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Three reasons television commercials fail


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My post about Cheryl and the terrible Microsoft/PC store advertisement a week or two back got me thinking about other television commercials that miss their mark for various reasons. Here […]

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Dear Microsoft: Cheryl’s ad will not make me buy a new computer


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When you have no cable and seven television channels, your threshold for irritating ads is considerably lower than that of the average person. This week, I’m irritated by Microsoft’s Windows […]

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Want fries with that McDonald’s combo? Only if they’re downsized


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Last weekend we stopped at a McDonald’s on our way to a family weekend up north. It was late, our kids had (finally) fallen asleep and so we hit the […]

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