OT: worst advertsing idea of all time...

[Grant McLean]

I saw a piece on a Mac community forum this morning,
pointing to an ad for a BenQ mp3 player that's shaped
like a 'dog tag'.

My mouth hangs open when i look at it.

http://www.benq.com.cn/musiq/

What moron thought that using a 9/11 image of the world
trade center ruins would be a good idea to sell music players?

Boggles my mind.

http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/benq_uses_smoldering_9_11_ground_zero_wtc_ruins_to _sell_musiq_mp3_player/

g

[Serpico]

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it's certainly lame, but no doubt a result of cluelessness rather than malice

asia is not the west. a lot of stuff gets "lost in translation", going both directions

this is probably a situation where they should've hired a marketing person with experience marketing products to the west

it's just a very lame mistake--hopefully they'll realize it



btw, macsurfer.com was always good website for links to apple news
.

[catulle]

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it's certainly lame, but no doubt a result of cluelessness rather than malice

asia is not the west. a lot of stuff gets "lost in translation", going both directions

this is probably a situation where they should've hired a marketing person with strong credentials in marketing products in the west

it's just a very lame mistake--hopefully they're realize it



btw, macsurfer.com was always good website for links to apple news
.


Think global, act local. They are doing it the other way around. Very stupid ad indeed.

[davids]

What moron thought that using a 9/11 image of the world trade center ruins would be a good idea to sell music players?

Boggles my mind.

gSLightly off subject, but...

My wife and I are walking through a mall in suburban Rochester today, and pass a kiosk selling "moving" paintings - you know, with the lightbox behind a semi-translucent section. Makes it look the the water's actually going over the falls, the waves are rippling, etc...

Anyway, there's one of the NYC skyline with the lights shining heavenward where the twin towers used to stand. And the artist has overlayed daisys and stylized suns over a number of the rooftops on the skyline.

W! T! F!

[Grant McLean]

SLightly off subject, but...

My wife and I are walking through a mall in suburban Rochester today, and pass a kiosk selling "moving" paintings - you know, with the lightbox behind a semi-translucent section. Makes it look the the water's actually going over the falls, the waves are rippling, etc...

Anyway, there's one of the NYC skyline with the lights shining heavenward where the twin towers used to stand. And the artist has overlayed daisys and stylized suns over a number of the rooftops on the skyline.

W! T! F!

http://www.thomaskinkade.com/magi/servlet/com.asucon.ebiz.home.web.tk.HomeServlet

?????

g

[onekgguy]

...but i think this is one of the more clever commercials i've seen in quite a while.

Roll the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i0JEOeSEP0)

Kevin

[davids]

http://www.thomaskinkade.com/magi/servlet/com.asucon.ebiz.home.web.tk.HomeServlet

?????

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No - that was a different kiosk. Seriously. (why don't I spend more time in malls?)

His stuff is, oh, 100x better than what I described. Sorry I didn't have a camera...

[orbea65]

they need to hire climb to do some proper marketing!

[davids]

No - that was a different kiosk. Seriously. (why don't I spend more time in malls?)

His stuff is, oh, 100x better than what I described. Sorry I didn't have a camera...
It was a variation of this (http://www.moving-waterfall-pictures.com/inc/sdetail/283). Only less artful. :no: :no: :no: :no: :no:

[sg8357]

[COLOR=White].asia is not the west. a lot of stuff gets "lost in translation", going both directions


An Ad agency was pitching to Mitsubishi to get their account.
The exec in charge thought he'd open the meeting with a "joke" idea
to introduce Mitsubishi to the Amercian market. You know connect
Mitsubishi with an event every American knows about and Mitsubishi was involved in.

"From those Wonderful Folks who gave you Pearl Harbour"

The Mitsubishi execs were not amused.

NB; the Japanese Zero was a Mitsubishi product.
Fuji Heavy Industries, aka Subaru was formerly named Nakajima, as in dive bombers.

Scott G.