Word: pitchmen
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...because the device talks to a receiver plugged into the USB jack. For the long-winded exec, the Presenter has a timer that counts down, vibrating in your hand when time's almost up. Available at logitech.com in February, this little gizmo lacks just one thing - what paid-programming pitchmen call a low-low price. It will cost around...
...crowded bar and asks you to order her a brand-name martini, or a cheery tourist couple wonder whether you can take their picture with their sleek new camera-in-a-cell phone, you might want to think twice. There's a decent chance that these strangers are pitchmen in disguise, paid to oh-so-subtly pique your interest in their product. Their game, known as "stealth marketing," is one of several unorthodox ploys that Madison Avenue is using to get through to jaded consumers...
...Praise for Pitchmen...
...highest paid, most widely read cartoonist ever. The only modern American comic strip artist to be given a retrospective at the Louvre, he was now in a class by himself. His characters cut a broad path across commerce and culture; Charlie Brown and Snoopy could go from being cartoon pitchmen for cars and life insurance, their huge heads and tiny bodies stretched across blimps at golf tournaments, to being the inspiration for a "Peanuts" concerto by contemporary composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, premiering at Carnegie Hall. At the peak of Schulz's popularity, "Peanuts" captured 355 million readers...
ESCAPE THE PITCHMEN Sick of junk mail and sales calls during dinner? Spend a few minutes at www.populardemand.com and be free at last. The site promises to remove you from direct-mail and telemarketing lists (but, sadly, not those of e-mail spammers) at no cost. It can also tell you about good deals on stuff you're really interested in--without revealing your identity (or e-mail address) to the vendor...