Marketing Boomsplode: Ads that Crashed and Burned

<p>In the latest "what the hell were they thinking" edition of MFFI, the boys trace the history of advertising and then call out the worst marketing blunders of all time. </p> <p>~</p> <p>Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via <a href='https://discord.gg/4KUWbgj4PN'>DISCORD</a></p> <p>~</p> <p>In this episode: </p> <ul><li>Early advertisements</li> <li>The evolution of logos</li> <li>Sign boards, trademarks, and town criers</li> <li>The rise of the printing press</li> <li>Trade cards, print ads, newspapers, and trade publications</li> <li>The origin of false advertising</li> <li>The father of modern advertising, Thomas J Barratt</li> <li>Pears Soap</li> <li>Brand curation and positive associations</li> <li>N.W. Ayer and Son, the first American advertising agency</li> <li>Diamond rings are vile</li> <li>Sex sells</li> <li>Helen Lansdowne and the Woodbury Soap Company</li> <li>"A skin you love to touch"</li> <li>Richard Nixon and the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1970</li> <li>The FTC and advertising regulations</li> <li>Kendall Jenner's Pepsi debacle</li> <li>Dove (doh) soap</li> <li>Bloomingdales spikes the eggnog</li> <li>Sprite sucks</li> <li>H&M & WTF</li> <li>Peloton cycles into infamy</li> <li>Hyundai commits public-relations sepukku </li> </ul> <p>~</p> <p>Join the Midnight Masses! </p> <p>Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas. </p> <p>And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word! </p> <p><a href='https://midnightbonus.weebly.com/midnight-merch.html'>Midnight Merch</a></p> <p> ~</p> <p><a href='https://www.podpage.com/midnight-facts-for-insomniacs/voicemail/popup/?from=https://www.podpage.com/midnight-facts-for-insomniacs/'>Leave an Audio Message!</a></p> <p>~ </p> <p><a href='https://www.instagram.com/midnightfactsforinsomniacs/'>Instagram</a></p> <p>~</p> <p><a href='http://www.shanerogers.net'>Shane's Comed