NORTHLAND'S FAVORITE HITS » advertising http://kool1017.com Mon, 20 May 2013 02:14:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Is Soda The New Tobacco? Critics Link Marketing Motives Between Soda Pop Companies And Cigarette Manufacturers http://kool1017.com/is-soda-the-new-tobacco-critics-link-marketing-motives-between-soda-pop-companies-and-cigarette-manufacturers/ http://kool1017.com/is-soda-the-new-tobacco-critics-link-marketing-motives-between-soda-pop-companies-and-cigarette-manufacturers/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:40:08 +0000 Steve Tanko http://kool1017.com/?p=67268 A weak economy.  Trouble in the Middle East.  Rising gas prices.  In some ways, 2012 is just like the early 1990's.  Need one more item to add to that list of comparisons?  Public health officials say that soda manufacturers - just like their cigarette-making cousins in the 1990's - are employing marketing tactics to sway public opinions on their products.

]]> http://kool1017.com/is-soda-the-new-tobacco-critics-link-marketing-motives-between-soda-pop-companies-and-cigarette-manufacturers/feed/ 0 Source: sakeriver via flickr Soft Drink Manufacturers Market To Children http://kool1017.com/soft-drink-manufacturers-market-to-children/ http://kool1017.com/soft-drink-manufacturers-market-to-children/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:29:43 +0000 Steve Tanko http://kool1017.com/?p=20441 A recent research study focused on the marketing tactics of the soft drink industry.  The data demonstrated how the beverage companies focus their marketing on children.
The Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale found that from 2006 to 2008, the number of advertisements children and teens saw for regular soda doubled

]]> http://kool1017.com/soft-drink-manufacturers-market-to-children/feed/ 0 Source: Steve Tatum via flickr U.S. Postal Service Using Junk Mail To Solve It's Money Problems http://kool1017.com/u-s-postal-service-using-junk-mail-to-solve-its-money-problems/ http://kool1017.com/u-s-postal-service-using-junk-mail-to-solve-its-money-problems/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:07:08 +0000 Steve Tanko http://kool1017.com/?p=16808 Call the U.S. Postal Service "crazy".  Just make sure you add "...like a fox" to the end of it.  Plagued with mounting debt and a business model that isn't achieving a profitable return anymore, the United States Postal Service is turning to the bane of many peoples existence to shore up their balance sheet:  junk mail.

]]> http://kool1017.com/u-s-postal-service-using-junk-mail-to-solve-its-money-problems/feed/ 0 Source: oran viriyincy via flickr Burger King's "King" Loses His Job http://kool1017.com/burger-kings-king-loses-his-job/ http://kool1017.com/burger-kings-king-loses-his-job/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:16:26 +0000 Steve Tanko http://kool1017.com/?p=12744 The economy's so tough that even Burger King's mascot is getting a pink slip.
As part of a plan to reinvent itself over the next year, fast-food chain Burger King is about to dethrone its creepy King character

]]> http://kool1017.com/burger-kings-king-loses-his-job/feed/ 0 (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) Obama Wants To Save You From Junk Food Advertising http://kool1017.com/obama-wants-to-save-you-from-junk-food-advertising/ http://kool1017.com/obama-wants-to-save-you-from-junk-food-advertising/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:03:07 +0000 Steve Tanko http://kool1017.com/?p=9737 Since moving into the Oval Office, President Obama has been vocal that Americans need to stop eating junk food.  Recently, he made moves towards preventing fast food companies from targeting their advertising towards children.

Now it appears that he's facing opposition.

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