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title: "greatest product marketing scams of all time"
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excerpt: "So I love good marketing, I get excited when i see some revolutionary angle, product or message that grabs my attention. But i also LOVE to find products that are marketed really well, but the product itself i find to..."
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# greatest product marketing scams of all time

#### By Matt Adams October 29, 2009

So I love good marketing, I get excited when i see some revolutionary angle, product or message that grabs my attention. But i also LOVE to find products that are marketed really well, but the product itself i find to be pretty much BS.  
 Here are some recent things I found.  
 **Brain Water.**  
   
 Y brain water is vitamin water for kids. $1.60 – $2 per 9 ounces of water. The key here is the great marketing & a fun package. Most city water has plenty of minerals, and if you ate a balanced diet, the extra vitamins are simply not needed.  
 **Apple juice formulated for babies.**  
 (I must be the father of baby boys, because im seeing a trend here.)  
   
 Ounce for ounce, this is 2x as expensive as normal apple juice. Im pretty sure your kid, nor my kids will be brain surgeons because they drank this.  
 **Fancy pants dog food.**  
   
 Seriously. They are dogs. They eat anything. This product is 100% marketed to the pet owner (well duh, dogs cant read). Its tugging on the owner to give their dog the best of the best. I do think that natural dog food with less filler junk is better for a dog, but some owners go to far. I’m glad to see Cesar Canine Cuisine is there to assist the owner in the disposal of extra income.  
 **Silly Computer services**  
   
 Geek squad (the best buy tech support team) will take your audio CD, and place the mp3 files on your ipod for $25 per cd. really?! They market the heck out of this service in their store. I know not everyone is tech savy, but thats a rip off!  
 I guess at the end of my rant, i will say, wow these are all GREAT marketing achievements! I wish just one of my past ideas were as big as any of these. Future ideas will trump all of the above. Im just saying.

#### By Matt Adams October 29, 2009