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Best of 2008: Amusing, Creative and Just Plain Odd

Webbiquity

I hate to kick that dead dog again, but it sucked in 2007, it sucked in 2008, and it’ll continue to suck wind in 2009.&#. The Freakiest Ads of 2008, Final 4 by AdFreak. Example: “Another ad brags about a car that takes you ‘ beyond your destination.’ Stupid marketing copy mistakes by iMedia Connection.

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How To Use the Hero’s Journey for Content Marketing: A Good Story Goes A Long Way

Marketing Insider Group

Here is another example from the world of blockchain: Prompted by the financial crisis of 2008, an anonymous developer (hero) seeks an alternative (journey) to traditional finance (enemy). Here are a few examples: Point-of-view articles. A detailed and well-written narrative is the cornerstone of your content plan.

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How These 7 Companies Thrived During the Recession

Hubspot

In 2008, the Great Recession was all over the news. Interestingly, IT has been a growing industry during times of uncertainty , including the 2008 recession. In fact, sales for technology increased during the 2008 recession. Because of this trend, TeamLogic IT weathered the storm of 2008 well.

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How purposeful branding is driving millennials and social entrepreneurship

Biznology

The world has changed dramatically in the past 10 years or since the 2008 recession. For example, the purpose behind brands from Procter & Gamble is to “touch and improve more consumers’ lives.” by 2025, for example. This segment has recognized that the same jobs lost in the 2008 recession will never come back.

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Why Millennials Value Experiences, Not Stuff

Biznology

Probably the most influential event was the devastating crash of 2008. This terrible Recession of 2008 led to other related trends that will deeply affect how brands will be positioned in the future. For example, they are very aware that most clothing goods are made overseas where workers are often not treated fairly.

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Advanced Blogging Panel: How to Create Content That Drives Traffic and Engagement

Webbiquity

Blogging is important because, up until 2008, more people still used offline (e.g. Online tipped over the 50% point in late 2008 and has grown every year since. Would you like to share any examples? An example a year from now will be my COVID research posts this year. What do you have to say about that?

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It’s not what Dove meant, it’s what people see

Biznology

For example, back in 2008, Matthew Creamer and I teamed up to write (and Matt actually wrote) Pepsi Opens a Vein of Controversy With New Suicide-Themed Ads with the follow up that I wrote , Pepsi Apologized to Me for Its Suicide Ads. 2008 PepsiMax Suicide Ad. Two racist ads makes you kinda guilty.