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More on the question of how coverage of news -- in this case, tragic news -- only tangentially related to a brand influences public perception of that brand.
North Platte Bulletin (4/4/09): "A Chambers Nebraska woman was killed Friday afternoon in North Platte after a 75-foot Taco Bell sign fell on top of the pickup she and her husband were in."
Speaking of tangentially related, here's another angle on brands, news and fans (source):
After Hurricane Ike, I saw a billboard down that had taken out the larger part of a whole apartment building on I-45 in Houston. I should see if I can get the picture of that up. It sure made for an interesting metaphor and blog post though. You can read more about it here-
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So sad, Big Billboards are dangerous sometimes specially when inevitable disaster like this happens.
ReplyDeleteOh Wow Talk about Dangerous! Thats really sad to hear about how the sign just fell like that!
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