Archive for June, 2009

Thank you Miracle Whip, for providing me with my biggest no-brainer entry since I started blogging.
In their latest commercial, Miracle Whip manages to embarrass, entertain and absolutely confound me with their approach to selling product. I will let the spot speak for itself (forgive the lack of sync with audio and video):

We will not be [...]

This post is a curmudgeonly continuation of this one from @TremendousNews. I just had to get in on the fun…
So here we have, seven MORE types of profile images on Twitter.

1) The ‘Glamour shot’

Look at her. Her posture - confident and bold. Her eyes - challenging the camera. Her pink suede blazer and blouse - [...]

A lot of the talk surrounding Social Media has involved the asking of questions, namely: How can we (as corporations or individuals) leverage Social Media into financial gain?
Heck, there are hundreds/thousands/millions of opportunistic scammers out there offering Twitter follow schemes, ‘magic traffic driving solutions,’ and every other worn out get-rich-quick trick known to man. [...]


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  • E-TARD: yeah some profile pics are really odd or really bad. [...]
  • Rhybribly: Excellent post, great looking blog, added it to my favorites!! [...]
  • Aaron Templer: Think more broadly. 30-40 something's raised on Miracle Whip and doubt their taste for it. The spot [...]
  • Christopher Simpson: Take one extremely mild and bland product, mix witth an outsider's view of youth culture, and what d [...]
  • mikefrizzi: Actually, the point is that I don't have to try. The commercial is so awful, it is all fault and lac [...]