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It doesn’t really matter which side you fall on regarding Arizona’s controversial illegal immigration law, this ad from a tourism marketing group just over the border was just plain dumb. It seems the Tourism Promotion Commission of Sonora, the Mexican state bordering Arizona, thought it would be a good idea to promote tourism by feeding [...]
One of our employees left to get his oil changed over lunch today at this Valvoline Instant Oil Change in Clive, Iowa. His car was serviced at around 11:50. While he was there, an employee told him, “Your battery is going to die at any time, now. We recommend you replace it.” He was then [...]
Never before has winning a marketing or advertising award led us to a Worst of the Week nominee … until today. The Iowa Chapter of the American Marketing Association held their annual NOVA Awards last night, recognizing some of the top results-driven marketing ideas in Iowa. The show, themed “Results are Beautiful” featured beauty queen [...]
No matter what you think of Iowa Governor Chet Culver and the wise band of bumblers who spend a few months every winter under the golden dome just east of downtown Des Moines (and we’re talking about both sides of the aisle here), at least they didn’t hatch a plan to scare the crap out of [...]
First we hear that AT&T has called for a retreat from its battle with Verizon on who’s 3G coverage is better. Now AT&T has introduced a new social network-y recommendation thingy that integrates with your other social networks so you can recommend restaurants and dentists to your friends (hey, that’s what they say in their [...]
Imagine going on your local Hy-Vee grocery store, pushing your cart through the aisles, stocking up on food for your family for the next week or two. Just as you reach the last aisle and with your basket almost full, an announcement comes over the intercom: “Due to economic conditions, Hy-Vee will now begin charging [...]
In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few days, Tiger Woods is playing in his first golf tournament since falling “victim” to an overzealous press corps that uncovered his multiple extra-marital affairs. Yep, the same Tiger Woods whose highly-polished image helped make Nike a major player in the golf equipment and [...]
This story didn’t get any better from our original post on February 5. In fact it got worse. Here’s our Chairman, Connor T. Flynn Jr. with his debut blog post. You know if the old man is blogging, he’s pissed. Without further adieu…. Nearly 75% of US citizens use the internet. 42% of Americans have [...]
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