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Flintstones Cigarette Commercial

Published April 21st, 2006 in advertising, television and uncategorized. 0 Comments

It sounds unbelieveable but back in the 1960s, and thereabouts, tobacco was actually advertised on TV, and as was the fashion back then adverts were openly spoken about by the characters within the program.


Programes were often named after the product, and the host was a suffix, for example the Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny. (Lucky Strike was a brand of cigarettes in the US, you might recall its slogan of Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco, or LSMFT)

Well, back to the flintstones, the sponsor was Winston cigarettes and here is the clip


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Adwords coupon code

Published February 26th, 2006 in free, gift, advertising, adwords, google and uncategorized. 0 Comments

I’ve used AdWords to advertise many sites over the past few months, spending over EUR 400. A nice plaintext email from google arrived in my inbox today.


—–Original Message—–
From: adwords-support@google.com [mailto:adwords-support@google.com]
Sent: xx February 2006 xx:xx
To: ambrand@domain.tld
Subject: Reinstating Your Google AdWords Account


Hello,


We noticed that you haven’t shown your AdWords ads in a while. The
Google AdWords Team wants to help you make the most of your advertising
experience, so we’d like to offer you a 25.00 EUR AdWords credit, and help if
you need it. To redeem your AdWords credit:


1. Visit http://services.google.com/marketing/links/us-awclogin and log
in to your account. Click ‘My Account’ and then ‘Billing Preferences.’


2. Enter xx in the ‘Redeem code’ box located at
the bottom of the page, then click ‘Redeem.’


3. To confirm that your AdWords credit has been applied, click ‘Billing
Summary.’


After redeeming your AdWords credit, we encourage you to visit
http://services.google.com/marketing/links/us-awcwelcome for
optimization and troubleshooting tips. You can also find plenty of
helpful information at
http://services.google.com/marketing/links/us-awcsupport.

If you need additional assistance, or are no longer interested in
the AdWords program, please feel free to respond to this email or
call us at 1-866-2-Google. Our AdWords Specialists are available
by phone Monday - Thursday, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. PST (US), or on
Friday, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. PST (US).


Thank you for your time. We look forward to providing you with the most
effective advertising available.


Sincerely,
The Google AdWords Team


P.S. We sent you this email because you’ve indicated that you’re
willing to receive AdWords special offers. If you do not wish to
receive emails of this nature in the future, please log in to your
account, then click ‘My Account,’ ‘User Preferences,’ and ‘Email
Preferences: Edit.’ Remove the check beside ‘Special Offers’ and click
‘Save Changes.’


This offer is valid only for existing Google AdWords customers.
Advertisers will be charged for advertising that exceeds the
promotional credit. Advertisers must suspend their ads if they do not
wish to receive additional charges beyond the free credit amount.
Subject to ad approval, valid registration and acceptance of the Google
AdWords Program standard terms and conditions. The promotional credit
is non-transferable and may not be sold or bartered. Offer may be
revoked at any time for any reason by Google Inc. Advertisers with
assisted signup accounts may apply the promotional credit and receive
free ad clicks only after their Jumpstart prepayment balance is
depleted. One promotional credit per customer. Expires 12-01-2006.


Google, Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA USA 94043
P.S. We sent you this email because you’ve indicated that you’re willing to receive AdWords special offers. If you do not wish to receive emails of this nature in the future, please log in to your account, then click ‘My Account,’ ‘User Preferences,’ and ‘Email Preferences: Edit.’ Remove the check beside ‘Special Offers’ and click ‘Save Changes.’


Google, Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA USA 94043
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