I like answering surveys, and I like to think it`s due to more than a fondness for radio buttons. I imagine I`m paying it forward for the many times I will need to go out and do research in the future. So it should not surprise you, dear friends, if I was a little stunned […]
Are You Counting Your Marketing Calories?
I met my friend Jeff for lunch recently and it went like this: Jeff: Notice anything different about me? Me: You’re licking the inside of a Pop-Tart wrapper. Tell me you didn’t find that in the subway. Jeff: I mean do I look thinner? I have a high school reunion coming up. Me: So you’re […]
No More Random Acts of Marketing
If you’ve worked in marketing for more than a week, you’ve committed an RAOM – a Random Act of Marketing. It can take many forms. Mine have looked like tins of inedibly strong mints, a shipping pallet full of Lands End boots, a print ad with a deer in it and, I’m ashamed to say, […]
Eight Links and A Translation
A holiday weekend beckons, so it’s time to share some great and not-so-great links to go with that maple syrup margarita you’re working on for Canada Day. But First, A Translation! Stop me if you’ve heard this: Client: What does lorem ipsum dolor mean? You: Nothing. It’s just dummy text to show you how the piece […]
Pirates vs. Hamsters: Two Random Acts of Trinket Marketing
The problem with hamsters, gerbils and other things that scurry is that right about the time you finish paying for the 4 km of plastic tubing and the special organic food, they drop dead. Likely of exhaustion. Then you get to spend Sunday night having the Circle-of-Life talk with an inconsolable five-year-old, instead of watching […]
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