"Pure Michigan" ads running on newschannels really shine when programming return to the Gulf

[Bozita]

The ads are running 3-4 times per hour.

Pure Michigan versus dead and dying Gulf wildlife, tarballs, and Blackwater-type beach "security." Don't forget the *live* video from what's left of the well head.

This has to be the most effective ad placement ever.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Those Michigan ads have been on the air in this market for at least 6 months

Long before the spill.

[left coaster]

7. I can't say for how long I've seen the MI ads on in the L.A. area..

..but I do know that, each spring, the vacation television ads start coming fast and furious.. not a new thing, right?

[rocktivity]

2. I've also been seeing ads for Massachusetts and Utah.

It's called making hay while the sun shines--or should that be "while the oil shines?"

:evilgrin:
rocktivity

[sufrommich]

3. They are beautiful commercials for Michigan. nt

[sufrommich]

4. Meant to add that Tim Allen is the voice in the ad.

http://www.puremichiganblog.org/pure-michigan-ads/pure-michigan-tim-allen/

[Urban Prairie]

5. The very first time that I visited a small-town on the Lake Michigan coastline

in NW lower Michigan with my younger brother was when we were ages 8 and 6 respectively in July of 1964, and we both went down to their public beach, and were greeted with a couple of waterlogged and ragged sailboat bunk mattresses bobbing in the shallow water near the shore, with the batting coming out of them. There was also the stench of thousands of dead alewifes in the water and onshore, that got into the Great Lakes as a result of the creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway.

I was exposed to the stinking results of man-caused marine habitat changes, and water pollution at a very young age. It made an indelible impression on me, and I have tried to limit my own contribution to landfills and carbon "footprint" as much as I could over the years.

[HockeyMom]

6. They are showing these in Florida also

I live on the Gulf Coast. Ironic? Especially given that many of the transplants here ARE from Michigan. California is also running a lot of "visit California ads" for beaches, seafood, etc. Again, ironic being shown on the Gulf of Florida?????

Get out of Florida seems to be the theme. BTW, I am on vacation right now back "home" on Long Island.