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Ask HN: Bad Ads?

4 pointsby cgherb911over 15 years ago
Best way to learn is from others mistakes. Please submit the worst ad slogan, billboard pitch, etc.

3 comments

cmelbyeover 15 years ago
As David Heinemeier Hansson said on Twitter this evening:<p><i>Worst elevator pitch I've heard in a long time: "Salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud-computing company". Could it be more contentless?</i><p>I still have no idea what Salesforce is. Their marketing sites are so loaded with buzzwords that I find that it's almost too much work to try to learn more.
jim_lawlessover 15 years ago
A few years ago, United Parcel Service tried to coin the term "brown knows" in televised ads, referring to the brown uniforms that the drivers wear.<p>The term "brown nose" is used ( at least in the U.S. ) to very negatively refer to the act of being trying too hard to please others higher in the corporate food-chain.
cgherb911over 15 years ago
Competitor of Farmville:<p>"Tired of Farming. Try Digging"<p>The competitors innovation was a digging for treasure game.