Tag Archives: marketing fail

Big questions for Westpac

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

I literally stood speechless in front of my TV as this advertisement played. What was that, Westpac?  You think it’s “easy” for us to ask “big questions” like “should women have basic human rights” and “should same sex couples have … Continue reading →

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Thank you, Colin and Bob #marriageequality

Posted on September 7, 2012 by

I really do want to thank Colin Craig and Bob McCoskrie for this much:  they may have done far more work than we filthy smut-peddling liberals could ever have done to make people realise how utterly repellent the “religious right” … Continue reading →

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I wonder who earned their Christmas bonus for coining the term “Breastapo”?

Posted on September 3, 2012 by

There’s been a flurry of articles recently about the extreme or bullying lengths some health professionals are apparently going to in order to make parents breastfeed rather than formula feed. I am absolutely sure that some people are dickheads about … Continue reading →

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Save us from Wellywank

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

I’m with David Farrar on this one, to my obvious horror:  vote for the Wellington “blown away” sign. There’s any number of obvious issues around the fact that it’s the better of the two non-Wellysuck signs in terms of tactical … Continue reading →

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Social media fail: Sears edition

Posted on November 5, 2011 by

Melissa McEwen over at Shakesville has been having a shitty time with Sears over a rubbish stove, bad customer service, and a classic example of why modern capitalism is a fucking joke. Three posts later, “Brian” from Sears’ social media … Continue reading →

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Bendon advertising: not news, also angry-making

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

So Stuff has a breathless report about how tits are getting bigger. Entirely coincidentally, it reads really similarly to these stories from 2010 and 2009. Now before you tit-bearers get your [brandname] panties in a twist, let me reassure you … Continue reading →

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PRINZ responds: cynicism confirmed

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

Courtesy of Russell Brown on Twitter, PRINZ has responded on the Monckton issue in glorious marketers’ Technicolor: PRINZ was offered Viscount Christopher Monckton as a speaker and our intention is to have him talk about the communications issues around climate … Continue reading →

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Fuck you, Sisters of Compassion marketing department

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

[Trigger warning for suicide and emotionally-blackmailing religious proselytizing] You know what’s not fucking compassionate? Leaving anonymous, unbranded envelopes in people’s mailboxes which read only: “You will never know what it meant to me to be able to come and see … Continue reading →

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Why no one trusts PR people: now in Monckton flavour

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

Oh dear. “Lord” Christopher Monckton is in New Zealand to convince us all that climate change is a communist plot, or something (if no one makes a crack about Wellington’s coldest day on record “proving” “global warming” is a myth … Continue reading →

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If it quacks like a sexist duck …

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

Originally guest-posted at The Standard. I suppose one must be grateful to Alasdair Thompson for one thing; at least he didn’t imply that we feeble little women should just avoid all sudden movement lest our ovaries fall out. (This is … Continue reading →

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