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Criticism of Advertising

Criticism of Advertising

| March 21, 2010 | 17 Comments

Advertising is known to perform three main functions, that is, ‘inform’, ‘persuade’ and ‘remind’. However, in doing so, it attracts a lot of criticism especially in a society which would be resistant to part ways from it’s cultural norms or orthodox behaviour. Often for the sake of being trendy and different, companies make use of [...]

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Ufone Spampaign: Spamming The Pakistani Blogosphere!

Ufone Spampaign: Spamming The Pakistani Blogosphere!

| March 15, 2010 | 6 Comments

I don’t know what is wrong with the Telecom Sector in Pakistan? In order to try and get hold of social media, they have been trying everything possible left, right and centre! Although, some of them have been trying their best to understand the mechanics of social media, the rest continue to be shameless to [...]

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Zong Student Entrepreneur Program: Such A Disgrace!

Zong Student Entrepreneur Program: Such A Disgrace!

| December 18, 2009 | 5 Comments

I’ve been noticing this campaign by Zong since months now, but its the point now that I just can’t take it anymore. Have anyone of you heard about this Zong “Student Entrepreneur” Program. For those of you who don’t know, its a campaign by Zong to ask students to sell Zong connection and generate commissions [...]

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Sugar Boycott… Playing with the Nation’s Sweet Tooth Are We?

Sugar Boycott… Playing with the Nation’s Sweet Tooth Are We?

| November 27, 2009 | 11 Comments

Sugar is the talk of the town these days . . . with stock hoarding, it’s merely a matter of supply and demand. And to ad icing to the scenario, media has it’s own ways to getting people embrace the fashion, ‘Sugar Boycott”. To me it’s just a matter of deviating the nation’s attention to [...]

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Wake Up Marketers! Spamming is not Blogging!

Wake Up Marketers! Spamming is not Blogging!

| October 23, 2009 | 15 Comments

So is there really a difference between blogging and spamming? Those of you who are familiar with the ‘internet’ jargons might understand each term separately and might also be able to differ between the two. Yes, I deliberately used the word ‘might’ because a lot of people still can’t figure out if they are really [...]

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