« The economics of happiness: what does it all mean? | Main | Insurance markets in everything »

Using products as advertisements

Why not name your product after your company phone number?

1 800 BEST DDS [is] a product that blurs - if not outright erases - the line between merchandise and marketing tool.

The name of the product is also the number of a referral service for dentists who specialize in cosmetic procedures, like fixing crooked smiles and bleaching yellowed canines.

Here is the full story, from The New York Times.

Posted by Tyler Cowen on September 7, 2004 at 05:11 AM in Economics | Permalink

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341c66b253ef00e5508fdc738833

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Using products as advertisements: