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Exploring White Space
After browsing through the Worst Websites of 2011, I noticed that they are all very similar in that they cannot stand to waste a single pixel available on screen. So with that, I’d like to present a simple concept that could greatly impact the … Continue reading
Analyze Your Facebook Data
Recently in Market Research we were introduced to a neat little tool on WolframAlpha that allows you to analyze your Facebook data. Try it out here!
Specific Searches – Comparing
At the beginning of the semester I was desperately in need of a new laptop, so as a starting point I came up with a list of requirements. There were as follows: 14” screen, hard drive speed 7200 rpm, Intel … Continue reading
Aaaand I’m back!
Hey world, it’s been a while. Posts for COMM 464 begin here! Enjoy. Unrelated, but super cool! Check it out.
Fooled Ya!
By the end of Friday night I was getting really sick of the relationship status updates I was getting on Facebook. However, I very much enjoyed browsing the many innovative hoaxes that big time corporations had put up on the … Continue reading
Cookies & Cream or Cookies & Cream?
Having just come back from grocery shopping, my attention was drawn to Luke’s Blog#4: Colors that speak because I found myself making a final decision on a product based merely on the colour of its packaging! So I was trying to … Continue reading
Heineken WALK-IN FRIDGE
Remember this commercial that launched a couple years back? It shows a young woman giving her friends a tour of her apartment. The women shriek with joy by the sight of the walk-in closet; however, their cries of joy are … Continue reading
What do bubble baths and degreasing your car engine have in common?
For years of my life I’ve been mislead to thinking that if my toothpaste wasn’t foaming my teeth weren’t getting cleaned and if my dish soap wasn’t forming a mountain of bubbles my plates just didn’t feel clean. I found … Continue reading
The Canned Laughter of Marketing
Prior to the 1950s television sitcoms were filmed in front live audiences; this enhanced the performance of the actors and it also acted as a queue to when something funny was happening to viewers at home. However, a live studio … Continue reading
“Ask your doctor today about [insert drug].”
“Do you suffer from allergy symptoms, depression, erectile dysfunction, or …?” Doesn’t matter. You name it and they’ve got a drug for you! “Ask your doctor today about Claritin, Zoloft, or Viagra etc.” (Side effects may include nausea, heartburn, indigestion, … Continue reading