April Fool's Day Has Become a Marketing Free-For-All

April Fool's has become a day for marketers to show off their wit with pranks and fake products.

April Fool's

So April Fool’s is once again upon us, and the Internet has lost its mind. From Google’s augmented reality Pokémon game, to sightings of a mythical manatee-dolphin off the coast of Florida, the hits just keep coming. April Fool’s has become a day for the Internet, and as with any event, marketers are interested in capitalizing on it. It’s not all just for laughs.

Nest, a home appliance company that specializes in rethinking things like the thermostat, teamed up with Virgin America to produce a slick ad for its new Total

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