China’s Olympic PR nightmare April 07th, 2008 | Category: Mark My Words After a week in the depths of the French countryside without access to the internet, I returned yesterday to the utter madness of the Olympic torch relay procession through London. How could this blatant PR stunt for the Chinese government have been allowed…
I love this. A bunch of dance students seek fame by performing a stunt on the London Underground and then post it on Youtube. I am reliably informed that these are not a bunch of kids that have made up a dance routine in their living room who thought it would be funny to dance…
The hearing on the suggested banning of Marion Knight from Compton is being held today. It’s interesting to see how Marion “Suge” Knight, the co-founder of Death Row Records, has called his recent involvement in being banned from Compton, “a publicity stunt”. Knight has been included in a request to ban members of the Mob…
It is nice that the Telegraph has reminded the great unwashed about our Easter stunt for Thornton’s last year and the effect that it has had on the recent sales figures. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/ Thornton’s pockets sweet sales While high street consumers have been reluctant to delve into their pockets of late, Thornton’s has proved they still indulge…
A pizza chain in OZ has produced a YouTube video suggesting employees of a rival chain have small penises, in a bizarre war over the size of their tasty treats. I love this stunt which isn’t generating the ink it deserves. Eagle Boys Pizzas in Australia has attacked Domino’s Pizzas for secretly reducing the size…
“Watch out… Wilko – Habana’s so quick he’s been racing cheetahs in preparation for South Africa’s World Cup clash against England this Saturday. And nearly winning! The speedy Springbok player publicised the launch of a wild cheetah census with a race against the fastest animal on earth.”
PR companies will do anything to drum up business and sometimes it involves being creative with the truth. This afternoon I was delivering my thoughts on the power of word of mouth at a Marketing Week gig in leafy Kensington. My attention was drawn to the promotional flyer of a young hungry PR hot…
I spotted this “promotional tool” in today’s Independent. It’s a piece about a rather bizarre artist who paints portraits with his penis. Pricasso (ahem), as he calls himself, has recently demonstrated his talents at the Sexpo exhibition in Johannesburg. But I’m afraid he has all the hallmarks of a publicity stunt – one of the…
Looking at the press yesterday I saw two examples of attempts to garner publicity, one being positive and the other rather negative. The first was the launch of Halo 3 last night at the IMAX. It’s one of the most successful Microsoft games ever and its press department have obviously treated it as such and…
The internet is full of people putting two and two together to make twenty two, not four. I’m still getting emails about Meg White and the sex tape scandal, suggesting these slightly racy pictures are the real reason why White Stripes have cancelled their world tour. http://community.livejournal.com/ Frankly, this is an inventive pornster who has…