Category Archives: Sex

May 20, 2010

Podcast: Sex Doesn’t Sell Products

(although it does a good job of selling itself) Synaptic Branding 005: Sex Doesn’t Sell Products This is a repost—with a new accompanying podcast—of one of our most popular blogs. I have a long-standing vision of myself as the big advertising art director. I’m donning peg-leg Armanis with a tight crotch, and sporting a flowing Diesel Sevento shirt. [...]
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January 5, 2010

Sex Doesn’t Sell Products

(although it does a good job of selling itself) Synaptic Branding 005: Sex Doesn’t Sell Products I have a long-standing vision of myself as the big advertising art director. I’m donning peg-leg Armanis with a tight crotch, and sporting a flowing Diesel Sevento shirt. My face is perfectly framed by Calvin Klein glasses. (Hey, I’ve already got [...]
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June 18, 2009

What Is It I Don’t Think I’m Seeing?

Subliminal Messaging Moves Beyond Sex After my last blog two people asked me the same question. “Just curious,” they said, “but how effective is subliminal advertising?” Good question. It’s an ongoing debate. Some camps debunk it totally, but recent research is keeping the discussion alive. The Skeptic’s Dictionary and Snopes say that there is no evidence subliminal [...]
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June 12, 2009

What’s on Your Subconscious Mind?

Is Subliminal Marketing for You? It was 1981 when I discovered sex in photos of ice cubes and Ritz crackers. I was a high school junior and I was desperate. This was back when finding anything about sex was difficult. Dr. Wilson Bryan Key and his books Media Sexploitation and Subliminal Seduction changed that. He revealed how [...]
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