Advertising
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Yes this will be a blog, no this will not be one of those preachy ones. I am not a smoker in fact I never had a cigarette, so I will not tell people what to do. Although It is a well known fact at this stage smoking is bad for you, but so are
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The first television commercial aired in the United States on July 1, 1941. This 9-second spot was for Bulova watches and was broadcast on NBC’s WNBT station before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies. The commercial featured a simple visual of a Bulova clock superimposed on a map of the
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Mornidine advertisement, 1959.Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 81, No. 1, p. 59. Now she can cook breakfast again… when you prescribe new MORNIDINE (brand of pipamazine)A new drug with specific effectiveness in nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, Mornidine eliminates the ordeal of morning sickness.With its selective action on the vomiting center, or the medullary chemoreceptor
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Lets not kid ourselves ,Sex Sells, even in this ‘woke’ era. It has always been like this and will continue to do so. Sex attracts attention. Though it’s often a taboo subject, companies that use sex in their marketing often create effective and memorable campaigns. Brands such as Victoria’s Secret and GoDaddy have created ads
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How things have changed. Nowadays we wouldn’t dream of giving our children cocaine to treat sore throats or toothaches, Firstly because we know how devastating cocaine is and secondly we would be arrested, But in days of yore it was perfectly acceptable to give you offspring and indeed yourself a ‘healthy’ dose of cocaine.
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With the Covid 19 virus sweeping the world, you’d swear that washing your hands has become a new thing. How some media talk about it sounds sometimes like a new fashion trend. People have been told to wash their hands long before Covid 19 made an appearance.Below are some examples of “Wash your hands” campaign
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Advertising is important for every company. If done properly it is what generates sales, if it is done badly it can become costly. I remember when I worked for Philips they had an ad campaign with the slogan “Lets make things better” no one realized that this implied that things were not great to srart
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++Contains some nudity++++ Fear not, I haven’t turned my site into a porn site, not that there is anything wrong with that, but each to their own and that just isn’t me. But because we live in a PC world and so many people get so easily offended I felt compelled to start this blog
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In this PC world these ads would cause outrage and for most rightfully so, but I have to admit that the’dinosaur’ in me finds some of these quite amusing. Ah the good old days. What can you say? Marlboro Cigarettes 1944 What woman doesn’t want a toaster. This is one is even weird for
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It is not often I am speechless but that is exactly what I was when I saw some of these advertisements and products from days of yore. You would not get away with it by today’ standards. Vintage newspaper ad for heroin Who doesn’t like a bit of cocaine on their candy. Stay fit
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