Above, we see the new Strawberry Bloom Donut from Tim Horton's as advertised by the company's marketing geniuses. It is safe to say that this isn't the worst way to market this visually attractive artery-clogger; however, the scheme begins to unwind after only one bite. The problem here is that the donut tastes like shit.
Let's analyze the situation:
(1) This product is marked as something akin to a strawberry.
(2) The product does not taste like a strawberry.
(3) The product tastes like shit.
*The assumption that Tim Horton's made at this point is that it is better to market an edible product by what it looks like as opposed to what it tastes like. Unfortunately, this leaves many consumers feeling duped; most will not purchase the product again.
(4) Marketing a product explicitly as something that tastes like shit is a bad business decision.
*This premise contains an important assumption: people don't like eating shit.
Without completing the syllogism here, we can see why the Tim Horton's advertisers went where they did with this. Let us, however, embrace the dark truth that premise #4 (and particularly the assumption within in it) is wrong.
From here a much more elegant advertising campaign begins to take form:
Bill O'Reilly, eat your heart out.
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ReplyDeleteSimply heat until 98.7 F for the whole tim horton experience (as an ex timmy hoes employee i do NOT suggest you eat anything they sell if you care about your health- even pink socks)
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Very prolapsed anus donut treat. If this looks good or normal to you you need to see a proctologist!!! M.D
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