Whoa whoa fuck you leave da Bears out of this! You guys had your soap opera with geriatric Favre, and we've got Cutler.
On topic, it appears this is majorly due to Oprah/Dr. Oz in ads, so watch out using anything specifically related to that.
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Whoa whoa fuck you leave da Bears out of this! You guys had your soap opera with geriatric Favre, and we've got Cutler.
On topic, it appears this is majorly due to Oprah/Dr. Oz in ads, so watch out using anything specifically related to that.
I'm going to kill you one day, I will eat your liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.... (j/k)
Favre crippled and with progeria is a better QB than that nancy Cutler..
(sorry to hijack thread, no more football things, fucking BAC is approaching whole numbers at this point)
What does an ice jockey country know about football? The Toronto Maple Syrups are not on par with the Green Bay Packers, or the IL Atty General for that matter.
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As others have said it could be to cover their 6's from legal pressures. The public outcry over how hard it was for customers to cancel re-bills is what seems to have gotten legal attention in the first place.
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Never underestimate the WRATH of a scorned woman. If a network owner or even a MAJOR affiliate with close inside network ties is going through a messy divorce, incriminating "EVIDENCE" could have conveniently shown up on someone's desk just for the revenge factor. All because the money settlement in the breakup is/was not what she wanted.
Then again, maybe someone has already come up with the NEXT big thing and is just wiping out some competition before they spring it. I would not be too surprised to learn that this could be the case as well. I mean, they rat out the big players, then have them spending most of their time and money tied up in legal issues while they start scooping up what's left of their networks and affiliates. Then when they launch, the players with the money and means to copy them will be too busy with legal issues to jump in right away. This way they will have the time needed to get the Lion's share. It's been done before throughout history with governments, organized crime, and business so why should we be immune to this kind tactic.
I would like to think that we as marketers are pretty close knit, but there seems to always be some bad apples.
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MT
You don't know anything about hockey if you think the Toronto Maple Leafs are on par with anything other than an under-12 team!
You're right, it could be political ties in place to ruin another network and gain more business for the next. Scary shit, this is what happens when you are too greedy.
Really? cause saying that you host "acai pages" on your servers helps your clients how? Well I mean, other than putting a nice target on every one of your current customers that is.
Good Luck Bros.
I'm guessing Acai is just going to be the tip of the iceberg, just because it's so "loud" compared to other campaigns.
But as a couple said, someone probably blew the horn to save their own back and probably no legal consequences. You had to figure the rebill crackdown was going to come sooner or later though.
But as a couple said, someone probably blew the horn to save their own back and probably no legal consequences. You had to figure the rebill crackdown was going to come sooner or later though.
Most affiliates (actually, all affiliates using flogs) didn't just publish what the advertiser said was true. Flogs contained fake testimonials, and fake results. Advertisers didn't on their pages (though some had one liner testimonials). Some of the advertiser LPs didn't even mention weight loss - A few only mentioned getting a "flatter stomach", basically by saying it could help cut down on bloating. As for the investigation, we have no clue right now what the cause is, whether it's false advertising, false medical claims, use of Harpo Productions' personalities (Oprah, Dr. Oz, Rachel Ray), or what. Maybe the speculation should stop until more details come forward.
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As someone who has grown up in and around the restaurant/nightclub business I can say there is nothing closer to the truth than this...
I would guess this specific Illinois investigation is mainly based on the unauthorized uses of Oprah's name associated to the products. Her company Harpo, is Chicago based and they stated a few weeks ago they would be turning over complaints about such items to the Illinois Attorney General’s office.
What did you expect with false advertising. I'm sure there just reviewing ads and checking disclosures.
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