When Real-World Marketing Goes Astray (or, What’s He Selling??)

I’d love to offer a moral to go along with the picture, but more than anything, it’s a good illustration of just how badly things can go wrong when the real world intrudes on our neatly laid marketing plans:

(Found via Jalopnik, where you can see the “before” to go with the “after” above)

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  1. John Soares wrote:

    Good find Tom.

    It does show the importance of mobility for some businesses.
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    Posted 16 Jun 2009 at 2:23 pm   (Quote)
  2. Roberta Rosenberg wrote:

    Hahaha … this reminds me of email I used to get from the list management company, Edith Roman Associatates. Invariably, the sender address was truncated to yes, wait for it, Edith Roman Ass…! I alerted them to the problem, but they never made any changes.

    Guess they didn’t mind. :)
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    Posted 16 Jun 2009 at 4:27 pm   (Quote)
  3. Tom Chandler wrote:

    Roberta Rosenberg: Guess they didn’t mind. :)

    Hell, maybe it was good for business (maybe “Mitchell’s Whores” is too, though product confusion is rarely a good thing).

    I cease to know, and can only marvel.

    Posted 17 Jun 2009 at 5:26 am   (Quote)
  4. Mike from Salisbury wrote:

    Ha ha, I find that brilliant. What a mistake.

    i wonder if the guy knows?
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    Posted 26 Jul 2009 at 1:13 pm   (Quote)

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