Ever in Flux » marketing http://papabean.org i {work, game, rant, geek out, lost my mind} Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:51:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 bean likes an ad! http://papabean.org/2009/12/bean-likes-an-ad/ http://papabean.org/2009/12/bean-likes-an-ad/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:51:33 +0000 Bean http://papabean.org/?p=446 AM/PM's marketing team should be fired...or given a raise.

Mmmm...looks like something I'd want to taste twice.

This is a marketing masterpiece. I'm hoping there is a board room somewhere with a bunch of hooting monkeys jerking each other off at their brilliance.

"Taste it twice."

Ummm...maybe their ad people aren't from the U.S. because tasting a food twice is not something you want people to be associating with your food(?) product. The picture only reinforces that there is a strong chance you'll be tasting bile with a tinge of cheese and whatever else is in there.

My name is bean and I like this ad.

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I decided that I no longer wish to be a part of that universe. I have gladly deleted my account from Facebook. (Yes, you can ask to have it permanently deleted. Check the help center.)

Also, sometime in the next few days, this will cease to be a blog and merely a personal homepage for me and my info. When that happens, I'll happily provide links to my online presence elsewhere.

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