Not too long ago, Mitt Romney’s presiential campaign gave citizens an offer that some couldn’t refuse: create your own Mitt for President televsion ad. Most of them aren’t that good. One problem is that there are no voiceovers. But to me, the worse thing is that they are all fluff…exactly what may complain about when it comes to political marketing when it comes to professionals. The deadline for submission is today.
In Say it ain’t so, Marié Digby…, Taylor explores the stealth marketing campaign perpetrated by Hollywood Records on behalf of the gamine china doll, Marié Digby. Well, I think she’s cool. And while stealth marketing isn’t cool, it is interesting to watch. Even Carson Daly sticks to orders in this clip, which I paraphrase, who needs American Idol when you have the Internet? I saw Marié Digby on YouTube a few months ago, then heard her on the radio here in LA, and now we’re going to have her on the show, we’re going to make her a star, we’re going to make it happen. I am dead impressed at how well Mr Daly kept to his talking points.
There was an article in the New York Times about a week ago titled, Brawl Over Islam on Facebook which talked about an “anti-islam” group called F#@*k Islam. The group had upwards of 750 members, in response to presence of this group a petition was started that gathered 58,000 signatures. This has ultimately led to the suspension of the founder of the F#@*k Islam group and the ultimate removal of the group.
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