Freakiest ads – plane crash

Posted by Bob Weber on Jan 9th, 2009 in Crazy Marketing | 0 comments

Adweek has a list of the 32 freakiest ads of 2008 on their website. Many of these are disturbing and even NSFW, so be warned.

One I did like though was the video of a plane crashing into the ocean as a travel agency ad. Very cool.

Zappos, Spirit Airlines and the BoSox

Posted by Bob Weber on Oct 29th, 2007 in business, Crazy Marketing, Personal | 0 comments

Business Blog Consulting had a nice post last week about the awesome customer service of Zappos, and the horrid customer service of Spirit Airlines. Now I have never used either of these companies, I don’t fly much and I buy all my clothes (OK, not all, but most) from Ross. Actually bought a way cool pair of Rocket Dog shoes for $13 last week on clearance at Ross – way cheaper than Zappos.

Regardless, if Zappos customer service is as good as it sounds, YOU should probably buy from them.

On a completely unrelated note, the Boston Red Sox swept our Colorado Rockies in the World Series last night. I guess The Lisa was right about her beloved baseball team. Grrr…

Dental Arts

Posted by Bob Weber on May 11th, 2007 in Crazy Marketing, Humor | 0 comments

I just found a website for a dentist here in our local area. This dentist has decided it was a good idea to use the term Dental Arts in his name.

I know, terms like ‘healing arts’ or ‘dental arts’ are somewhat common in the medical industry, but I am confident that the last person I want cleaning my teeth is an ‘Artist’.

All I can picture is walking into a grungy studio apartment with a big dental chair in the middle and having Isaac Mendez show up, covered in paint, all strung out on heroin and holding a dental drill. As if Dentists weren’t scary enough when they were college educated Doctors…