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Stealth Marketing
from the does-it-do-any-good...? dept
We've written in the past about the death of the captive audience, and it appears that companies are increasingly trying to come up with ways to deal with that. Some are going with the "entertainment as advertising" concept that seems to work well -- but an offshoot of that seems to be something more akin to stealth marketing -- where a company creates or sponsors an amusing and entertaining website without actually having their own name or brand being feature prominently. The idea is more to get people interested in the content, and to discover "quietly" who was behind it. From Burger King's subservient chicken to Alaska Airlines' Sky High Airlines, the idea basically seems to be to back their way into the consciousness of younger consumers who want to be entertained, and who can smell when they're being "advertised to" a mile away.
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Boiger King??
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Re: Boiger King??
Besides which, I think BK produce is the less-inedible of the two! ;)
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Not So New
In one example, companies would send "cool" people into clubs with a new brand of cigarette who would give them out when people asked to bum a smoke.
Another example had a cell phone company sending out people who would ask random pedestrians to take their picture with a new camera phone.
I'm not sure whether I like this or not. In the cigarette case, I'd at least be getting something for free. In the phone case, though, they're wasting my time by deceiving me into thinking I'm doing somebody a favor when in reality they're trying to market to me.
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I read your comments posted yesterday. I'm a agraduatestudent a Baruch College in New York. I'm writing a paper on 'next steps' after the November 10 decision. I'm looking at legal jurisdictional issues and federal law initiatives. If you want to get in touch, please do so we can possibly share information.
Ian Kelly
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