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Russian Roulette Sunday : Advertising

Russian Roulette Sunday : Advertising

Hi, Marc here.  Happy Sunday.  At 7 Reasons we’re very serious about bringing a new audience to our website and we work very hard to spread the word about it.  We don’t have much of an advertising budget though – which is why we’re always delighted when people retweet our work and use the Share buttons – but we thought that, as we’ve already got our own money invested in 7 Reasons, we really should splash...

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7 Reasons Australians Shouldn’t Make Television

7 Reasons Australians Shouldn’t Make Television

  1.  The Weather. It must be quite easy to present the weather in Australia, it’s always “nice” there, so you probably don’t have to be too bright to do it.  That would explain this weatherman being outwitted by a pelican then. 2.  Wipeout Australia. In Britain, we have Total Wipeout, a programme in which pudgy, potato-faced middle-managers from Droitwich lumber around a ridiculous assault course.  Wipeout...

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7 Reasons That We Should Run Manchester City

7 Reasons That We Should Run Manchester City

We, the 7 Reasons team, have decided that we should branch out a bit and take on a new challenge.  We have no allegiances with Manchester City, but we have some great ideas on how we could improve the running of the club.  Here are 7 Reasons that we should run Manchester City. 1.  Wisdom.  It is oft said that two heads are better than one.  There are two of us, and we have one head each.  That’s two heads.  Roberto Mancini only has one...

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7 Reasons TV Adverts Annoy Us

7 Reasons TV Adverts Annoy Us

1.  Interruptions.  Let’s start with the obvious. Ads interrupt programmes. And just when you are getting into them as well. Now you have to wait five minutes to see if the bloke is dead or not. Then you find out he isn’t and curse the show for being unrealistic. He shot him in the head for goodness sake. 2. Voiceovers. That famous bloke is doing the voiceover for a financial advert. You just can’t place the voice. You...

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