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Super BOLD Ads

Mindful Marketing

What’s with all the advertising irreverence? Perhaps for these reasons, many advertisers have continued to push the envelope on humor, to the point that their MO is: ‘Go Irreverent or Go Home.’ Its members can smell a fake a mile away, and they detest phoniness, including in traditional advertising.

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Avión Tequila “Health Claim” PR Snafu Part of Bigger Problem

PR Breakfast Club

The pitch offered cocktail recipes and sourced an American Chemical Society study that suggested agave could lower blood sugar, aid in weight loss and boost insulin production. The Federal Alcohol Administration Act strictly prohibits misleading health-related claims on alcohol labels and advertisements.

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The Top 11 Social Media Crises of 2017

Norton's Notes

I speak a lot to student and marketers alike about social media crisis management as I believe it can have a huge impact on a brand’s reputation and share price if you get it wrong. Thanks to an advertising campaign recently released by Nivea, the Middle East now thinks it is part of the White Supremacy Movement.