This is a list of words and phrases that should be banned from advertising and marketing use.
Advertisers and Marketers use and abuse these words to get you buy.
They seem to work, so, they are deemed: magic.
Three of these magic words and phrases are the most abused words of all.
They are: Free, New and Sale.
The list is, but not limited to the following:
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Free
New
Rebate
Cash Back
Allowance
Sale
1 Day Sale
2 Day Sale
(any) Day Sale
Sale (just to have a sale because the first few hundred sales this week didn't quite excite and fool enough people into the store, sale)
10% Off
50% Off
(any) % Off
Improved (in conjunction with new.)
Plus Shipping and Handling
2 Easy Payments of
3 Easy Payments of
(any) Easy Payments of
Money Back Guarantee
Savings
Was (any ridiculous inflated price), now (any price to make it look like a great deal while we make an enormous profit on the sale of deception)
Act now and we'll give you... ...Free (not. if you have to buy something to get something it's not free.)
* (used to hide additional information the might otherwise derail the sale and usually in very small print with a color that is in a bad contrast background so it's hard for you to notice.)