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Judge Smails
01-14-2009, 09:39 PM
Actually, it's "in the Super Bowl game program" - but I can't edit the thread title

http://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/Sections/News_And_Analysis/__Story_Inserts/graphics/__SPORTS/M/madison_ashley_concept.jpg

Link (http://www.cnbc.com/id/28654770)


Noel Biderman, CEO of AshleyMadison.com, told CNBC that his ad was eventually rejected and was specifically told that the company wouldn't be allowed to advertise in any NFL game program until the end of time.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said that no one in the league office actually ever saw the ad. "After realizing what the site was, the sales rep called back and told the company there was a mistake and that his company could not sell an ad to the site."
Biderman thinks his inability to advertise is hypocritical.

"I find the rejection to be ridiculous given that a huge percentage of the NFL's marketing content is for products like alcohol, which they sell in their stadiums, promote on their air and clearly have in the magazine," Biderman said. "That's a product that literally kills tens of thousands of people each year. So if the NFL is worried about legislating behavior and regulating what their audience should be exposed to then it should start with a ban on all alcohol advertising and products being sold, not AshleyMadison.com."


That is some world-class spin doctoring right there that would make Nathan Thurm proud.

http://www.grinningplanet.com/3001/spotlight/youtube/nathanturm-rfk-globalwarming.jpg


Nathan Thurm = my obscure reference of the day

OGC
01-14-2009, 09:52 PM
I bet if Ron, Fez and Dave were doing the commercial it would be a smash.

PapaBear
01-14-2009, 09:56 PM
Isn't print media a stupid place for them to advertise anyway? Especially in a game program that's going to be held on to as souvenir. You don't want evidence like that laying around the house when the spouse hires a lawyer.

Marc with a c
01-14-2009, 09:58 PM
life is short. have an affair.

awful slogan.

Judge Smails
01-15-2009, 04:54 AM
Isn't print media a stupid place for them to advertise anyway? Especially in a game program that's going to be held on to as souvenir. You don't want evidence like that laying around the house when the spouse hires a lawyer.

I'm pretty sure that this is one of those deals where they didn't expect in a million years to be accepted but now they're going to get a lot of free publicity. Just look - they're on the CNBC website and that stupid ad with the whore and the Lombardi Trophy will probably show up all over the web. Even though it says SAMPLE across it I'm sure the NFL is none too happy.

SP1!
01-15-2009, 05:12 AM
Yes thats just what a cheating website needs, publicity, how stupid are these people?

I like where he tried to spin the fact its not just a bunch of horny old men on the site "Sure its 8-1 men to women but our active members are really like 1-1"

Your scum and your site is for spineless people who dont have the guts to leave.

razorboy
01-15-2009, 06:20 AM
I still can't fathom that some people need a website to figure out how to cheat.

cougarjake13
01-15-2009, 02:17 PM
the free publicity is priceless

CofyCrakCocaine
01-15-2009, 02:20 PM
the free publicity is priceless

IS IT?

Gvac
01-15-2009, 02:21 PM
Your scum and your site is for spineless people who dont have the guts to leave.

Or the balls to stay.

CofyCrakCocaine
01-15-2009, 02:31 PM
Or the balls to stay.

QFT... those married to hedonism are destined for miserable emptiness and self-loathing. Or they just get a venerial disease and wish they hadn't been so busy "living".

epo
01-15-2009, 02:35 PM
This is a classic example of an ad that was not created to be published, but rather to create hype. If they are worth a fraction of their pay they knew this going in. But I've got a few comments about this:

Biderman thinks his inability to advertise is hypocritical.

"I find the rejection to be ridiculous given that a huge percentage of the NFL's marketing content is for products like alcohol, which they sell in their stadiums, promote on their air and clearly have in the magazine," Biderman said. "That's a product that literally kills tens of thousands of people each year. So if the NFL is worried about legislating behavior and regulating what their audience should be exposed to then it should start with a ban on all alcohol advertising and products being sold, not AshleyMadison.com."

Which led Smails to say this:

That is some world-class spin doctoring right there that would make Nathan Thurm proud.

That is actually some shitty spin doctoring, because you never want to be a "sin industry" juxtaposing yourself against another "sin industry". Especially if that sin industry is ALCOHOL, which a majority of the public consumes at some minor level.

Just look - they're on the CNBC website and that stupid ad with the whore and the Lombardi Trophy will probably show up all over the web. Even though it says SAMPLE across it I'm sure the NFL is none too happy.

Here is the thing about that...the use of, or possibly even the likeness of a registered symbol/trademark of something as big as the NFL and it's Lombardi Trophy is just stupid. They are dying for a lawsuit. What many people who haven't dealt with the NFL don't realize is that they will fuck up anybody as small as a bar for improper usage of their trademarks if they are reported. Does this website think they won't notice?

Overall the strategy isn't awful, but the delivery ain't the best.

keithy_19
01-15-2009, 02:39 PM
Overall the strategy isn't awful, but the delivery ain't the best.

But you are:wub: