Sexuality is considered one of the most powerful tools of marketing and particularly advertising whereby the ads can be higly overt or extremely subtle. For men, it (mostly) works all the time. Here are a couple of sexual advertisements I like.
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Keep Holland Clean
“Don’t turn the bus into a garbage truck. It’s just as easy to throw your trash in the waste bin.” People do not treat public buses with respect. They leave they’re garbage on it. We asked people not to turn their buses into garbage trucks.
Best Buy’s New Logo
Founded in 1966 as Sound of Music and renamed to Best Buy in 1983, the consumer electronics giant is one of the largest retailers of its kind with its low prices. After years of using the old logo that looked like a $1 bin, Best Buy now has a very modern and clean new logo.… Continue reading Best Buy’s New Logo
WordPress Plugin “Most Comments” + Widget
This post is for the bloggers out there using WordPress. I was searching for a wordpress plugin that shows posts with the most comments but couldn’t find any that has enough options, so I developed one myself. Now that it’s ready I decided to publish it for free.
Abakus Keyword Analyser. A Tool For SEO.
A really handy tool for optimising your site for search engines is the Keyword Analyser by Abakus. Enter your site and it will analyse a complete web page and count keyword occurrences as well as keyword phrases.
Video: Building a Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape
While at Web 2.0 Expo New York I watched a very entertaining speech about building a personal brand within the social media landscape by Gary Vaynerchuk from Wine Library TV. Fortunately it has been recorded so you can watch it right here.
Woot Ad on Google Finance: Marketing Stunt!?
Combine Google Finance, the stock market freefall and an advertisement which pops up on a search for “Goog” (Google’s Nasdaq symbol): “Before you jump out of that window, why not spend your last remaining dollars at Woot?” If it’s a great marketing stunt by Woot I wonder what Google Adwords they used. If not that’s… Continue reading Woot Ad on Google Finance: Marketing Stunt!?
Snuggie: Use your laptop without being cold
Once again an interesting, useless product on teleshopping TV. “A blanket with sleeves?! My life is changed forever. …” Watch the Video about “The Snuggie” after the click. More information on www.getsnuggie.com
Creative Business Cards. Awesome!
Quicksprout compiled a list of creative business cards that will distinguish yourself from competitors. Some of the 51 business cards are a bit too much for my taste but here are the ones I find interesting. The question is which print shop will produce them for a reasonable price.
Apple Logo Trademark Dispute
Lawyers for Apple Inc. have sent a letter to the Victoria School of Business and Technology claiming the logo is confusingly similar to theirs. More “Apple logos” used by education institues after the click.