All Discussions Tagged 'advertising' - TBD2024-03-29T13:21:43Zhttp://teebeedee.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=advertising&feed=yes&xn_auth=noShould This be an Issue?tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2012-02-04:1991841:Topic:13531372012-02-04T17:04:03.963ZSlimhttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Slim976
<p>J.C. Penney has decided not to cave to the outcry of a group that calls itself "One Million Moms" and has decided that Ellen Degeneres is an appropriate spokesperson for its products.<br></br><br></br>Should a person's private life be put through a sieve of approval before they can work in the advertising or public marketing?<br></br><br></br>Is it right to cancel a line of children's products because the adult character they are based on was caught in an adult movie house?<br></br><br></br>Should a star's movies…</p>
<p>J.C. Penney has decided not to cave to the outcry of a group that calls itself "One Million Moms" and has decided that Ellen Degeneres is an appropriate spokesperson for its products.<br/><br/>Should a person's private life be put through a sieve of approval before they can work in the advertising or public marketing?<br/><br/>Is it right to cancel a line of children's products because the adult character they are based on was caught in an adult movie house?<br/><br/>Should a star's movies be boycotted because he might be gerbilling behind closed doors?*<br/><br/>Do you think that consumers of these products consider these issues before deciding where or from whom they will purchase an item?<br/><br/>For that matter, should I even be writing about this stuff? What business is it of mine?<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>* Apologies to RG, I realize this allegation has never been verified...or outright denied.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><a href="http://entertainment.aol.ca/article/the-truth-about-the-richard-gere-gerbil-story/374063/">http://entertainment.aol.ca/article/the-truth-about-the-richard-gere-gerbil-story/374063/</a><br/><br/><a href="http://entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/03/10311724-jc-penney-stands-behind-ellen-degeneres">http://entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/03/10311724-jc-penney-stands-behind-ellen-degeneres</a><br/><br/><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Reubens">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Reubens</a><br/><br/></p> Raising Membership....tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-07-02:1991841:Topic:9994362010-07-02T16:22:33.777ZMother Sanity (JackieRodzinski)http://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/JackieRodzinskiMotherSanity
<p>Before I go any further, I want to say that I am asking this question as an <em><strong>'innocent civilian'</strong></em>, and not a member of an administrative group (though that may change). Whether it changes or not is <strong>STILL NOT</strong> why I am asking the question. I am asking it for curiosities sake, mostly; I have difficulty believing that a social site aimed at <strong><em>us</em></strong>, Babyboomers, would not be successful.Sure there's <em>Facebook</em> and the like, but…</p>
<p>Before I go any further, I want to say that I am asking this question as an <em><strong>'innocent civilian'</strong></em>, and not a member of an administrative group (though that may change). Whether it changes or not is <strong>STILL NOT</strong> why I am asking the question. I am asking it for curiosities sake, mostly; I have difficulty believing that a social site aimed at <strong><em>us</em></strong>, Babyboomers, would not be successful.Sure there's <em>Facebook</em> and the like, but to me, <em>Facebook</em> is a little like <em>Calcutta...or NYC</em>. Just a little bit too broad spectrum and ceratinly too large. (Descriptors like 'a mess' come to mind...).</p>
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<p>Why wasnt this site successful in the first place? If it relied <strong>soley</strong> on <em>pay per click advertising</em>...well there's your answer. Maybe thats the reason (ofcourse, the <strong>ONLY</strong> reason) that my InqquiringEye site never made me any money...</p>
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<p>Let's give it some thought. (Maybe it will pay off in our own respective, private-life projects). Fisrt off, what about membership? Right now, I see 12 people online. (Prior to the last closing scare, there were roughly 40ish online, at any given time.) To raise membership, I would start with raising awareness. But 'raising aware-ness; as a rule, costs money, doesnt it? Not necessarily so. When ever I needed awareness (or money) raised for a project (my college education might be an example here...), I went straight to the media. When the media wouldn't bite, or when I was not a part of the media per se, I d use free media, like the internet. And I was not beyond using myself, mystuff, or my friends to advertise my cause.</p>
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<p>Why isnt this happening already? Well, it beats me, but maybe since the site does not 'belong' to anyone, there is no real incentive to work on it? I dont kbow the answer to this. Is it a 'ning' product? Is there a copyright? Could interested individuals throw in ...10 bucks and incorporate the site? The word 'membership-fee' no doubt causes everyone to cringe, But what if that fee were optional, and it bought you 'stock' in the site? I read that the original site started by Robin (hi Robin) had a 24 million (or so )dollar budget...? Certainly there's enough brainpower between us, we could do it for less...</p>
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<p>The same article (which I skimmed through) suggested that there was not enough 'content' to keep people interested. I often thought there should be a daily poll (for fun). That should be easy enough to do. Perhaps art or photography, writing or fund raising contests? Not only would the site benefit, but so would we, in our own individualives... Really, the list of contest possibilities is as long as the list of discussion possibilities.</p>
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<p>Maybe you've rolled this topic around, yourself. Certainly, all of the threats that this site mght close, must certainly have peaked your awareness. Creating, funding, maintaining, administering a site like this a huge job for a handful of people. But if that work was spread out (I can see much of the tedious stuff being automated), maybe it could work. Sure, we wouldnt always agree, but that, inandofitself, would serve to make things livelier (what doesnt kill you makes you stronger...?)</p>
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<p>Anyway, knowing nothing, I've been thinking. Maybe you have too. Maybe you even know something and would like to share it.. Here's to putting it out in the open! Mother Sanity</p> Na Natag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-08-04:1991841:Topic:2038962009-08-04T01:58:04.996ZZenDoghttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/ZenDog
NBC ran two television commercials at 9:45pm on Monday, August 3, 2009.<br />
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The first was a spot on behalf of Anheuser Busch, where several segments showed the interaction of a young daughter with her father over time:<br />
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She says: "Please, can I have a dog?"<br />
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He answeres by getting the dog.<br />
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She says: "Please? Just ten more minutes?"<br />
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She wants to say up late, to watch tv with the dog. Again he is won over by the "Please?"<br />
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Now she is a teen, and she says: "Please? Will you buy us beer? You can…
NBC ran two television commercials at 9:45pm on Monday, August 3, 2009.<br />
<br />
The first was a spot on behalf of Anheuser Busch, where several segments showed the interaction of a young daughter with her father over time:<br />
<br />
She says: "Please, can I have a dog?"<br />
<br />
He answeres by getting the dog.<br />
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She says: "Please? Just ten more minutes?"<br />
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She wants to say up late, to watch tv with the dog. Again he is won over by the "Please?"<br />
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Now she is a teen, and she says: "Please? Will you buy us beer? You can even take the keys?"<br />
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This time he answers "No" and she storms off. The commercial closes with the admonition not to be an enabler, and the Anheuser Busch logo on screen at left.<br />
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The next commercial is for Orville Redenbacher popcorn. Before you even realize what the commercial is for, you hear the children playing outside, yelling a common refrain:<br />
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<b>"NA NA LOOSER . . ."</b>