In 2004, American Express wanted to make a point (maybe two). If you buy with them, you’re insured against damage, theft etc. Was it worth the zillions I’m sure they paid Seinfeld (not to mention the special effects guys) to make that point? And what’s with the “A uniform used to be worth something?” [...]

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 [...]

So I’m watching last comic standing tonight. Nobody is all that funny. What ever happened to Paul Foot? But I did notice something. That it’s more important to have an interesting colorful persona than to have “good jokes”. Several of the comedians were funny on paper. One even got the compliment that if the show [...]

Can’t think of how to attract attention to your less than glamorous business? If a web person can do it, anyone can!
Internationally known as The Shopping Cart Queen, Christina is now teaching people to do their own websites. Hop on over to her site and scroll down to Website Creation Workshop to see the [...]

Reading an old Dan Kennedy book (purchased for 50 cents from my local library. Short story long? It was falling apart so I asked them to tape it. They said they’re going to chuck it when I returned it, so I gave coughed up 50 big ones (little ones), they stamped it “Discarded” and now [...]

Got an email this morning that said:
“The Queen” spotted with self help book
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Q3PorQEig
It’s not exactly The National Enquirer, but I wonder how Her Real Royal Highness would feel about this one. Gotta admit, it is kinda cute. And it did make me watch the video, so in a “You Just Proved Bench Advertising Works” [...]

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 [...]

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You Don’t Have to Spend A Lot of Money on Marketing or Advertising to Have Impact!

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Forget trying to guess what people want. Forget trying to ask people what they want. They don’t know!
But we do know this, according to Gladwell and his buddy Dr. Howard Moskovitz. There is no universal answer. There is no perfect spaghetti sauce. There is no perfect Pepsi. There is no perfect pickle. Only Perfect Pepsis. [...]