Advertising, ad campaigns, ad agencies, and the people that make it happen

With all the hoo-ha about the faux Wal-Mart blog that Edleman should be ashamed of themselves for foisting upon the American public on behalf of a client, I decided to see if the site is still up… And, yes it is… But only with a couple of truly bad “We’ll Be Seein’ Ya” sign-off posts from “Jim and Laura” The fake bloggers who were so grateful that Wal-Mart allowed them to park their RV overnight in the parking lot, which was probably only inhabited by the trucks of the illegal’s locked inside the store while cleaning it for three dollars an hour. Anyway, what really annoys me about stuff like this, particularly from one of the major PR (That means “Public Relations, OK Guys!) Outfits in , is, when you get found out… Don’t try and cover it up… LESSON # 1 in PR… Be honest, own up… Say we learned our lesson… And promise never, ever to do it again. But, guess what? They will!

Next time, I'll bring a tent.