18 February, 2009 Filed under: Advertising, D4D™ Leave a comment »Now there’s a title I never thought I’d write.
All the same, I can only be impressed at a spam comment received recently here, whose content read…
Hello! It’s spamer’s programm. Please delete this topic to let me know, what this forum/guestbook is moderated!!!
Now fair enough, it’s about as literate as most spam emails, but at least it was working exactly as advertised.
Nottingham Snow
Posted: Mon 2 February, 2009 Filed under: Advertising, Charm School, Cynicism Leave a comment »(via Mike TD)
Yet again, Nottingham shows its class in the snow. (Screengrab from the market square webcam)
