Archive for June, 2009

Friday Video Funnies: Healthy Americans Against Health Care »

For anyone who’s ever sat in a marketing brainstorming meeting where the ideas fly fast and furious, this one’s for you. So well done, you’ll think it’s practically a documentary!
 
My favorite part? The creaky, hoary threat of SOCIALIZED MEDICINE!
(Transparency alert: As a solopreneur who is dependent on her spouse’s heath insurance AND who has paid full-fare [...]

Friday Funnies: “I’m on Craigslist, Baby” Video »

Ahh, the marketing engine of our times, the virtual town square, and well, your metaphor here.
Here’s a very clever Weird Al Yankovic vid, a parody of a well-known Doors song brought up to modern times. (I did find that Al looks a lot like the late, great George Harrison here, so maybe another Beatles parody won’t be far [...]

What’s Your “Google Quotient?” Calculate your GQ Star Power! »

Me? I’m “digitally distinct!” Woo-hoo. See … ?

Means my Google Quotient, my personal online brand is well, distinct. I’m a major GQ contender. Wonderful, something else I fear to lose if I don’t work hard enough. Sheesh. The pressure.
Calculate your own self-worth personal brand ID online right here.
Don’t hate me ‘cos I’m digital. The girl [...]

Retro or Smart Marketing: Selling Biz Books via Direct Mail »

I nearly fainted at the post office this morning. There, in my sparsely populated of late mail box, was something I hadn’t seen in ages.
I used to see these things all the time. Hell, I even wrote and produced these things all the time. (Man, I miss my printing mark-ups. That was some kinda nice [...]

Don’t Be Evil – Don’t Ask Potential Hires to Work for Free »

photo credit: rockmixer
This made me so mad.
Here’s an excerpt from WSJ.com, What Won’t You Do for a Job? (I’ve bolded the salient points):
“Consider William “Tommy” Rollins, a digital marketing analyst laid off when Circuit City Stores Inc. liquidated in January. He soon met Brent Peterson, founder of InterviewAngel, a professional guide and toolkit offering interviewing [...]