So, I’m finishing up Kenneth Roman’s The King of Madison Avenue while starting Accidental Branding by David Vinjamuri. The later book reminds me of my intention to get on the mailing list for the J. Peterman catalog, something every marketer and copywriter should do. So I pop over to the website and find the following [...]

I don’t watch The View. Some of us work during the day–writing silly little blog posts etc. But I was a little disappointed that I missed Obama, the first reigning (sitting?) American President in history to be interviewed on a TV talk show, disappointed until I saw this clip. Doesn’t look like I missed much. [...]

So, I’m waiting for paint to dry today & caught a particularly weird show on HGTV. Young beautiful people selling beautiful real estate to other rich young beautiful people…all kinda surreal, but I did notice how one of the agents used drama to sell his stuff.
He’s in negotiation with some agent. His client wants 3.8 [...]

Thanks to Frank Kern for the head’s up on this new Google TV thing.

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Enough already! Remember the old show “Stop the World, I Want to Get Off?”. The world is advancing so quickly it kinda makes me want to sit on the front porch and shuck peas or watch the sun set.
Still, I do like the idea of voice bulletins…
See the latest here.
Tsufit

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There’s a saying: “Any publicity is good publicity”. “As long as they’re talking about you” people say. Ain’t Necessarily So.
Want publicity? Careful what you wish for.
Just ask Toyota. Tylenol. Audi. Nurse Susan Nelles. Maple Leaf Foods. Domino’s Pizza.
Every company should have a “sh-t hits the fan plan” ’cause if and when it [...]

Warning: This is a rant!

PEOPLE ARE SO DELUDED!
I’m at a Nice business event and some Nice guy in a Nice suit is at the front of the room giving a Nice endlessssssszzz presentation on Presentation Skills. It’s all very Nice.
I’m guessing this is also taking place in boardrooms boredrooms in Belgium and Japan and the [...]

Consider this my penance.

Years ago, I was in a European cinema commercial, me and about 12 other actresses. 3 days of shooting for 60 seconds. I was really excited. But my then 8 year old daughter felt otherwise. In fact, she left me long voice mail message reprimanding me for appearing in a cigarette [...]

Here’s the real deal, Kelly Kinney, the one Glamour based it’s story on. According to the Glamour piece, she says she got a job interview and that she’s now a director of sales and marketing. See glamourized version in post below.

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My daughter showed me this last night. Looking for a job in the new year? Wear your accomplishments on your chest. Cool way to stand out from the crowd. Good idea Kelly Kinney!
Notice, however that they used a model to sport the T (which was “customized by Glamour“). Why didn’t they show us the actual [...]