Marketers Could Learn From Microsoft iPod Re-Brand Spoof

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OK, we’re a few days late in sharing this but a spoof video showing how Microsoft would brand the iPod is hilarious, true and indicative of the horrific packaging and marketing most brands puke out of their verbal diarrhea spewing mouths. Give it a watch then show it to everyone in your company and watch them squirm as they embarrassingly acknowledge, “Uh, yea, we did that once too.”

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