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PATH: BS | Business | Marketing Dress Like A Corporate Mascot; Get Free Food Posted by Pile (11202 views) [E-Mail link] [Junk Food] Today is Chick-Fil-A's second annual "Cow Appreciation Day" (otherwise known as Lets-get-some-idiots-to-promote-our-company-for-virtually-nothing day). What does this mean for you? Well, if you're willing to dress up like a cow from head to toe, you get a free combo to help fill the void in your otherwise empty life. And some goofballs at an advertising company show Chick-Fil-A they can convince people to do just about anything for a 400+ calorie, 16g fat, MSG-doused, 1300mg sodium-laced, breaded and fried in peanut oil chicken sandwich. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article OfficeMax Drops Their Rebate Schemes Posted by Pile (8827 views) [E-Mail link] Citing overwhelming customer dissatisfaction with its mail-in rebate system, OfficeMax said it will eliminate the program beginning this weekend. A small victory in the battle against supremely annoying corporate marketing tactics has been won. We here at BSA have always said, Don't buy products with rebates! It's like a tax on people who are stupid enough to waste their time and compromise their privacy by jumping through a bunch of hoops to purchase a product at an advertised price. But don't get all teary-eyed yet. Methinks the main reason why OfficeMax dropped the scheme was because they got tired of people calling them, pissed off looking for their long, lost rebate checks. READ MORE | 1 comment since 2006-07-11 20:19:18 | Comment on this Article United Airlines Running Government Propaganda In Flight Posted by Pile (9289 views) [E-Mail link] [Viral Marketing] United Airlines has begun showing an in-flight video about military glamor jobs that was produced and funded by the Department of Defense--a fact passengers do not learn from watching it. Sandwiched between NBC sitcoms and Discovery Channel previews, "Today's Military," as the 13-minute program is called, highlights five jobs that few members of the armed forces could point to as their own. It shows only one soldier beyond U.S. borders, who's "doing humanitarian work in Thailand" -- a remarkable focus at a time of war. The Defense Department paid United $36,000 to run the video for one month. READ MORE Your Porn-Buying History May Now Be Public Posted by Pile (10363 views) [E-Mail link] [Viral Marketing] Seventeen million customers of the online payment service iBill have had their personal information released onto the internet, where it's been bought and sold in a black market made up of fraud artists and spammers, security experts say. The stolen data, examined by Wired News, includes names, phone numbers, addresses, e-mail addresses and internet IP addresses. Other fields in the compromised databases appear to be logins and passwords, credit-card types and purchase amounts, but credit-card numbers are not included. It appears spammers have been buying and selling these lists and using them as sources for solicitations. So if you're getting more spam than usual, it could be because your personal information has been leaked to the black market. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Wal-Mart Cautions Blogger-Shills to Avoid Being Caught Posted by Pile (10318 views) [E-Mail link] [Viral Marketing] Wal-Mart, in an effort to change public opinion is now mobilizing armies of bloggers to push the pro-company line and counter other sites who are critical of the retail giant. However, some of its blogger army are intentionally reprinting the company's dictates word-for-word and the monster corporation is concerned they may get "ripped" for being the shams they are. READ MORE | 1 comment since 2006-03-15 01:56:59 | Comment on this Article Yahoo, AOL Consider Charging for E-Mail Posted by wizeGurl (9442 views) [E-Mail link] In an attempt to "protect users from spam"--and, coincidentally, earn themselves millions of dollars and create a two-tier e-mail system--Yahoo and AOL are both considering implementing systems in which large companies and frequent commercial e-mailers pay from 1/4 cent to a cent per e-mail. In return for this fee, the mail goes straight to user inboxes, skipping the spam filters that sometimes catch even requested mailings. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article What Do Search Engines Know About You? Posted by Pile (7943 views) [E-Mail link] Google's recent legal spat with the U.S. Department of Justice highlights not only what information search engines record about us but also the shortcomings in a federal law that's supposed to protect online privacy. It's only a matter of time before other attorneys realize that a person's entire search history is available for the asking, and the subpoenas begin to fly. This could happen in civil lawsuits or criminal prosecutions. So, how much do the search engines know? And do they ever delete this information? READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Osama Bin Laden Launches Book Club Posted by Pile (8157 views) [E-Mail link] [Get-Rich-Quick] Many may have heard the news report last week of the latest recording of Osama Bin Laden offering the United States a truce, but what the news media didn't report much, was he recommended a book by an American author that people should read. As a result Rogue State by William Blum has become a huge bestseller. Move over Oprah! READ MORE | 1 comment since 2006-01-29 11:02:50 | Comment on this Article Hey, Ray! God wants us here, too!!! Posted by Clare (12542 views) [E-Mail link] [The "Buzz"] "It's time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans. And I don't care what people are saying in Uptown or wherever they are. This city will be chocolate at the end of the day. This city will be a majority African-American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have it no other way." New Orleans Mayor - C. Ray Nagin READ MORE | 1 comment since 2006-01-19 19:38:07 | Comment on this Article Sony's Newest Marketing Campaign: Urban Graffitti Posted by Pile (8076 views) [E-Mail link] Sony scouted out an unusual place to advertise its PlayStation Portable before the holidays: the side of an abandoned building in a gritty North Philadelphia neighborhood. The black-on-white graffiti shows wide-eyed cartoon characters riding a PlayStation like a skateboard, licking it like a lollipop or cranking it like a Jack-in-the-Box. This new corporate marketing is popping up in several major cities. Unfortunately for Sony, people and public officials are not appreciating it. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article 10 Articles displayed. Show More Articles.

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