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The info box says the product was introduced in 2006, but then the article goes on to explain variants of the product that were sold in 2000. Which is it? 2607:FEA8:C860:4205:45FD:5F3B:9003:AD5E ( talk) 06:25, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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A bunch of copy changes. Fun to read about this legitimately flash-in-the-pan advertising meme again. Felt like they sponsored every closed captioning announcement on CNN back during this time.
The ads may have earned HeadOn some notice, and our worst-commercial dishonor for 2006, but I can't abide the thought that those obnoxious ads are making the company rich.
They're annoying, repetitive, obnoxious-and effective.
HeadOn is logging some heady growth rates-234% from 2005 to 2006. And for the first half of 2007, the brand looks to be on track to double sales.No proof of 2007 YOY, though "on track"...
Yet the campy spots...
Miralus' ActivOn, for joint pain, launched in 2006, has leapfrogged past HeadOn...
Despite this impressive growth rate, it is unclear whether Miralus ever turned a profit. The company was still not profitable in late 2007.
...The role of familiarity in building positive affective responses (i.e., “liking”) and structuring choice tasks is well-documented not only in consumer psychology literature, but in cognitive psychology studies as well.110 Importantly, these effects of familiarity and liking can be cultivated by mere repetition of a brand name
glue-stick-like applicator
purchased by consumers at prices between five and eight dollars per unit
Medical experts argued consistently and repeatedly on the broadcast networks and in major daily newspapers that any perceived headache relief delivered by HeadOn was due to the placebo effect
Miralus intended to sell HeadOn as a topical headache remedy, but the product contained only trace amounts of its claimed effective ingredients
Dan Charron, vice president of sales and marketing for Miralus, said the company used data from the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States -- a standard reference for homeopathic practitioners -- to create the product
HeadOn, he said, contains highly dilute amounts of white bryony (a type of vine) and potassium dichromate -- said by the Pharmacopoeia to cause headaches. Mainstream doctors don't believe these substances cause or cure headaches
Earwig only catches a quote and the ad script plus one or two banal phrases.
The logo is below TOO (mostly colored text and shadow on background). The fair-use video has valid NFUR and is discussed amply enough in the article.
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Sammi Brie: I've addressed all of your concerns except for the applicability of year-on-year
, which I'm not sure I understand. Is it because the source doesn't have the full data for years 2006–07? :3
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A woman of rather conservative appearance stares into the abyss like a military commander on a Maoist poster as she rubs what appears to be a glue-stick on her forehead.[4]; (2)
The ad is simplicity itself, if simplicity reminds you of North Korean propaganda.[5]; (3)
Herein lies the genius of HeadOn, a product that promises nothing, builds no expectations, disappoints no one. It's the Hillary Clinton of over-the-counter meds.[6]
Improved to Good Article status by Freedom4U ( talk). Self-nominated at 23:55, 8 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/HeadOn; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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The info box says the product was introduced in 2006, but then the article goes on to explain variants of the product that were sold in 2000. Which is it? 2607:FEA8:C860:4205:45FD:5F3B:9003:AD5E ( talk) 06:25, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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A bunch of copy changes. Fun to read about this legitimately flash-in-the-pan advertising meme again. Felt like they sponsored every closed captioning announcement on CNN back during this time.
The ads may have earned HeadOn some notice, and our worst-commercial dishonor for 2006, but I can't abide the thought that those obnoxious ads are making the company rich.
They're annoying, repetitive, obnoxious-and effective.
HeadOn is logging some heady growth rates-234% from 2005 to 2006. And for the first half of 2007, the brand looks to be on track to double sales.No proof of 2007 YOY, though "on track"...
Yet the campy spots...
Miralus' ActivOn, for joint pain, launched in 2006, has leapfrogged past HeadOn...
Despite this impressive growth rate, it is unclear whether Miralus ever turned a profit. The company was still not profitable in late 2007.
...The role of familiarity in building positive affective responses (i.e., “liking”) and structuring choice tasks is well-documented not only in consumer psychology literature, but in cognitive psychology studies as well.110 Importantly, these effects of familiarity and liking can be cultivated by mere repetition of a brand name
glue-stick-like applicator
purchased by consumers at prices between five and eight dollars per unit
Medical experts argued consistently and repeatedly on the broadcast networks and in major daily newspapers that any perceived headache relief delivered by HeadOn was due to the placebo effect
Miralus intended to sell HeadOn as a topical headache remedy, but the product contained only trace amounts of its claimed effective ingredients
Dan Charron, vice president of sales and marketing for Miralus, said the company used data from the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States -- a standard reference for homeopathic practitioners -- to create the product
HeadOn, he said, contains highly dilute amounts of white bryony (a type of vine) and potassium dichromate -- said by the Pharmacopoeia to cause headaches. Mainstream doctors don't believe these substances cause or cure headaches
Earwig only catches a quote and the ad script plus one or two banal phrases.
The logo is below TOO (mostly colored text and shadow on background). The fair-use video has valid NFUR and is discussed amply enough in the article.
@
Sammi Brie: I've addressed all of your concerns except for the applicability of year-on-year
, which I'm not sure I understand. Is it because the source doesn't have the full data for years 2006–07? :3
F4U (
they
/it)
12:41, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
Bruxton (
talk)
20:37, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
A woman of rather conservative appearance stares into the abyss like a military commander on a Maoist poster as she rubs what appears to be a glue-stick on her forehead.[4]; (2)
The ad is simplicity itself, if simplicity reminds you of North Korean propaganda.[5]; (3)
Herein lies the genius of HeadOn, a product that promises nothing, builds no expectations, disappoints no one. It's the Hillary Clinton of over-the-counter meds.[6]
Improved to Good Article status by Freedom4U ( talk). Self-nominated at 23:55, 8 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/HeadOn; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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QPQ: Done. |