"FOR CHRIST SAKES THE INTERNET WAS STARTED IN THE USA!!!"
No it wasn't arpanet was which as small part of the net, but the internet was an effort acros alot of countries you can keep arpanet but stay off the world wide web (in this case world is world not America like the "world" series)
"I am a US comapny. my server is in the US. my internet conection is in the US. My web site is in ENGLISH!"
Where do you think English comes from thats right England and where is england why it is part of the EU so please stop using our language, or to put it another way FOR CHRIST SAKE ENGLISH WAS STARTED IN ENGLAND. Actual its a suprise you didn't claim it was Americish.
If you're not allowed to hyperbolize about your product, then the entire marketing industry is doomed.
If you Hyperbolise about something that doesnâ(TM)t exist or is not done by youâ(TM)re product your company is doomed. Because people will simply stop believing what you say For example whenever McDonalds announce that they have a great new chicken burger made with only the finest chicken breast freshest salad etc. I donâ(TM)t rush out to buy it because past experience has shown me that McDonalds uses the cheapest products they can lay there hands on so the money that McDonalds spent on hyperbolising there product is wasted on me and considering there profit loss last year its not just me who thinks this.
Also the number of people who believe everything M$ say about there product can be counted and the fingers of a blind butcher
In the UK, you're not allowed to specifically say that your product is better than some other company's. Instead, you apparently just have to go on about how great your own product is. Now if that doesn't take the heart and soul out of marketing, then I don't know what does.
Since when has marketing had a heart and a soul? You are allowed to say what you like about your product just so long as it is the truth and you have real proof, otherwise that is false advertising. There is nothing wrong with being banned from lying because lying is never a good thing for either side.
Which car ad is going to tell you in big, bold letters on the screen that driving like that is going to get you some pretty serious jail time?
They are not lying about the cars performance so they are perfectly fine if you want to follow the example of the advert and speed and possible loss you license thatâ(TM)s your dumb decision. The important thing is whiter the product is doing what it really can do in real life.
Which software product isn't going to save you millions of dollars?
LOTS if you canâ(TM)t prove that it will save you money compared to what they have that it is a lie
What beer isn't supposed to make you a sex god?
Personally I drink beer that tastes good. Also beer gives you the floppies (not disks) if you drink too much so that isnâ(TM)t allowed either.
Flat-out lies right there, but how could you call the companies on this?
Apart from the car example you are correct and you would not see adverts like those on UK Tv so they already have been called with fines.
In short you can say what you like so long as you can prove this is the case if you have no proof you are lying. Also you only need to slightly change the adverts i.e. from: this product will save you a million pounds so give us a call to: this product may save you money so give us call. Because you would only need to prove it helped one company save some money instead of proving you could save all companies a million. It simply make advertising what it should be a way of informing the customer what is available to with out muddying the water.
It also meens Marketers have to do work rather than con money out of people.
Not as good as the Amiga error message off "Guru Meditation" and the text flashed diffrent colours fantastic your computer was going to find enightentment you can belive the stories of it being designed by hippies in a tent and it would explain why there where always spliff butts behind it or maybe that was just my older sister.
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No it wasn't arpanet was which as small part of the net, but the internet was an effort acros alot of countries you can keep arpanet but stay off the world wide web (in this case world is world not America like the "world" series)
"I am a US comapny. my server is in the US. my internet conection is in the US. My web site is in ENGLISH!"
Where do you think English comes from thats right England and where is england why it is part of the EU so please stop using our language, or to put it another way FOR CHRIST SAKE ENGLISH WAS STARTED IN ENGLAND. Actual its a suprise you didn't claim it was Americish.
If you're not allowed to hyperbolize about your product, then the entire marketing industry is doomed. If you Hyperbolise about something that doesnâ(TM)t exist or is not done by youâ(TM)re product your company is doomed. Because people will simply stop believing what you say For example whenever McDonalds announce that they have a great new chicken burger made with only the finest chicken breast freshest salad etc. I donâ(TM)t rush out to buy it because past experience has shown me that McDonalds uses the cheapest products they can lay there hands on so the money that McDonalds spent on hyperbolising there product is wasted on me and considering there profit loss last year its not just me who thinks this. Also the number of people who believe everything M$ say about there product can be counted and the fingers of a blind butcher In the UK, you're not allowed to specifically say that your product is better than some other company's. Instead, you apparently just have to go on about how great your own product is. Now if that doesn't take the heart and soul out of marketing, then I don't know what does. Since when has marketing had a heart and a soul? You are allowed to say what you like about your product just so long as it is the truth and you have real proof, otherwise that is false advertising. There is nothing wrong with being banned from lying because lying is never a good thing for either side. Which car ad is going to tell you in big, bold letters on the screen that driving like that is going to get you some pretty serious jail time? They are not lying about the cars performance so they are perfectly fine if you want to follow the example of the advert and speed and possible loss you license thatâ(TM)s your dumb decision. The important thing is whiter the product is doing what it really can do in real life. Which software product isn't going to save you millions of dollars? LOTS if you canâ(TM)t prove that it will save you money compared to what they have that it is a lie What beer isn't supposed to make you a sex god? Personally I drink beer that tastes good. Also beer gives you the floppies (not disks) if you drink too much so that isnâ(TM)t allowed either. Flat-out lies right there, but how could you call the companies on this? Apart from the car example you are correct and you would not see adverts like those on UK Tv so they already have been called with fines. In short you can say what you like so long as you can prove this is the case if you have no proof you are lying. Also you only need to slightly change the adverts i.e. from: this product will save you a million pounds so give us a call to: this product may save you money so give us call. Because you would only need to prove it helped one company save some money instead of proving you could save all companies a million. It simply make advertising what it should be a way of informing the customer what is available to with out muddying the water. It also meens Marketers have to do work rather than con money out of people.
Not as good as the Amiga error message off "Guru Meditation" and the text flashed diffrent colours fantastic your computer was going to find enightentment you can belive the stories of it being designed by hippies in a tent and it would explain why there where always spliff butts behind it or maybe that was just my older sister.