NEW: Right-Wing Websites Connected to Former #Trump Lawyer Are Scamming Loyal Followers With Phony Celebrity Pitches
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A mysterious network called AdStyle is placing ads with fake #endorsements from #celebrities like #Oprah Winfrey and #ElonMusk on #conservative sites based in the U.S. and abroad.

By @craigsilverman

#scams #advertising #badvertising #news

https://www.propublica.org/article/right-wing-websites-scam-readers-phony-celebrity-pitches?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

It's #tax season, so #TurboTax is once again advertising just about everywhere.

Remember:
• TurboTax spent decades fighting to stop Americans from filing taxes for free:
https://www.propublica.org/series/the-turbotax-trap?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

• There are ways to file for free without TurboTax:
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-file-taxes-for-free-without-turbotax?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Taxes #IRS #Intuit #Badvertising

🆕 blog! “Kneel Before Your QR Master”

You know what I love about the streets of London? The pavements are so clean. Many is the time I crawl around on my hands and knees - rubbing my trousers into the walkways of my beloved city. Hardly anyone kicks me up the arse, either. You feel the same way too, don't you? What? […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2011/12/knel-before-your-qr-master/
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#badvertising #posters #qr #silly

I'll save you a click. people freaking out unnecessarily about privacy. #badvertising https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/11/technology/bad-digital-ads.html

#flashback to 2012 when Harvey Nichols ran this #wtf ad #ThrowBackThursday #BADvertising #StillNumberOne

Oh my my god #typos #badvertising

There's this old joke about economists knowing the cost of everything and the value of nothing.

Apropos of nothing, 85% of marketers reported tracking customer acquisition costs, and only 67% track customer value. #badvertising https://www.adweek.com/commerce/economic-slowdown-marketers-digital-advertising/

My theory on why advertising is so terrible

I accidentally watched a TV advert the other day.

A woman was on a Zoom call with friends. Her blurred background failed and revealed her ugly kitchen. Her friends all laughed at her. So she went along to AMAZING KITCHENS DIRECT 2 U and got a brand new kitchen. Now her friends are embarrassed about their kitchens!

What kind of

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/07/my-theory-on-why-advertising-is-so-terrible/

#/etc/ #advertising #badvertising

if ( gender == “female” && married == True && age >=30 ) { hasChildren = True; }

Marketing really is crap. Recently, SE Railways sent this piece of email drivel to my wife:

We don't have any kids, thankfully - and are not having any in the future. My wife was literally recovering from a sterilisation procedure when the email arrived. So it seemed a bit weird that they'd send

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/05/if-gender-female/

#/etc/ #badvertising #email #marketing #rail #spam

RT de Carla Denyer :

I was proud to co-propose this motion to The Green Party conference.

We need to learn from the campaign against tobacco #advertising. It used to be normal for children to see cigarette ads on their way to school. That changed, this can too.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/green-party-advertising-ban-high-carbon-cars-suv-flights-b963789.html

#badvertising

This (from 7 months ago) is to be applauded, but as people like @DonnachadhMc@twitter.com quite rightly point out @guardian@twitter.com still routinely e.g. have #SUV ads right next to articles about the #ClimateEmergency, so there is still A LOT more to be done. #Badvertising #AdBrake

RT de badvertising :

En français: une organisation veut faire interdire la publicité pour les 4x4 au Royaume-Uni. #badvertising Résistance à l'Agression Publicitaire @greenpeacefr @CANEurope @SubvertisersInt https://www.rts.ch/play/radio/forum/audio/une-organisation-veut-faire-interdire-la-publicite-pour-les-4x4-au-royaume-uni?id=11492192

RT de badvertising :

En français: une organisation veut faire interdire la publicité pour les 4x4 au Royaume-Uni. #badvertising Résistance à l'Agression Publicitaire @greenpeacefr @CANEurope @SubvertisersInt https://www.rts.ch/play/radio/forum/audio/une-organisation-veut-faire-interdire-la-publicite-pour-les-4x4-au-royaume-uni?id=11492192

Warning - do not click on Twitter ads

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/05/warning-do-not-click-on-twitter-ads/

#badvertising #spam #twitter