{"id":6489,"date":"2010-07-26T00:05:38","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T07:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=6489"},"modified":"2010-07-25T20:55:24","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T03:55:24","slug":"cedars-sinai-radio-commercial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/cedars-sinai-radio-commercial\/","title":{"rendered":"MONDAY RADIO COMMERCIAL SMACKDOWN: CEDARS-SINAI HOSPITAL \u2014 36.67% of The Way There"},"content":{"rendered":"\"hospital<\/a>\n

Here’s a good 22-second commercial, followed by 38 wasted advertising seconds….<\/p>\n

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How disappointing. They begin so well.<\/p>\n

They get our attention with the baby sounds.<\/p>\n

Then they intensify our focus with the opening line:<\/p>\n

“….they almost didn’t exist.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Okay, they’ve got us.<\/p>\n

And now they define the problem in simple, relatable language:<\/p>\n

“That’s because their mothers thought they had to choose between motherhood and fibroid treatment.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They continue to lead us down their path:<\/p>\n

“Treating your fibroids shouldn’t stop you from having a child.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And then apparently the original writer is taken off this commercial and replaced by some hospital employee who thinks “radio advertising” = “boasting.”<\/p>\n

And who, by the way, has not yet learned to write coherently.<\/p>\n

“Treating your fibroids shouldn’t stop you from having a child. That’s why Cedars-Sinai is one of the only places in Southern California to offer a minimally invasive fibroid treatment…”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Huh? That might explain why Cedars-Sinai offers the treatment, but it doesn’t explain why it’s one of the only<\/strong> places to do so.<\/p>\n

The procedure’s being difficult or expensive might explain why it’s offered by only a few places.<\/p>\n

This, for example, would make sense:<\/p>\n

“Treating your fibroids shouldn’t stop you from having a child. That’s why Cedars-Sinai offers a minimally invasive fibroid treatment…”<\/em><\/p>\n

And now it’s time for the requisite “Look How Special We Think We Are” advertising garbage, leaving behind the urgency that was so skillfully created just seconds earlier:<\/p>\n

“We’re always finding ways to improve patients’ lives.”<\/p>\n

“It’s just another reason why Cedars-Sinai has been voted L.A.’s most preferred hospital for over 20 years.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s a shame. They did such a good job of attracting the attention of the targeted listener…and then squandered the majority of their commercial time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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