15 Hilariously Failed Marketing Campaigns

prospectmx.com — In such a crowded market, it’s no wonder advertisers have tended toward bolder messages and devices in an attempt to break through the average American’s consumption haze. Then there are those who see “bold” and think “license to be offensive, patronizing, and hopelessly insane”. Aug 18, 2010 View in Crawl 4

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ayeroxor Aug 18, 2010

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Dugg for thumbnail

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One sadly successful marketing campaign
1. Digg Patriots.

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ChronicColonic has dugg more stories in the last 30 days than I've dugg in 3 years on digg.
(just thought that was remarkable)

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ayeroxor Aug 18, 2010

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That's because this is his entire life. Sounds pretty sad, but whatever brings people joy...

chroniccolonic Aug 18, 2010Submitter

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That Evelyn Wood Speed Reading course really paid off.

rocketman42 Aug 18, 2010

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For some reason I feel like having some Skittles and a couple of Budweisers.

brucealmighty Aug 18, 2010

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Blockbuster's 'No More Late Fees' was one of the dumbest things they ever did...and that's saying a lot. First they promote discontinuing late fees....keep the rental for up to week at no additional charge. But the stickers on the videos still say "2 Day Rental" and at checkout they tell you it's due back the day after tomorrow. Unless you ask and then they admit it's not really due back until a week from today. What an idiotic way to (mis)handle a new promotion. They won't be missed.