How Quora Made Its Email Newsletters Irresistible To Read
If you're a Quora user, then you receive its weekly email newsletters. Quora is a Q&A site which highlights answers from credible people. It was created by Facebook's former CTO, Adam...
View ArticleFred Flintstone Will Be Replaced On The Fruity Pebbles Box By A Wrestler
There's some Yabba Dabba depressing news for Fred Flintstone fans.The cartoon favorite is getting ousted from the Fruity Pebbles box in place of WWE star John Cena. While Flintstone isn't banished from...
View ArticleThe Marines Axed Their Ultimate Fighting Sponsorship After Anti-Gay Slurs
The U.S. Marine Corp quietly ended its recruitment advertising and sponsorship contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship just before Christmas because of sexist and homophobic slurs used by the...
View ArticlePolaroid Has A Clever Idea That Could Make It Relevant Again
Polaroid has been left behind, but it has a new idea that may help it regain some of its luster.In a partnership with startup Fotobar, Polaroid plans to open a chain of retail locations. What will they...
View ArticleSamsung Made The Top Ad Of The Year — And It Was For A Fridge
Samsung made the most effective commercial of the year, says analytics firm Ace Metrix, but it wasn't for a cell phone.While 72andSunny should be commended for its snarky, Apple bashing Galaxy spots,...
View ArticleFar Fewer People Are Using Facebook Offers Than Facebook's News Feed Says (FB)
Facebook tells users that their friends "claimed" a Facebook offer even when they didn't actually redeem it, Business Insider has learned.The confusion appears to stem from the words Facebook uses in...
View ArticleFor One Month, McDonald's Is Changing Its Name In Australia
McDonald's is changing its name.Well, only in Australia.And just for one month.You see, Australians have a nickname for McDonald's. They call it "Macca's," and surveys show that at least 50 percent of...
View ArticleMcDonald's Is Getting More Serious About Bringing 'Mighty Wings' To The...
Back in July, McDonald's starting testing "Mighty Wings"— an item it hadn't sold in the U.S. in nearly a decade — in select stores around Atlanta.Now, it's expanding those efforts.McDonald's will be...
View Article17 Ways To Use The New Psychology Of Sales
For many people, the word "sales" has something of a negative connotation. They think of someone pushy, or who's trying to deceive them in some way. In his new book, To Sell Is Human: The Surprising...
View ArticleThe Most Viral Mobile Phone Ad Of All Time Is ... French?
Back in 2011, Samsung made this viral video of JayFunk, a "finger tutting" wizard from Los Angeles, doing one of his eye-popping finger dances. The video was part of the introduction of the Galaxy S...
View ArticleTaco Bell Is Sending A High Schooler A Custom Speedo Because Of A Facebook Post
Taco Bell is sending a high school swimmer a custom-made Speedo that reads "Think Outside the Buns" on the butt.A swimmer/diver who has broken all of his school's records, Klarner rewards himself after...
View ArticleChick-fil-A Accepts 'Trade Your Homosexuality For A Free Chicken Sandwich'...
John and Robert, two founders of the mock Chick-fil-A Foundation pulled one over on a restaurant chain.The two "ex-gay" men (who decline to reveal their last names) successfully redeemed a fake "trade...
View ArticleSomeone Ordered Chicken From KFC And Found This Disgusting Brain-Like Organ...
Here's a disgusting story that's not going to make you want to eat KFC any time soon.Ibrahim Langoo, a student in the UK, was eating at a KFC at a restaurant in Colchester when he came across this...
View ArticleLAST CHANCE: Nominate The Most Creative Women In Advertising
Business Insider is asking everyone in AdLand to send us nominations for the most creative women in the industry.Even though we are well out of the Mad Men era, women still make up only three percent...
View ArticleHow An Entrepreneur Used Women's Obsessions To Sell Men's Underwear
An men's underwear company is taking over the world by appealing to the people who buy its product: women. Much of Tommy John's initial success is in the packaging, Patterson told us in an interview....
View ArticleBig Bang Theory Actress Kaley Cuoco To Star In Toyota's Super Bowl Spot
Kaley Cuoco will be joining Bar Refaeli and Kate Upton in the Super Bowl's commercial breaks.Toyota just announced that the Big Bang Theory lead will star in its Super Bowl spot."When I saw the concept...
View ArticleHere Are The First Photos From 'The Walking Dead' Super Bowl Ad
AMC zombie sensation "The Walking Dead" is making its first-ever Super Bowl ad.With 10.5 million viewers tuning in for its 2012 mid-season finale — very healthy numbers for a cable series — the Super...
View ArticleFirst Photo: What Swimsuit Model Bar Refaeli And Danica Patrick Will Wear In...
Late last week, Go Daddy announced that it added supermodel Bar Refaeli to its Super Bowl spot alongside race car driver Danica Patrick.Although Refaeli is known for her days as a Sports Illustrated...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: Cancer Group Says 'Hipsters Deserve To Die'
The Lung Cancer Alliance recently released a series of outdoor media ads that confused people so much, they were offended.Here's one of the ads:Without any context, the ad looks like the Lung Cancer...
View ArticleMcDonald's Will Relaunch The Big Mac This Year With A Blast Of New Ads (MCD)
Remember when the highlight of every teen's weekend was a Big Mac and fries?That's the problem that McDonald's aims to fix this year: Those who do remember the years when the Big Mac was a pop-culture...
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