Archive for the ‘Advertising’ Category

Mar 1 2007

How To Sell That Thing You Sell

The other day I went to a local seminar on “internet marketing”. I honestly didn’t expect a whole lot; it was one of those “how to make money on the internet” things, which promised to tell you tips on how to use the search engines to your advantage, yada, yada, yada. But I have to say I was surprised, at least from the first 30 minutes of the 90 minute seminar.

What surprised me was that the seminar on “how to make money on the internet” that was really nothing more than a sales pitch for an all day seminar they would be holding several weeks later. And boy, did they have that pitch down!

I left after the first 30 minutes. It felt like we were still in the introduction stage of the presentation. Kind of like they kept making promises of all the things they’ll be covering but never really covering them. I think that was just the point. This presentation wasn’t about providing information on how to make money from the internet, it was about how you can learn everything you need to know about how to make money from the internet by coming to the NEXT seminar.

Click here to keep learning

Comments Off
Feb 28 2007

Do You Roll With The King?

Burger King GamesThe name is King. Burger King. And this is how the King rolls.

I’m fascinated by Burger King’s marketing campaigns. First they came out with the little blurbs found on their burger wrappers, fry containers and soda cups. Now they got some of those cool blurbs in the store (I read a clever one on the garbage bin last week.) And then Burger King came out with some XBOX video games. The pictures to the right were taken from my very weak camera phone. I did my best to clean them up.

I’m not a gamer, but I can imagine that this is a pretty significant branding platform for the ‘King’. Who’s most likely to go to BK? Pre-teens, teens and college students, most of which take in a healthy dose of video gaming. The games were cheap, $5.99, I think, so any kid needing a new game for their box could easily score one.

Click here to keep learning

Comments Off