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Examples
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The Romans knew it, the Greeks knew it, snake-oil salesmen on the American frontier knew it and we thought we knew it.
Judith Acosta: How Marketers Capitalize On Your Fear: Confessions Of An Ex-Ad-Woman Judith Acosta 2011
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The Romans knew it, the Greeks knew it, snake-oil salesmen on the American frontier knew it and we thought we knew it.
Judith Acosta: How Marketers Capitalize On Your Fear: Confessions Of An Ex-Ad-Woman Judith Acosta 2011
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Bayh gets extra snake-oil salesman points for working the words “honestly” and “trust” into his pitch.
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Persuasive as a snake-oil salesman, farmers paid him $3, a princely sum then, to find buried riches on their land.
Jeff Schweitzer: Rapture Rupture Jeff Schweitzer 2011
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Beware of “social media snake-oil salesmen” full of vague promises about increases in website traffic, sales leads, followers, etc.
AEC use of Web 2.0 tools: the key is integration « pwcom 2.0 2010
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« The most successful snake-oil salesman in America today |
How much danger does a sleep-deprived mascot pose to the fans? 2009
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We, as taxpayers, are not buying their snake-oil in the form of his pretty speeches but higher taxes and a 1000+ health care bill.
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And he makes virtually every Republican today look like snake-oil salesmen.
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Bayh gets extra snake-oil salesman points for working the words “honestly” and “trust” into his pitch.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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I hear nothing of substance from her, just fluff, good words that mean nothing, kind of like a snake-oil salesman.
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