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Biggest (and funniest) marketing blunders of 2010

Sure, yesterday I said year-end top 10 lists were kind of passe and boring. So let’s consider this a double-dip of delicious schadenfreude, because you have to read the The 10 Biggest Marketing Blunders of 2010. You can skip the obvious ones (BP & Tony Hayward and the campaign of Christine O’Donnell) and jump right to the best ones — #5 & #6. Number 5 is awarded to Montblanc the pen makers who decided to honor Gandhi with a $24,000 pen. And Number 6 goes to Drake University who decided this campaign would have students flocking to their school. Ha!

10 Top 10 Lists before ’10 begins

1. Top 10 Agencies of the Decade
2. Top 10 Brands that will Disappear in 2010
3. Top 10 Astronomy Pictures of 2009
4. 10 Signs the Worst of 2009 Is Behind Us
5. Top 10 Viral Videos of 2009
6. Top 10 Ideas of the Decade
7. Top 10 Media/Marketing Innovations of the Decade
8. Top 10 Spec Ads That Went Viral Over the Past 10 Years
9. 10 Worst Marketing Blunders of 09
10. Top 10 Defunct Advertising Characters

Friday Links: 10 Top 10 Lists

Tonight The Nerdery is gathering together to celebrate the holidays. It promises to be a lot of fun, and I’ll be sure to bring my camera. While you wait impatiently to hear how the holiday party turned out, you can amuse yourself with a smattering of top 10 lists (’tis the season for list-making on the Internet).

1. 10 Advertising Words to Avoid in 2009
2. 10 Awesome Gifts for Sci-Fi Fans (the flux capacitor is pretty rad). [via]
3. 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Interactive Marketers
4. 10 TV Stars Worth Following on Twitter
5. 10 Games for Geniuses
6. 10 Best Digital Lifestyle Products of 2008
7. 10 Most Awkward Moments of 2008
8. 10 Most Original Cover Bands [via]
9. 10 Harmless Geek Pranks
10. 10 Ad Songs of the Year