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Product placement became a hot topic a few years ago with the influx of placement on TV reality shows, taken to its most blatantly obnoxious peak by Donald Trump on NBC’s The Apprentice.
Product placement has been around for decades, perhaps getting most noticed by marketers back in 1982 when Stev…
Continue reading "A New Frontier in Product Placement?"Did you watch The Sopranos season/series finale? If you’re like Ann, you did watch, and you were not so happy about the ending. Which is exactly how I felt and still do, almost.
In a nutshell, the season ended into nothing. In other words, nothing happened. Nobody (Tony and family) got wacked, nob…
Continue reading "The Sopranos: Managing Your Customer’s Expectations"To me, the most amazing thing about The Sopranos – which is arguably the best TV show ever — (except for the way it ended) is that most of us hardcore fans had no idea how it would end. Despite the fact that millions of fans were waiting with baited breath for the final scene, probably 80% of the…
Continue reading "The Sopranos: A Poignant Message for Marketers"Though I am not big on televison today, I did take the time to post about a new show, Ugly Betty, last summer. Back then, my discussion (generated by an email exchange with Stephanie Weaver) focused on the cultural differences (Latin American/Hispanic humor) related to what seemed like an overly …
Continue reading "Happily Proven Wrong About Ugly Betty"