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Marketing Fail: Tech Startup With Great Product Uses Harassment to Promote It

There’s a cool new device that could make interacting with people in foreign countries a lot less of a headache. The ili is a slim, stick-shaped wearable translator that will instantly translate between English and Japanese, Japanese and Chinese, and Chinese and English (with more languages in the works). The

Marketing Win: This Powerful Ad is Definitely Worth Your 90 Seconds

Earlier today, we told you about a major marketing fail on the part of a Japanese startup. The good news is that for all the questionable ads we see, there are some truly powerful ones to help compensate. Case-in-point: this commercial for Australia’s Western Sydney University. Far from your typical Abercrombie and Fitch-esque marketing

These Were the Most Offensive Advertisements of the Year

Advertisers take note: these are examples of what not to do. That is, unless it’s your goal to offend as many people as you possibly can. As our Western world has become more politically correct than ever, Australia’s Advertising Standards Board receives thousands of complaints each year about “offensive” advertisements.