December 2008
3 posts
Promotional Article Writing: What You Should Know →
Is Your Marketing Taking Advantage of Web 2.0 →
How To Make Sure You’re Getting Feedback →
Marketing In A Virtual World →
November 2008
5 posts
How To Boost Your Email Delivery Rates →
The Power of Postcards →
Making The Most Of Free Article Directories →
Building Your Brand →
July 2008
23 posts
The real fight club! →
Do you remember the movie Fight Club with Brad Pitt and Edward Norton? The “parental advisory” and “don’t try this at home” signs on that video were needless. In New York a group called “Union Square…
Save me from the Clooney’s, Bono’s, Madonna’s and... →
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? A recent quote from Neil Young (the artist formerly-known-as-legendary) made me think about that dilemma.
His quote “Just because I’m famous doesn’t mean…
Save me from the Clooney’s, Bono’s, Madonna’s and...
http://www.promopinion.com/2008/07/24/save-me-from-the-clooney%E2%80%99s-bono%E2%80%99s-madonna%E2%80%99s-and-youngs/
Crash your car to get media attention! →
Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it.Kenneth Anderson is probably the luckiest man on earth. I is still alive after a car crashed through a restaurant…
Hans Klok’s greatest illusion: “gay-straight-gay” →
Yesterday I watched a TV show which had Hans Klok as a guest. Hans Klok is a world-famous Dutch illusionist, the best of the best!
After his show during the opening of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in…
Hans Klok’s greatest illusion: “gay-straight-gay”
http://www.promopinion.com/2008/07/22/hans-klok%E2%80%99s-greatest-illusion-%E2%80%9Cgay-straight-gay%E2%80%9D/?s-greatest-illusion-?gay-straight-gay?/
Make your own Hitler, Saddam or Pol pot doll now
This is sick! http://www.promopinion.com/2008/07/21/make-your-own-hitler-saddam-or-pol-pot-doll-now/
Make your own Hitler, Saddam or Pol pot doll now →
Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it.Rachael Matthews, a 31 year old knitting guru published some very sick knitting patterns. Patterns to create one’s…
Enjoy rugby in the (gay)capital of love →
This controversial advertisement is part of the French promotional campaign for the Rugby World Cup in September. The advertisement has generated much sensation in the rugby world. Exactly…
The wonderful smell of tobacco →
As in most of Europe these days, the Netherlands recently put a ban on smoking in pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants. Although many of the die-hard smokers in our country like to complain…
k.daniel, PROMOpinions ignorant reader! →
Daniel is a regular of PROMOpinion.com. I feel very sorry for him, because he’s rather ignorant, he always fails to understand the topic. Nevertheless, I really appreciate his efforts to read…
A motorcycle test and Kawasaki →
Benny just send me a sms. He can’t find the time to write a post today because he is studying for tomorrow’s motorcycle test. Though he’s a master of bad excuses, this time I think I believe…
Top 20 of brand names for babies →
The parents of an unborn boy, agreed to sell the rights to name him to a Orlando radio station. It didn’t make them rich. All they got is a $100 gas card. Two morning show hosts plan to name…
Blind air traffic controllers wanted →
Air traffic controller isn’t exactly the most popular profesion around. Yes, it pays good. And sure, you get to take on the responsibillity of guiding hundreds of people a day safely home.
Humping lollipops →
Aaaah, the glory of freedom. Everyone’s free to to express themselves, have their own religion and wear whatever they want: Beit a veil, turban, heck, even a flowerpot, we don’t care.
…
Pringles: Unidentified Crispy Object →
I’m confused. Can anyone tell me what Pringles are?
They were originally known as “Pringle’s Newfangled Potato Chips“, but the name was changed in 1968 for introduction to the national…
Vacancy: Naked housekeeper →
Jobseekers were speechlessness when they went along to their local job centre and found an advert for a kinky job. the company - called Knobs ‘n’ Knockers - was looking for applicants of…
Learning to shoot AK-47’s on summercamp →
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Last week, a Dutch organization called WarChild released a remarkable campaign aiming to bring…
Roger Federer’s co-stars in his own commercial →
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In all my life, I’ve never met a Roger Federer fan. Perhaps a fan of Roger Federer’s way of playing…
Muslims reject advert with Rebel on it →
Yesterday and the day before, I posted about religious groups and their effect on marketing and promotion. Today the final post about that subject. I could go on forever though… But this is…
Heineken gives in to fundamentalists →
what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander! Yesterday Muslims, Christians today…
Dutch beer maker Heineken has withdrawn all advertising from a Spanish Network. They did so after…
Zwanenberg and Friesland Foods support terrorism →
Last week Dutch companies have given into a Jordanian boycott. The companies Zwanenberg and Friesland Foods have placed advertisements in Jordan newspapers saying they oppose the film…
Proud to clean up your puke →
We Nothern Europeans are quite the drinkers. And amongst the Nothern Euopeans, the Britans are quite the drinkers. Maybe that’s not something to be proud off, but that’s not going to stop…
June 2008
19 posts
Sing with us Mandela: Blacks, Paki’s, Gooks and... →
Do you know Amy Winehouse? For those who lived under a rock “Amy Jade Winehouse is an English singer-songwriter, known for her eclectic mix of various musical genres including soul, jazz and…
The George W. Bush sewage plant →
Americans are weird. While Europeans wouldn’t dream of naming anything but a street after some national leader unless he’d be dead man who had actually achieved something positive. Not the…
The stuff of dreams… →
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For many of us, being able to fly is the stuff you do in dreams. Such a shame this can’t actually…
Spain’s questionable anthem →
The European Football championships are nearing their end, and although all but one Dutchman are out, I have to say the grand finale still excites me. As I’m writing this, I’m watching…
Practise what you preach! →
Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it.Swedish Rally driver Daniel Carlsson, the founder of ‘World Rally Against Drunk Driving’ has admitted to…
La Roja takes it to the next level →
Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it.During the 1990s, Nike faced criticism for use of child labor in Cambodia and Pakistan. Although Nike took…
EA bans porn from Spore →
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Spore is the latest, and suposedly ultimate, addition to Maxis‘ range of sim-everything games. I have…
50 cent to sue Taco Bell’s ass →
It seems US fastfood chain Taco Bell has found a cheap a way of creating publicity. Earlier this week the company’s president, Greg Creed, sent famous rapper 50 cent a letter challenging…
Magazine pays your speeding tickets! →
Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it. Subscribers to Top Gear Magazine, that drove less than five kph to fast when they were caught by a Speed…
Cheapest commercial ever! →
Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it.Stop motion (or frame-by-frame) animation is a general term for an animation technique which makes a…
Nature: The end justifies the means! →
[Ratings]Normally I don’t sympathize with environmental/awareness organizations. Many of them exaggerate, lie and do more harm than good. Especially Greenpeace and that lying manipulative…
Free Baby Lions →
Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it.The European 2008 football (soccer) championships started two weeks ago in Austria and Switzerland. Dutch…
No such thing as bad publicity →
At Promopinion, we always enjoy seeing other people screw something up. Makes us feel so much better about ourselves.
This criminal looking guy to the left gives us a reason to: It’s…
The Curse on James Bond →
Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it.Today almost every single blog and news site I visited reported about an accident with Daniel Craig. This…
25 funny and filthy real city names! →
Lesbos is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. Its population is approximately 90,000 and they are called Lesbians.
The word lesbian is derived from the poems of Sappho,…
The sky is the limit →
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Everyone who has taken the time to look at the sky knows how dull it is. In fact, it is so boring that…
PROMOpinion is back online! →
After almost a week of absence, we are back. The host messed up big time; many websites hosted by Xynta were offline for almost a week. We are currently considering our future there…
We…
Microwave meals and Kama Sutra →
Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it.Sex sells remember? As I said before, I hate the useless link to sex in commercials. But sometimes…This…
US 0 - Terrorists 10 →
Seems like last week was the week of choice for US celebrities to say dumb stuff in public. Aside from Sharon Stone expressing her unusal view on the earthquake in China, some woman…