There is a video making the rounds lately of a runner who, finding himself well out in front in the final bit of the race, decides to ham it up a little with the crowd and, you guessed it, fails to notice the competitor who sneaks up and crosses the finish line first. If […]
Awareness Plus Fatigue Does Not Equal Consideration
Consider this: most people don’t give a sh*t about whatever it is you are trying to sell. They just don’t. There is only so much room in any given brain to give a sh*t about stuff, and you’re up against stuff like Game of Thrones, videos of Russian car accidents and, for B2B, dialing into conference calls […]
Why Candy Crush is Eating Your Brain
I am worried that Candy Crush is eating our brains. I used to worry that email was eating our brains; now I’m pretty sure it’s that horrible game. My evidence is based on rudely peering at other people’s screens on the subway and the fact that 93-million fellow humans play it every day, driving about […]
Still Using Bad Photos? You Need the Other High-Res
Back in May we looked at (and mocked) the silly world of stock images, particularly for business marketers. Photos of sleek call centres, beautiful employees and cult-level enthusiasm are used over and over again by lazy marketers and agencies to break up text and create a home for alt tags. All of this despite the […]
The Fish in the Barrel Don't Like it When You Shoot
We marketers just love a captive audience, don’t we? We like them strapped into pressurized metal tubes at 35,000 feet with nothing to look at but a tiny screen or a drooling neighbor. We like them squished into subway cars, bouncing off each other in mosh pits or looking for a familiar taste far from […]
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