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Tag Archives: marketing
Genericized!
I think we’ve all heard of this concept, a brand name that becomes the common term for something—like Band-Aid™, Hula hoop™, Tupperware™, Aspirin, etc. All of those are former or current brand names of things. They’re called genericized trademarks and I … Continue reading
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Posted in Words
Tagged aspirin, Band-Aid, brands, Bubble Wrap, genericized trademarks, Hacky Sack, heroin, Hula Hoop, Lava Lamp, marketing, Stetson, Taser, Tupperware
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How I’ve Influenced the World
It’s been said a person would need to be a narcissist to be a stand-up comic. It’s probably true, I’m certainly not a counter example to this. I have an act, a blog, a Twitter, and Facebook and Google+ pages … Continue reading
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Posted in Blogging, The Internet
Tagged AXE, Bernie Mac, comedy, Facebook, football, Google, horses, influence, Klout, marketing, money, narcissism, Twitter
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Robots Makin’ Za
There is no doubt that commercials have been getting weirder and weirder the past few years, I imagine trying to catch the “youth demographic” or something like that. I have no problem with this, in fact if a commercial seems … Continue reading
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Posted in Blog Posts, Videos
Tagged commercials, edgy, marketing, Papa Gino's, pizza, Red Sox, robot pizza, za
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