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Atman

(31,464 posts) Thu May 2, 2013, 10:59 AM May 2013

Mountain Dew's marketing guy deserves a big fat raise.

The ads are horrible and offensive...but they're being played every ten minutes on every cable network FOR FREE. My guess is Dew drinkers will love them. Nice work!

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Mountain Dew's marketing guy deserves a big fat raise. (Original Post) Atman May 2013 OP

Once again the media and the public are duped by outrageous advertising liberal N proud May 2013 #1

Will there be a Mountain Dew Appreciation Day? eom tarheelsunc May 2013 #2

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #3

link? FirstLight May 2013 #4

my guess is that he got fired gejohnston May 2013 #5

liberal N proud

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1. Once again the media and the public are duped by outrageous advertising

Reply to Atman (Original post)

Thu May 2, 2013, 11:07 AM

May 2013

Probably the same guy who did the Jeff Gordon test drive ad that went viral.

Why buy advertising time when you can generate all the free time through controversy.