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Commercial Usage of Election Motives

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  • 22-10-2008 2:56pm
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    September1972
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    Hi, I'd like to talk about US Elections being used for some companies' promotion. I'm not interested in any regular tactics or examples such as mass t-shirt production, flags, etc. but some more sophisticated and creative ideas.

    Do you know any interesting (sometimes not fair) marketing strategies? Do you know any examples?


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    banquo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,487 ✭✭✭banquo


    Have an essay due for Politics 101, yeah? :D


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    Trojan
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    lol.

    September1972, I will let this post stand if YOU come back here today and give us your thoughts on it first. Otherwise I'll delete the thread tonight.

    🎙️ The Recognized Authority Podcast



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    Overheal
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    Plenty, I suppose. Burger King has an election based ad campaign on at the moment; but I havent seen anything that sounded unfair. You'd have to provide an example to work from.


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    September1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭September1972


    Thanks Overheal, Burger King is a good one. It does not have to be unfair, I just thought it'd be interesting. Trojan, here is my example - sample viral promotion - "kung fu election" by Atom.com.


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    BlitzKrieg
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    check out the viral campaign for red alert 3, EA is playing up one of its characters as a presidential candidate (went as far as getting Obama girl in to do a song about him).

    youtube vote for ackerman


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    Overheal
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    Why do new posters always have to walk the line on the rules? Lord knows I did it on my first post but I mean Hey.

    What about your thoughts on it. Turn this into a discussion :rolleyes: this aint yahoo answers.


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    WorkHard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭WorkHard


    Politics is too close to money and usage of politics in commercials is too much for me. I know service AVAGUIDE.NET that promotes its new product by offering video characters presenting Obama's and mceins's election program.


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