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Sep
04

Billboard Boneheads


pryan, Loud and Clear
I can't wait to have the TALK 1300 billboards up - I won't make the countless mistakes that riddle the highways ...

I promise (but reserve the right to change my mind)the following...

1. No billboard with a dopey picture of anyone taking up the middle of the billboard with no substance to back it up. ADVERTISING has got to MEAN something - Putting one of our hosts face up there with duct tape over his mouth - that's funny. Seeing some guys head in the middle of a billboard with no substance is a waste of money. Let's use an example...you put "two" head shots of (oh I don't know) an opticians head on a billboard .. one shot with those monster glaucoma glasses on and one without - and a caption that says "see us - prevent that" .... Continue Reading


CATEGORY: General Society

TAGS: billboards, advertising,

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Sep
12

School's In Session - Siena take a Maria Lesson


pryan, Loud and Clear
I'm out to dinner the other night and I'm ranting with my friends about the only call I have received from Siena College(post graduation Y E A R S ago) is the "ask" for $25 bucks.

The young Siena student on the other end of the phone was clearly just going through the motions. There was the uninspired scripted "how are you tonight" as they called during the evening. I made it to this round of calls because I gave $100 bucks to the radio station.

That triggered the number crunchers to release the hounds on me. So...I tell the young lady... no... hoping there will be a "why?" and there is no follow up. This from the same college that brings you the Siena College Research Institute Polls on politics... trying to keep pace with Marist... Continue Reading


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