"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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Entertainment/Media w/cross promotions for other things owned by the parent company

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For mass media I'm writing a paper about how huge conglomerates like news corp, GE, viacom, etc, use their products to promote eachother. For example, in "Friends," one of the characters always goes to watch a certain basketball team play. Apparently, the parent company of "Friends" owns that team. I'm looking for things like this.

However, I've found it hard to do research on the topics I've chosen, the movie "I, Robot," and "The Simpsons."

I found that "I, Robot" is just full of product placement advertising, not cross promotional stuff, and "The Simpsons" signed an agreement when Fox aquired them that they couldn't order the writers to put certain things in the show, so neither of these turned out to be very good choices.

As I look for more, does anyone know of any particular shows/movies/newspapers that have a lot of cross promotion? It would be highly appreciated.

Thanks.
 

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She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

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Try Disney or Warner Brothers. They are very big on cross promotion. Not so much with product placement per say but with control of their franchise characters. For example, Warner Brothers owns DC comics, so they produced Batman the movie. In turn the spun it off into various animated TV shows and toy lines. The studios are much more interested in owning a complete product line like Batman than finding ways to put in random product placement.

Although, there is a one notorious bad example of product place ment gone wrong. "Mac and Me" was a film produced by the McDonalds corporation. Basically, it is the story of how this one lonely kid discover a hideous ugly alien. They becomes friends after he takes him to McDonald to have a big Mac, hence the title. The movie essentially exists as a 90 minute long comercial. Fairly horrible, but yet oddly hilarious. The first Ninja turtle film also has a lot of product placement from pepsi and Burger king.
 

“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”

Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.

Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers.  Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.

I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.

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