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Tue Aug-04-09 10:34 AM
Response to Reply #30 |
| 31. Yeah, what a debacle that was... good, microsoft is |
| -Worst modern marketing disasters? I nominate for consideration: |
Strong Atheist |
Aug-02-09 02:05 PM |
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Crystal Gravy? |
Cannikin |
Aug-02-09 02:14 PM |
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Can't see vidoes on my computer, but the idea sounds...weird... I guess |
Strong Atheist |
Aug-02-09 02:16 PM |
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I've never seen this SNL bit |
TommyO |
Aug-05-09 07:02 AM |
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Don't know that it was a disaster, as such, |
madamesilverspurs |
Aug-02-09 02:49 PM |
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Well, respectfully, I think it was a disaster. Taking an item that |
Strong Atheist |
Aug-02-09 06:41 PM |
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Actually, while it was a fiasco at the time, Coke rebounded stronger than ever from it. |
cemaphonic |
Aug-02-09 11:30 PM |
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The "Drink Schlitz Or I'll Kill You" ad campaign. |
Ikonoklast |
Aug-02-09 03:09 PM |
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Was not aware of that; I am not a beer drinker; I drink other |
Strong Atheist |
Aug-02-09 06:42 PM |
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MS Bill Gates/Seinfeld ads |
GreatCaesarsGhost |
Aug-02-09 06:25 PM |
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incredibly irritating. I run from all things Seinfeld, and this was |
Flaxbee |
Aug-04-09 02:23 PM |
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Geico caveman |
wickerwoman |
Aug-02-09 06:32 PM |
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Yeah, I like their gecko better... nt. |
Strong Atheist |
Aug-02-09 06:43 PM |
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I despise Geico and everything about them/it |
BlueJazz |
Aug-02-09 07:08 PM |
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don't forget they spawned a great sitcom also. |
rurallib |
Aug-03-09 09:21 PM |
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the coke - to- new coke- to classic coke was all a ploy to replace sugar with high fructose corn syr |
NightWatcher |
Aug-02-09 06:38 PM |
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Regardless, it turned coke from an icon to a product in my mind, |
Strong Atheist |
Aug-02-09 06:44 PM |
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Mexican Coke. Still the "Real Thing" |
alphafemale |
Aug-02-09 07:26 PM |
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so is Kosher Coke |
NightWatcher |
Aug-02-09 07:28 PM |
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I sampled "Natural Pepsi" or "Pepsi Natural" recently, whatever it's called |
Orrex |
Aug-02-09 09:03 PM |
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I don't like Pepsi, which is very disloyal of me, as a relative worked for |
Strong Atheist |
Aug-02-09 09:09 PM |
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That is the exact reason (n/t) |
mitchum |
Aug-04-09 11:13 AM |
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Urban myth |
AngryAmish |
Aug-04-09 11:47 AM |
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The original Zima marketing campaign. |
Mojambo |
Aug-02-09 06:38 PM |
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Or goth... |
Strong Atheist |
Aug-02-09 06:48 PM |
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I'd call Sarah Palin a disastrous marketing effort. |
Inspired |
Aug-02-09 06:46 PM |
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Yeah, well I was think about items, rather than the devil |
Strong Atheist |
Aug-02-09 06:49 PM |
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This weight loss product |
cloudbase |
Aug-02-09 07:21 PM |
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Ah, unfortunate name/product association... nt |
Strong Atheist |
Aug-02-09 09:00 PM |
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I used to steal those from my mom... |
mitchum |
Aug-04-09 11:15 AM |
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Yeah, you could really fill up on those. |
eppur_se_muova |
Aug-07-09 07:24 PM |
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delete |
eppur_se_muova |
Aug-07-09 07:24 PM |
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Yes! I damn near O.D.'d on those one afternoon! |
KamaAina |
Aug-07-09 07:28 PM |
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well, they were around long before the disease |
gmoney |
Aug-04-09 01:55 PM |
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One no one's heard of, for good reason... |
TreasonousBastard |
Aug-02-09 08:36 PM |
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That IS an epic fail, worse than my example in terms of stupidity, |
Strong Atheist |
Aug-02-09 09:03 PM |
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Reebok's "Incubus" women's running shoe. |
bluedigger |
Aug-02-09 09:00 PM |
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Being a D&Der from WAY back, I know what an incubus (and a sucubus, for that matter) |
Strong Atheist |
Aug-02-09 09:08 PM |
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At some point in there they changed classic coke and substituted in high |
applegrove |
Aug-03-09 09:08 PM |
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Vista |
Deja Q |
Aug-03-09 09:22 PM |
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Yeah, what a debacle that was... good, microsoft is |
Strong Atheist |
Aug-04-09 10:34 AM |
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I recently bought a new laptop, and really had to hunt around for one with XP. Vista is |
Mist |
Aug-04-09 11:22 AM |
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Those evil Viva Viagra ads. |
BlueIris |
Aug-04-09 11:23 AM |
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does viagra even need a marketing campaign? |
KG |
Aug-04-09 12:30 PM |
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Chevy nova marketing in spanish speaking countries - means "No go" |
stray cat |
Aug-04-09 12:16 PM |
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I have heard that... nt. |
Strong Atheist |
Aug-04-09 12:35 PM |
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As much as I like epic product failure stories, this isn't one of them |
TommyO |
Aug-05-09 07:01 AM |
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The New Coke campaign was an astounding success |
conscious evolution |
Aug-04-09 12:29 PM |
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Schlitz beer |
KansDem |
Aug-04-09 01:39 PM |
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Fresh Step Cat Litter Commercial |
Liberalynn |
Aug-04-09 01:59 PM |
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New Coke Sucked! Worse, Original Coke No Longer Hurts. |
MineralMan |
Aug-04-09 02:02 PM |
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Hardee's/Carl's Jr |
WildEyedLiberal |
Aug-04-09 02:21 PM |
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Wait, eating 2000 calorie burgers won't make me a badass? |
rockymountaindem |
Aug-04-09 11:51 PM |
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lol |
WildEyedLiberal |
Aug-05-09 02:34 AM |
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HEAD ON APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD |
PVnRT |
Aug-04-09 02:27 PM |
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"This is not your father's Oldsmobile" |
Throd |
Aug-04-09 11:43 PM |
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"dynamic inertia" |
slutticus |
Aug-07-09 10:24 PM |
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1980's A1 steakburger ads |
Tabasco_Dave |
Aug-08-09 11:47 AM |
#57 |