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  • This is what happened if you bought the wrong coffee

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    Did the ad copy REALLY say that?

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    Yeah, right, just how stupid do the advertisers think we are?

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    They actually published this?

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    What every young American child should have!

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    So we finally discovered what women REALLY want

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    Kentucky, eh?

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    The latest discovery in baby drink

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    In minutes? Not seconds?

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    They really published this?

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    A pedophile ad for DC-8s!

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    The closed eyes are perfect, how else to apply lipstick. Suggestive? No ......

 
Julia-Roberts_Without_Makeup

They yanked the Julia Roberts ads in Britain for being misleading. You can see a normal looking Julia in the first photo. But this is what she looked like in the ad:

Just a bit too much????

There is Julia Roberts as she normally looks without makeup.

There is Julia Roberts with makeup

And then there is Julia Roberts after the photo editing

Take a look at software such as Portrait Professional (great software, by the way) and see what it can do to a face. Not only can you alter the skin and all features but you can actually sculpt the face so it’s dimensions are altered. 

Unfortunately a lot of cosmetics ad don’t just show you what their products will do, but instead highlight what great photo editing will do!

 

Oct 082011
 

 Take a look at this summary from the US government: http://www.ic3.gov/crimeschemes.aspx

Here is a partial list of links:

 

 

 

 

Percent Change in Measured Ad Spending1

 
MEDIA SECTOR

 

  • Media Type

(Sectors and types listed in rank order of spending)

 

Jan-Sep
2010 vs. 2009

 

TELEVISION MEDIA   10.5%
– Network TV   6.1%
– Cable TV2   9.0%
– Spot TV3   27.8%
– Spanish Language TV4   11.9%
– Syndication – National   -8.3%
MAGAZINE MEDIA5   2.6%
– Consumer Magazines   2.8%
– B-to-B Magazines   -2.6%
– Sunday Magazines   8.1%
– Local Magazines   -1.8%
– Spanish Language Magazines   5.2%
NEWSPAPER MEDIA6   -2.9%
– Local Newspapers   -4.4%
– National Newspapers   6.8%
– Spanish Language Newspapers   2.0%
INTERNET (display ads only) 7   7.7%
RADIO MEDIA   6.2%
– Local Radio   3.8%
– National Spot Radio   15.9%

– Network Radio

  1.7%
OUTDOOR   7.3%
FSIs8   6.7%
TOTAL   6.4%

Source: Kantar Media

 

Aug 012011
 

Ever cringe when a commercial comes on TV?

Ever watch a commercial and you KNOW they are lying?

Ever watch a commercial and afterwards you have no idea what they were advertising?

Well, you are NOT alone.  

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