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Drug companies understand clever marketing, don’t they?

Just a Guy — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:13:09 +0000

Have you noticed the happy people who use a particular new brand of antidepressant or asthma medication in the multitude of television commercials broadcast each evening during network news programs? Or those who smile as they walk slowly along, perhaps slightly stooped from their osteoporosis — happy at the way Company A’s new Wonder Drug B allows them to remain active?

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Drug companies understand clever marketing, don’t they?

A useless personal ‘rant,’ I suppose, but here goes anyway …

Just a Guy — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:26:32 +0000

Sometimes you just gotta RANT. And when you’ve got to rant, well, the only way to get it out of your system is by ranting, then moving on.

I keep getting sp*m (rhymes with “ham” and is made also of pork, in the real world) comments on this website and most of my other article oriented websites. Those are comments that idiots try to post using, usually, perfectly clever and useless software in an attempt to get a link from my website back to theirs. And their sites normally, as you can tell if you see the structure of the web address in their comment link, are pushing some of the general crapola “enhancers” or outright p*rn (rhymes with “horn”) sites.

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A useless personal ‘rant,’ I suppose, but here goes anyway …

Online sales, coupons hasten death of newspapers

Just a Guy — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:44:51 +0000

As a former newspaper guy, I hate seeing the decline and even demise of print media. Although I spend most of my days going online for news, retail shopping, even an occasional coupon “clipping” spree — I really miss a good daily newspaper.

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Online sales, coupons hasten death of newspapers

Recessionary times revive old ideas for making money

Just a Guy — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:30:22 +0000

These recessionary times may be reviving some old ideas as new people look for ways to make money. I just finished reading a news report about what items are being bought the most for various “party favors.” And the winner, according to that news story, appears to be personalized drink cups.

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Car, truck marketing doesn’t always bend with winds of opinion

Just a Guy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:20:34 +0000

One of the dramas that’s played out in America over the last year has been the rise and fall of U.S. automakers — in this case, I’m thinking of cars, trucks, SUVs, and every sort of vehicle in between, but I’ll use “automakers” for them all.

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Newspapers rapidly losing battle to online world

Just a Guy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:17:10 +0000

It’s no wonder newspapers are rapidly losing the battle to continue publication, when you consider how limited print media is and ask yourself why advertisers would want to pay for such limited exposure when the entire world can see their ads on the Internet.

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FTC turning fairness gaze toward bloggers now

Just a Guy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:07:15 +0000

Perhaps you blog, or hang around this blog and others a lot, and you’ve already heard about this: The Federal Trade Commission is targeting bloggers and others who publish and/or market products on the Internet. They recently passed regulations that have left many people confused.

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Saw some previews of annual Super Bowl commercial fun

Just a Guy — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:30:29 +0000

Show of hands — How many of you watch the Super Bowl each year just to see the funny commercials?? Yeah, that’s what I thought. A LOT of people watch the Super Bowl more for the party fun and the funny television commercials than for the game itself.

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Saw some previews of annual Super Bowl commercial fun