40 Random Bits of Advertisement and Marketing Trivia That Can Be Yours for Just the Price of a Cup of Coffee

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40 Random Bits of Advertisement and Marketing Trivia That Can Be Yours for Just the Price of a Cup of Coffee
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Indonesian Marketing Stunt

An Indonesian marketing expert thought it would be a good idea to throw money out of a plane. Instead of a traditional campaign for his book, Tung Des

If It’s Good Enough for Our Boys Overseas, It’s Good Enough for Me

40 Random Bits of Advertisement and Marketing Trivia That Can Be Yours for Just the Price of a Cup of Coffee
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They’re More Brands Than Authors

HOW DO THRILLER AUTHORS o messed p Nme Dr Cross. WRITE SO MANY JAMESPATTERSON BOOKS? EASY CRISS THEY DON'T. Best-selling authors such as James Patters

Where Mountain Water Actually Comes From

DID THEY ACTUALLY CLIMB A MOUNTAIN TO GET THAT WATER? TAKE A GUESS. An awful lot of mountain PURE QUALITY water comes from as high up as a tap. The

How Before-and-After Photos Are Made

CRACKEDcO BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS CAN BE TAKEN A FEW MINUTES APART. Change to better-fitting clothes, change your posture, suck in your gut, and..

Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures was sued for using the names of actual news outlets in their marketing. CRACKED.COM While marketing 'The Fourth Kind' movie, Univer- sal created fake news sto- ries of alien abductions and posted them online using the names of actual Alaskan news outlets. Those outlets sued and won.

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Or Maybe, You’re the Special, Lucky One Who Will Win Big!

GRAGKED.COM If you're planning to invest in multi-level marketing schemes, don't bother. More than 99 percent of those who participate lose money and only a few actually gain profit.

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Glass

CRACKEDCO You were definitely supposed to associate the three main characters in Glass with individual colors. They prepped you with marketing before

I’m Gonna Keep Eating My Rocks and Weeds

Helps Support Your Immune System No Water Needed SUPPLEMENTS CAN HELP YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM EXCEPT THAT NO, THEY CAN'T. Immunity boosters have minerals,

So Just Live in a Lab

HAND SANITIZERS KILL 99.99% OF GERMS - IN A LAB. AND SANITIZ KILLS 99.99% of GERMS Sanitizers are tested in lab conditions that don't match those of t

Okay, So Start Drinking Glue?

DOES THE CEREAL IN THE AD LOOK YUMMY? THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE GLUE. Glue kinda looks like milk, but is much thicker, SO it supports the cereal better an

Troll Marketing

Troll marketing is when brands shame their own customers on social CRAGN media or in ads. For instance, they may make a sarcastic statement based on

Give Us the Eggplant Condom

DUREX ANNOUNCED THE NEW FLAVOROFCONDOMS- EGGPLANT It was just a marketing stunt to get an official condom emoji, which would get people talking about

Ikea’s Interactive Advertising

In 2018, Ikea ran a magazine print advertisement for baby cribs, which doubled as a pregnancy test. IKEA IKEA دني 199 . CRACKED.COM Ikea encouraged pregnant women to pee on the catalog. If the test is positive, then the ad reveals a special discounted price on cribs.

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Rayman

Ubisof icon Rayman was implied to be HUGELY endowed in an advertisement for the Rayman video game. no arms. no legs. huge features.

Studebaker’s 80-Year Ad

CRACKED STUDEBAKER'S 8,000-TREE AD LASTED 80 YEARS. In 1938, they planted 8,000 pine trees to create a giant advertisement for Studebaker. After 80 years with no maintenance, the sign has thinned out to just 2,000 trees, but it's still visible from the air.

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Bankers’ Obsession with the Macabre

TOMBSTONE IS THE WORD BANKERS USE FOR AN ADVERTISEMENT PUBLISHED IN MAGAZINE OR NEWSRAPER DETAILING A NEW STOCKS OFFERING. IT'S ALSO THE NAME FOR THE

Abnormal Excitation

This 1930s' advertisement for the book EUGENICS AND SEX HARMONY promised a life free from the torturous shackles of sex ignorance, but only if you fol

It Was All Downhill From There

The very first banner ad was a 1994 AT&T advertisement. YOU Have you ever clicked your mouse right HERE? WILL The theme of AT&T'S You Will ad campai

Not a Great Club to Be In

CRACKED AMERICA IS ONE OF TWO COUNTRIES THAT ALLOW PRESCRIPTION DRUG ADVERTISING. The other is New Zealand.

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Jodie Foster for Kinda Everything

JODIE FOSTER HAS been verY SeLEGtive In HER movie CAREER. Ciid FeeRI Coffe Lotfe SHE HASN'T Been AS PICKY in HER endorsements, ADVERTISING VIRTUALLY E

Bacon Mettuce and Tomatoes?

40 Random Bits of Advertisement and Marketing Trivia That Can Be Yours for Just the Price of a Cup of Coffee
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The Red Cross

Dogfish Beer got tfree advertising from an accidental drunken tweet by whomever was in charge of the Red Cross official account. 3 American Red Cross

Targeted Advertising

Minority Report Targeted advertising. Advertisers are spending more money on advertising, but only half of the targeted market can remember the message and the other half want to forget it. The answer may lie in immersive direct targeting, such as the scene from Minority Report where a billboard calls out to Tom Cruise's character. CRACKED

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Costco’s Lack of Ads

Despite being a Fortune 500 retailer, Costco spends little to nothing on advertising. COSTCO EWHOLESALE The company depends entirely on word of mouth

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