Tourism officials in Door County are using an unconventional advertising method to persuade Minnesota residents to go kayaking in Wisconsin.
Officials have outfitted seven taxis in the Twin Cities area with real kayaks on their roofs. The nearly 10-foot-long kayaks will eventually be given away as prizes in a drawing..
Since I watch The Voice, I've seen this Sprint commercial roughly 8 million times in the last few months:
Even after that many views, it still doesn't make any sense to me. The premise is that your German boss is passively aggressively criticizing you because you didn't make some virtual meeting because of your phone's limited data plan. Where to begin:
The commercial starts with the line "It is I, your boss." WTF? Do you not know this is your boss? Why is he introducing himself? Why is he using such strange syntax? Is he trying to establish that English isn't his first language? Wouldn't you know that because of his accent or because he's your boss?
So you're expected to use your personal phone to attend these virtual meetings? What's up with that? If you're part of some large international conglomerate why aren't they providing you with a decent phone and plan?
And if this is a company phone, isn't it a bigger deal that you're using up your precious data on personal business? I'd say the problem isn't with your plan then, it's with using your work phone for personal business. Why is this your wireless provider's problem? Should a business really be concerned about providing their employees with unlimited data plans so they can use it on the personal stuff?
And in any case, why is your boss going through your phone and looking at your pictures? Maybe you should go to HR.
"These shorts are a for a younger person, no?" Um, Mr. Bosspants, those aren't shorts. It's a swimsuit. I'm pretty sure even old and flabby people are allowed to wear swimsuits when they're at the beach. Why do you have to be so judgy?
So what it comes down to is that either your company is too cheap to provide you with a decent phone & plan or that you're probably violating some company policies by using your business phone for personal business. Plus, your boss is totally violating your privacy and being kind of a judgmental prick. You don't need a different wireless provider as much as you need a new job.
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State Farm really lucked out when they decided to latch on to Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers' signature celebratory move for use in their commercials. What used to be known as Rodgers' heavyweight belt thing has now been copied by other athletes, but it's now called "the Discount Double Check.".
No doubt this was created as cutting edge, attention grabbing and humorous. Well, it is attention grabbing. Like a horrific car crash, or a deadly beating. My guess is that Zarzynski would argue that it's meant to be funny. My guess is that it will appeal to a simplistic and cynical portion of the population, who thinks that this reflects the type of lawyer they want, one who will get them money without regard to anything else, because this is the concept of the system that lawyer advertising tends to foster.
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The advertisement was meant to showcase North Dakota's nightlife: Two young men and three women flirt through the window of a downtown Fargo motel bar. Printed next to them is the message: 'Drinks, dinner, decisions. Arrive a guest. Leave a legend.'
It was meant to be 'a little flirty, a little fun,' said Pat Finken, president of Odney Advertising, the agency that created the ad.
Instead, some found it a tawdry come-on, prompting the state's tourism division to yank it from its Facebook page late Thursday after it drew dozens of complaints and comments.
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