Blacklisted for Church Marketing Sucks
October 10th, 2007 Posted in Company News, WritingI’ve been blacklisted because of the word ’sucks’ for the first time since starting work on Church Marketing Sucks more than three years ago. OK, so ‘blacklisted’ may be a bit harsh (but it makes for a good story). In reality one of my clients will no longer publish my work because of my involvement with Church Marketing Sucks, specifically because of the use of the word ’sucks.’ You can decide if that warrants the word ‘blacklisted’ or not.
It wasn’t a personal thing and I don’t know enough details to take it personally. ‘Sucks’ is a controversial word (especially in conservative circles) so this wasn’t exactly a surprise. The bigger surprise might be that it took three years. (Check out my defense of the word ’sucks’ if you agree I should be blacklisted.)
If anything, I’m bummed that I won’t have further opportunities to write for this client. You always hate to lose clients as a freelancer. And this one, well, sucks because I enjoyed the projects I had done for them. I was hoping to do more.
Oh well, that’s how it goes. Things may change in the future, so we’ll see what happens.
4 Responses to “Blacklisted for Church Marketing Sucks”
By Alon Banks on Oct 10, 2007
Wow. We have had people upset with us because of that word too. That really does suck :)
http://www.amornow.com
By Steve K. on Oct 10, 2007
Conservatives need to get their heads out of their asses, metaphorically speaking.
;-)
By jaime on Oct 10, 2007
Serious?! Wow. That…. erm … sucks.
By dave on Oct 10, 2007
Well, it sounds like that organization is really focused on the important issues. I second Steve’s comment.