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October 2011
October 31, 2011
how to avoid talking directly to the client
One of the things I hate the most about e-mail is that people who don't have the courage to say something to your face can dodge it with a well-timed e-mail. You know what I'm talking about - some jerk schedules a delayed delivery of a snarky note and it arrives in your inbox around 3 in the morning.
Well, for you passive aggressives out there, here's a GREAT technology that allows you to avoid a conversation altogether and go straight into a cell phone's voicemail:
One of our AEs introduced me to slydial. I've tried it, it's awesome.
October 30, 2011
October 29, 2011
talk about Semper Fi....!
VMI and The Citadel played their annual military academy bash today (two blocked punts topped the highlights.....sigh). Anyway, this morning the local Charleston newspaper ran a great photo from the 2006 game to ensure the Citadel cadets were fired up prior to the game.
Yeah, that's a female VMI cheerleader putting a Citadel cadet in a headlock and before tossing the cadet to the ground.
Really good chance that whomever that dude was.....well, he's still in therapy.
As an aside, the Post & Courier ran this account of the skirmish back in 2006:
VMI's fake bulldog mascot, Gracie, found herself in the middle of a cadet scrum after a Citadel cadet tried to make off with VMI's flag. The VMI bulldog wore a T-shirt that read, "I eat Citadel dogs" and was brought to poke fun at The Citadel's mascots, The General and Boo. Gracie was unharmed in the skirmish, but may have bitten a cadet, her handler said.
last week's good, bad and downright confusing
The Good: Pepsi.
Sure, it's little more than a greatest hts montage but I'm glad to see them refocused on something true and resonate about their brand - Pepsi's connection to music.
The Bad: the GOP.
Really?
The Confusing: Ultimat Vodka.
I read and re-read this ad about 6 times in the gym yesterday and STILL have no idea what their trying to say. Is it to drink Ultimat when you get canned?
October 28, 2011
us, Sutherners, can't spell worth a damn
It took me a time or two, admittedly, to see the typo. But what a doozie.
Rule #1: always make sure the client's name is spelled correctly.
Along those same lines, check out this insert in Vogue this month. It's for a Fashion Night Out event in Seattle.
See anything amiss? Look closer at the upper left hand corner.
There's a sticker that someone physically placed over THE WRONG DATE.
Not sure who I feel sorrier for - the AE who got fired for forgetting it is 2011 or the poor production intern who had to physically put stickers in more than 1 million copies!
