This is more a commentary on the abysmal educational system that has a product developed and released without knowing history than poor PR/Marketing. Then again, maybe they planned it. Look at the free advertising.
BTW: Do ya think The Hershey's Company (THE chocolate guys not these ne’er-do-wells) is not highly P.O.-ed at the fact that they are giving them a bad name?
BTW: Do ya think The Hershey's Company (Chocolate and all) is not highly P.O.-ed at the fact that this company is giving them a bad name?
1 posted on
12/08/2006 7:00:13 AM PST by
PurpleMan
To: PurpleMan
Nothing in marketing is 'accidental'.
It might be a mistake or a bad idea, i.e., 'New Coke', but never an accident.
To: PurpleMan
Well, the marketing floozies don't know. The public at large doesn't know (esp my generation). Blind leading the blind...
Girls : Dec 7? What is so special?
Me: Date of infamy? World War 2? Hawaii?
Girls: (blank stare)
Me: Ben Affleck? Josh Harnett? Cuba Gooding Jr?
Girls: Ooooh right Pearl Harbor! *giggle*
Me: What's your major?
Girls: PolySci, International Affairs, and Government
I wish I was making that up.
There won't be an outcry the left in this country is redoing their quest against our boys into history as well. Alot of them don't even think ww2 was fully justified.
3 posted on
12/08/2006 7:07:40 AM PST by
Eyes Unclouded
(We won't ever free our guns but be sure we'll let them triggers go....)
To: PurpleMan
They'd have a better seller if they named it Kamakazi Energy Drink.
To: PurpleMan
Who wants a Baby Pine Tree flavored Energy Ice?
'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
8 posted on
12/08/2006 7:12:38 AM PST by
LonePalm
(Commander and Chef)
To: PurpleMan
maybe they meant "bonsai"?
11 posted on
12/08/2006 7:14:54 AM PST by
Hegemony Cricket
(Attn. CBS Evening News chief: "Be a Hero - Save the World From this Cheerleader")
To: PurpleMan
wow, we've been selling banzai in my bar since before it was banzai. i didn't realise how wide spread it was.
13 posted on
12/08/2006 7:16:50 AM PST by
absolootezer0
(stop repeat offenders - don't re-elect them.)
To: PurpleMan
Do the marketing people understand that they named the drink "May the Emperor Live a Thousand Years Energy Ice"
15 posted on
12/08/2006 7:40:52 AM PST by
GreenLanternCorps
(Okay, we Saved the Cheerleader, to Save the World, now what?)
To: PurpleMan
Not as bad as an orange juice energy drink company signing O.J. Simpson to push their drink two months before he offed Nicole and Ron.
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