First of all. I detest marketers. I'm on to their tricks and they tire me. I was watching USA and Sweden compete in the very interesting sport of curling this afternoon.
EVERYWHERE the camera looked, there was a blatant Ford logo. Worse than that, just to make sure you could see the logo, they had multiple logos right next to each other. I think in one shot of the goal, if that is what it is called in curling, you could make out, at least, 10 Ford logos. The Ford logo was also under the ice in several places just for the overhead camera shots. If it wasn't for the hot girls slipping and sliding on the cool ice, I would have immediately changed the channel. Tonight, I got an important message to upgrade MSN Messenger Beta 7 due to a security flaw. I was well aware of the marketing shit that MSN put in Messenger. Basically, Beta 7 is a large commercial for MSN. MSN has specifically targeted our youths. They must have realized that adults don't fall for their tricks as much as they used to. I am horrified at the number of "teasers" within the main window of Beta 7: emoticons, display pictures, backgrounds, etc. I love a cool emoticon that demonstrates my emotions in three keystrokes, but I would NEVER pay for that stuff. There is absolutely no business need for the new crap on Beta 7, although many of us use MSN Messenger for business. Therefore, I feel that MSN has no other recourse but to target the youths. Sure, you can buy a few emoticons and display pics for $1-$3 easily enough. However, parents may not realize that when they save their passport information and make that first purchase for their kids' emoticon pack, that the kids can easily rack up the charges and the parents will find out when the credit card statement arrives in the mail. By that time, who cares? Not MSN. They already have their greedy money. I can understand the need for commerce and marketing, but it seems that on-line spamming techniques have now invaded the real world and real-world marketers are reaching up from their already-low depths to grasp the spammers' techniques. If I am ever really bothered by marketing tactics, I make sure I never buy that company's product(s) if at all possible. I don't want to be the one to support that modern-age marketing bullshit. "You want me to stick a magnetic billboard on the door of my car? Sure, if you can get it to stick to fiberglass." ;^) And don't even get me started on TV bugs or in-program commercials that take up 50% of the TV screen DURING the actual program. Don't even get me started!!! M!ke ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how to get a fax number that sends and receives faxes using your current email address http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=64 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153329 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
