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Noom Modern Behavioral Approach to Weight Loss

What is Noom? It is a new approach to weight loss. It was targeted at millennials, but others consider this new modern approach to weight loss. It is a wellness app created by behavior psychotherapists to aid you in reducing weight. It concentrates on making tangible, sustainable lifestyle changes rather than encouraging a more extreme …

Are you a sucker for infomercials? Shelley Bridgeman

I have long been suspicious of infomercials. Apart from the fact they are typically broadcast to “an off-peak audience likely to comprise the unemployed, the clinically depressed and the elderly”, their claims just seem too good to be true. I was once tempted by an infomercial for a lint remover. It soon became clear that …

Nutri-bullet of hype by Graham Chaplow

You know the infomercials I mean. Those long-winded TV ads pushing robotic vacuum cleaners and knife sets with enough variations on blades to make any ardent serial killer smile, and that always seem programmed to entrap stay-at-home pensioners or mums with tots once Peppa Pig or Paul Henry are done, or at night in the …

Tana Goertz

The Bedazzling Queen is Trump’s top Iowa staffer

The person running Donald Trump’s campaign once recorded an infomercial for the Bedazzler. It’s not every day that one receives a gift. However, it’s becoming clearer and clearer that Donald Trump’s decision to run for President is the gift that keeps on giving luxurious, classy gifts that everyone agrees are terrific. Case in point: the …

I am addicted to infomercials, Who isn’t?

I’m not proud to say it, but infomercials excite me way too much. I know they’re designed to get me interested in products I just don’t need, yet they still have power over me. Infomercials are not big-budgeted, entertaining experiences. They generally don’t have actors I immediately trust and I don’t think ANY of the …

Billy Mays and Infomercials

Infomercial Products Sold On TV Are a Part Of Pop Culture

Are you a sucker for Infomercial Products? If so, you are like many people who get drawn into watching the tv ads.  Billy Mays was a well know salesperson for infomercial products and resided in Florida. Some products Billy Mays is best known for promoting are Mighty Putty, Dual Saw Hercules Hook, OxiClean, Kaboom and …

Paid Announcement Products The Truth Behind These Great TV Products

If you are inundated with infomercial products at home that you no longer use of need a good place to sell these types of products is to post them on ebay. Because of the publicity they get from television most people will recognize these products. Purchasing fitness equipment and work out videos online has grown …

Do Infomercials Deserve a Little More Respect?

Depending on who you ask, the infomercial industry could be worth anything from $200 billion to $250 billion, or even $300 billion. Whatever the number, that’s pretty big. And as Jon Nathanson (now Slate columnist) pointed out in his exhaustive breakdown of the economics of infomercials on Priceonomics, in comparison, the U.S. network and cable …

TV Essential to Baby Boomers

Boomer Gal columnist Kathleen Norton writes about her love of television and the strange infomercials one sometimes sees on it. Somebody’s invented a 3-D food printer that combines ingredients and produces something edible. Two engineering students came up with a better use for fungi than just being something you serve with crackers when company shows …

How to spy on a birdhouse | My Spy Birdhouse

The most interesting infomercial came on television yesterday. It wasn’t promoting a 20-speed super blender, a “tighten your butt while sitting” machine or even a weight loss pill. It was for a birdhouse. This wasn’t just any birdhouse. It was a “My Spy Birdhouse.” For $14.99, you can literally spy on nesting wrens, nuthatches, chickadees …

Out with new infomercial, MyPillow founder reflects on first fluff

Be careful what you wish for. Sometimes fast sales air all the problems in your company. But at least for Mike Lindell of Minnesota-based MyPillow, they provided valuable lessons learned. On a mission to build a business out of a pillow he swore to be the most comfortable in the world, Mike Lindell made a …

Sales stay plump for Chanhassen-based MyPillow

My Pillow Classic Pillow is made with a patented interlocking fill that adjusts to your exact individual needs regardless of your sleep position. It is machine washable and dryable for simple cleaning and care. MyPillow in Minnesota has dramatically increased sales and hiring in just two years. Give credit to the infomercial. What a difference …