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张贴在2008年6月23日由Benny
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孢子最晚，和假想最后，加法对Maxis sim一切的`范围比赛。 I have some fond memories of games like Simcity and I bet many of our female readers spend many hours and much cash their social simulator “the Sims”.
Spore is an attempt to create [...]
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Filed under: Computers, Controversial, Funny
Free Baby Lions
Posted on June 16th, 2008 by Robert
(3 votes, average: 2.67 out of 5)
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The European 2008 football (soccer) championships started two weeks ago in Austria and Switzerland. Dutch grocery chain Albert Heijn is trying to duplicate the huge success of their Wuppie campaign of two years ago with a new cute character to collect - the Welpie. Albert Heijn B.V. [...]
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Filed under: Commercial, Funny, Viral
No such thing as bad publicity
Posted on June 15th, 2008 by Benny
At Promopinion, we always enjoy seeing other people screw something up. Makes us feel so much better about ourselves.
This criminal looking guy to the left gives us a reason to: It’s actor Rip Thorn, who was caught by the police for drunk driving. The charming looking picture was then taken at the police station, [...]
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25 funny and filthy real city names!
Posted on June 11th, 2008 by Robert
Lesbos is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. Its population is approximately 90,000 and they are called Lesbians.
The word lesbian is derived from the poems of Sappho, born in Lesbos, which contain powerful emotional content directed toward other females and have frequently been interpreted as expressing homosexual love. Because of this association, [...]
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The sky is the limit
Posted on June 10th, 2008 by Hans
(9 votes, average: 3.89 out of 5)
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Everyone who has taken the time to look at the sky knows how dull it is. In fact, it is so boring that people are trying to convince themselves that some clouds are shaped like animals, just to make the experience slightly more interesting. Thank god, this [...]
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Amazing: One man wins a Villa, 33 cars and 20 trips to Tenerife!
Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by Robert
(6 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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Yvon Bouvy won more than a $2 million in competitions run by magazines, radio stations and supermarkets. The Police officer, of Arlon in southern Belgium, spent every second of his free time in a local library to look up the answers to quiz questions or filling in [...]
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Filed under: Brilliant, Classic, Funny, Weird
A top 5 of extremely weird old ads
Posted on May 15th, 2008 by Benny
Ever woke up in the morning with a gigantic hangover feeling sorry about some crazy thing you did last night? I know I have. But you wouldn’t expect professional advertising agencies to do the same. Looking back, some of those must be having a gigantic hangover from some of the stuff they did before as [...]
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Filed under: Bad, Funny, Old & New, Weird
Guerilla Marketing Tactics: 17 Ingenious Examples
Posted on May 10th, 2008 by Robert
The term guerilla marketing was coined by Jay Conrad Levinson and is described in his many books with this term in the title. Here is a brief overview of guerilla marketing tactics and how to get started.
What It Is
Guerilla marketing is really a way of thinking and acting in the context of your business. It [...]
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Filed under: Brilliant, External, Funny, Informative, Weird
Die in Style: 10 Stunning Coffins!
Posted on May 7th, 2008 by Robert
Dying, I rather not talk about it. It scares me to death. Live is too much fun. The way I look at it right now, I don’t want to die ever! But, according to science, we all will and what are the odds that I will be an exception?
I’m 30 years old, so [...]
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Filed under: Beer, Controversial, Funny, Picture, Weird
5 Misconceptions About Marketing
Posted on May 5th, 2008 by Robert
(7 votes, average: 4.71 out of 5)
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Marketing is a subject that’s very often misunderstood by many of us who are not directly involved in it. There are many misconceptions around what marketing teams do, especially in relation to the art of selling. There are, however, some key things to understand that can help [...]
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Filed under: External, Funny, Informative, Uncategorized
Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!
Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by Benny
(4 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)
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Having your own website has its advantages. For instance, I sometimes enjoy myself just watching what search phrases that lead to our site you guys use from Google. “boobs simpsons” seems to lead to our site for some weird reason, as does “chocolate last supper church”.
Every now [...]
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Filed under: Bad, Classic, Funny, Golden oldie
Top three business cards
Posted on May 1st, 2008 by Benny
Having people remember your name can be such a bother. That’s the reason mankind invented business cards, which in its turn brings up a new problem: Where do you put all of those cards, and how can you quickly find the right one?
Luckily, some people have found a really good way to make their card [...]
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Campaign: Don’t Look At Naked Women
Posted on April 29th, 2008 by Robert
(4 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5)
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Campaigns, they are everywhere. It’s a good method to influence and change the (bad) behavior of the target audience. But can it also be used to change primitive urges? I don’t think so, but in Japan they will give it a shot.
In Aomori, Japan, there’s a [...]
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Filed under: Asian, Funny, Weird
The raping of Futsal
Posted on April 27th, 2008 by Benny
(5 votes, average: 4.2 out of 5)
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For some reason, the sport of Futsal (indoor football), just doesn’t seem to be taking off with a large public in Europe, as it has in countries in South America. Quite strange I guess: You can play indoors (a good thing in the averagely cold countries of [...]
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Filed under: Funny, Sport
Capturing The Subconscious Mind With Subliminal Advertising
Posted on April 25th, 2008 by Robert
(7 votes, average: 3.86 out of 5)
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Subliminal advertising is considered to be the most powerful representation of ideas that appeals to the emotional and unconscious mind. It is a response to a stimulus unknowingly. Normal level of thinking is not enough to perceive such advertisements as they are designed by experts, who have [...]
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Filed under: Controversial, External, Funny, Weird
Is This The Best Job In The World?
Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by Robert
We often talk about global Promotion. But this time it’s all about a single handwritten ad!
Jack Hammond, 88 years old, recently moved into a care home near his family. He left all his old drinking friends and the local pub behind. In his current care home the only other male resident is not a [...]
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Filed under: Controversial, Funny, Picture, Weird
10 Badly chosen car names
Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by Benny
So, you’ve got yourself a fancy agency to create the ultimate advertising campaign in that country you’re so desperate to sell your new cars in? A shame they forgot to tell you you don’t stand a chance in advance, since the car name you chose means “cunt” to the locals. A top ten of badly [...]
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Filed under: Bad, Cars, Funny
Car security as it should be
Posted on April 18th, 2008 by Benny
(5 votes, average: 4.4 out of 5)
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Back from Spain! I see my partner in crime Robert has kept you all busy with daily posts (well done, mate), I’ll have to take some time to catch up.
I had a great time: Andalucia is amazingly beautiful and the Spanish sun amazingly comfortable this time of [...]
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Filed under: Cars, Funny
Tattoo Advertising, get your logo on a real face now!
Posted on April 17th, 2008 by Robert
Is he a lunatic or a caring daddy? Jason Niebling offers his face as a “human advertising billboard.” The highest bidder can have his brand/logo tattooed on the head of this man.
The 37-year-old man from Ipswich, Australia, doesn’t care if people think he’s an idiot as long as this crazy idea pays off and he [...]
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Filed under: Computers, Controversial, Funny, Uncategorized, Weird
Umbro, perfect for wiping your arse
Posted on April 14th, 2008 by Robert
(4 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5)
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For the few readers and extraterrestrials that don’t know Umbro, it’s a British sportswear and equipment supplier based in Manchester. Umbro designs, sources and markets sport-related apparel, footwear and equipment. Their products are sold in over 90 countries worldwide.
A few days ago they aired a new commercial. [...]
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Filed under: Bad, Commercial, Funny, Sport
12 funny but dangerous lies about North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il
Posted on April 12th, 2008 by Robert
(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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According to officials from North Korea:
1. When Kim Jong-Il was born, a monster came out of the sea at Pyongyang and started to sing the national anthem.
2. When Kim Jong-Il was born, a double rainbow arose over the Baekdu Mountain , the highest mountain in North Korea
3. [...]
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Filed under: Brilliant, Funny, Propaganda, Weird
Unlucky….
Posted on April 4th, 2008 by Benny
(4 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5)
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Sometimes, all the time and money you spend on advertising can’t stop it from utterly missing its purpose. Unfortunate placement can completely ruin the effect, often due to reasons outside of the advertisers scope of control. The clip above is an ultimate example of this.
But [...]
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The proof: Reality is an illusion!
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by Robert
(13 votes, average: 4.92 out of 5)
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Co-blogger Benny is currently working so hard on a project that he sometimes has too less time to eat or sleep, even to write a post. But that’s one of the many reasons we have this blog together. So we can guarantee a 100% original post every [...]
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Filed under: Brilliant, Controversial, Funny, Weird
April fool’s day
Posted on April 1st, 2008 by Benny
(5 votes, average: 4.4 out of 5)
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Yes, it’s that day of the year again. Some of your colleagues or friends may have (tried to) fool you today already: “Your shoelace’s untied”, a fart cushion. Most April fool’s day jokes are very lame.
Some people go through some trouble for a good joke though. As [...]
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Fo’ Shizzle
Posted on March 26th, 2008 by Robert
(11 votes, average: 2.82 out of 5)
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The rapper and actor Snoop Dogg / Snoop Doggy Dogg or for friends just Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (nobody seems to call him that …) features in a new ad. The ad can be seen in cinemas across the US, just before the actual movie starts.
The king [...]
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Filed under: Celebrities, Drugs, Funny
Do-it-yourself advertising
Posted on March 24th, 2008 by Benny
(12 votes, average: 4.42 out of 5)
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During this years Champions League (the European football championship for clubs and one of the best watched tv broadcasts in the world), Ford launched an advertising campaign featuring various models of their carbon-based cars floating away on a bunch of balloons. The idea was to stress the [...]
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Filed under: Funny, Making of, Parody, Viral
Completed emancipation!
Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by Robert
(13 votes, average: 3.77 out of 5)
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Until the 60’s many commercials were sexist in a way. By then it was no big deal. But then the feminist movement arrived and advertising agencies got scared…Sexist commercials became rare. Fully understandable since woman do most of the shopping and companies cherish a good understanding with [...]
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Filed under: Commercial, Funny
Target audience squared
Posted on March 13th, 2008 by Benny
We all know that sex sells. Hell, we’ve talked about it on this blog almost every week. Of course, not everybody’s willing to recognize this: Some people would even like to think it doesn’t even exist. An opinion usually formed by a deeply religious sense of values or - well - just general prudency.
Don’t take [...]
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Filed under: Bad, Brilliant, Funny
Mr. T, still going strong
Posted on March 11th, 2008 by Robert
The actor Mr. T aka B. A. (Bad Attitude) Baracus is famous for his striking Mohawk hairstyle, for wearing large amounts of gold jewelry around his neck and for his one-liners with “fool” in it. His real name is Laurence Tureaud, please forget that name, Laurence spoils his image of tough guy.
His acting does [...]
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Filed under: Beautiful, Brilliant, Celebrities, Funny, Parody
Take 5
Posted on March 10th, 2008 by Benny
If you’ve checked out the list of ads tagged bad on PROMOpinion, you might notice we often seem to ask ourselves the question: How do people come up with ads this uninspired, irrelevant or simply horrible?
Seems we’re not the only ones that wonder at this. Take five minutes to check out this clip. If you’re [...]
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Filed under: Brilliant, Funny, Informative
A Prison Break clone?
Posted on March 6th, 2008 by Robert
Last week I promised to write less about US ads, and excellent co writer Benny asked me to skip Dutch ads too. So today…a Swedish ad.
Initially I thought the creators of this Swedish Länsförsäkringar Banking & Insurances commercial simply (ab)used the success and idea of Prison Break. Some research showed me I [...]
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Filed under: Banking, Commercial, Funny, Insurance, Parody
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