Sentences with phrase «making infomercials»

But consider the household brands that have emerged from late - night infomercials — Proactiv, OxiClean, and George Foreman Grills — and the fact that big names like Geico and Dove are just as likely to be making infomercials these days as ThighMistress Suzanne Somers.

This, along with time - shifting and cord - cutting, has made the infomercial a riskier way to launch a product.

Businesses with products that don't change much over time can more easily recover the cost of making an infomercial because they can produce just one and use it for years.

Directed by Paul Lazarus, SlingShot divides its time between making infomercial - style sales pitches and weaving a reverential biopic.

Not exact matches

It's generally agreed that William «Papa» Barnard, the founder of Vita - Mix, made the first infomercial in 1949, when he demonstrated his product live on TV.

Soundpays, a mobile wallet powered by sound waves, enables you to make instant purchases on your mobile device while browsing in - store, shopping online, viewing an infomercial, or even listening to the radio.

I remember not being able to sleep and watching late night infomercials full of inspirational «you too can live the life of your dreams» self - help nonsense that just made me more depressed.

Psychic readers, get - rich - quick schemes, and all those too - good - to - be-true infomercials where they say you can lose weight without any effort make it hard for others to be taken seriously.

Although the industry's reputation is improving, there are still infomercials that may make this form of advertising difficult to be associated with.

While Gmail makes for a wonderful personal inbox, using it for team support can end up making you look clumsier than an infomercial:

For example, the telephone sales force for some companies may be on hand 24 hours a day to take calls made in response to late - night infomercials on television.Security is a significantly bigger issue for round - the - clock operations, Arledge points out.

It is one of the products featured on late - night infomercials and pop - up mall kiosks, but the company that makes MyPillow...

And 30 cents a day to a infomercial charity that gives you a picture to make you feel accomplished does not count.

I was pointing out that the article makes it seem a lot worse than it is for effect along with a video of abuses nearly 30 years ago almost like an infomercial for books sales.

It seems to me that it shouldn't be to difficult to make millions, if you have a half - hour infomercial going out nationally every week.

I realize I am starting to sound like an infomercial, but that is how enthusiastic I am about this recipe, which I've been making on a weekly basis and raving about to anyone who'll half - listen (my mother is a recent convert).

In all seriousness, though, recipe posts are a tough ball to juggle (at least for me) because while I know that tossing those keywords in there is important for SEO and what not, that doesn't change the fact that it makes me feel like a late night infomercial.

After the official tour ends, we recommend setting off on a self - guided tour to make sure the infomercial version of the school appears to align with reality.

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday made like an excitable late - night infomercial announcer as it amped up...

Although the infomercial appeals to dieters with newly made resolutions, Taco Bell states the Drive Thru Diet is not a weight - loss program — it's simply a menu of healthier options.

I've never been a Smoothie girl, but that infomercial made smoothies look like I could drink them everyday... and your website has so many wonderful things I can not wait to try!

I told her that there is no such thing, muscles can't get confused, it's a made up term used for marketing a infomercial product.....

But whatever fancy new techniques or gadgets that these infomercials might be promoting, the bottom line is that abs are made in the kitchen and not the gym.

There are many different infomercials that will make all kind of promises about how to get a six - pack of rock - hard abs fast.

Specifically — could you please try making whole vegetable juice and see if it turns out different than the previous models (1100 and 1200 and pulse) because the inability to make a smooth whole vegetable juice seems to be the biggest complaint about the Ninja (mainly in response to the fact that the infomercial seems to suggest that the previous models make a pretty smooth whole vegetable juice).

Be very cautious about people claiming there is «new science» on nutrition and health which real scientists, researchers and physicians are unaware of... two and two still make four whatever the diet book infomercials and promoters may say.

The ACSM survey makes no attempt to evaluate equipment, gym apparatus, hardware, software, tools, or other exercise machines that may appear in clubs or recreation centers or show up during late - night television infomercials, often seen during the winter holidays or the week before and a few weeks into the New Year.

And they seem to be having fun, even making local public access type programs and faux infomercials to be featured on screens throughout.

(In Cantonese with subtitles) Ladron Que Roba a Ladron (PG - 13 for profanity and sexuality) Crime caper about a couple of career crooks (Fernando Colunga and Miguel Varoni) who come out of retirement to rob a TV infomercial guru (Saul Lisazo) who has made millions by selling worthless health products to poor Latino day laborers.

She became an actress but never made it past infomercials.

, each your standard infomercial - cum - making - of (they're actually called EPKs within their own credits); and «Stan Winston Featurette» (5 mins.)

Yeoh's leading man, Chow Yun - Fat only gets his say in the disc's token «making - of» documentary, Unleashing the Dragon, but considering it had aired on Bravo during the film's theatrical release, it's less an informational piece than a glorified infomercial, offering too shallow a look at, among other things, gravity - defying action scenes.

Collector's Edition DVD Review: The first disc in the Collector's Edition DVD set features everything from the original release: a making - of featurette, deleted scenes, a Polyphonic Spree music video, a fictional Lacuna infomercial, a conversation with Jim Carrey and director Michel Gondry, and an audio commentary with Gondry and writer Charlie Kaufman.

One of the most lovey - dovey movies about a hotel ever made, the beautifully filmed but out - of - touch documentary «Always at the Carlyle» takes a potentially juicy subject — a swanky landmark that caters to celebrities and zillionaires — and turns it into a 90 - minute infomercial, with nary a revelation in sight.

The making - of featurette, «Still the Man,» is obviously one of those glorified infomercials that air on premium cable, but this one probes a bit deeper than the usual round of hype; particularly nice is the time spent on Isaac Hayes» rerecording of the legendary Oscar - winning theme song.

EXTRAS: There's a making - of featurette, alternate line readings / outtakes, a brief look at filming the high speed chase sequence and some silly infomercials.

The making - of featurette is actually a half - informative, half - useless glorified infomercial on the film that aired on the Fox network; it mixes interviews with cast and crew with faux newsmagazine footage on Senate hearings regarding «mutant registration.»

When I first saw the title, never having heard of TSL, I thought this might be a late - night infomercial about a new diet supplement designed to make all students attentive.

Another group made «ARTiculation,» a 40 - second art advocacy infomercial.

Make sure your online learning isn't a boring infomercial — make it a Make sure your online learning isn't a boring infomercial — make it a make it a hit!

Ask the children to respond to the following questions in the context of their infomercial: What kinds of promises can you make about your invention?

Fifteen years after their break - up, Rich and Sandy have both settled into the unfulfilling compromises of middle age: he's a late - night infomercial editor with photojournalism aspirations; she makes hippie jewelry for a local market and struggles to maintain a New Age lifestyle that fails to provide the answers she seeks.

Making Videos for Money: Planning and Producing Information Videos, Commercials, and Infomercials

If in 2007, manga was like a foreign movie star who had arrived on American shores to make it big, the last four years have been like watching that star run out of roles, run out of money, sell their house, go into rehab, and end up barely limping along in infomercials.

While the late - night infomercial may be as much about the advertising as the «amazing» products it features, it certainly doesn't diminish the sense of mystery that comes from wondering if that little gadget really is the miracle they make it out to be.

Star Wars 7 felt like they had set out to make a film equivalent of one of those Greatest Hits cover band albums that they sell on late - night infomercials: «NOW!

Beyond that bad text - based infomercial for «One Finger Death Punch» (which would make for some stellar television), I have given you everything you need to know about «One Finger Death Punch».

Here's a new video she made for the show in the format of a prescription - drug infomercial, with a performer (perhaps the artist) wearing a mask that seems derived from Byzantine icons and singing the weird fortune - teller's spiel that runs across the bottom of the video.

Smartphone companies make cool infomercials and we have been wooed by many of them, but Nokia just took i...

But I don't want to make it sound too much like an infomercial, or that I'm saying, «Call me!