The Reason Why People Think Marketing is Evil
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 Posted in Business & Marketing | 5 Comments »I saw two commercials lately that were so over-the-top awful I couldn't help but blog about them several days later (if I manage to come back to something days later to blog about, it must have dug into my brain). ...
Curiosity is not Enough
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in Business & Marketing | No Comments »Curiosity alone is not enough to get my attention. If you're spreading the word about something, marketing anything or just telling your friends—curiosity is not enough. Now I'll concede that some level of curiosity is always necessary. But if you're completely ...
Why Doesn’t Anne Lamott Have a Web Site?
Monday, December 1st, 2008 Posted in Books | 16 Comments »A couple weeks ago I discovered that one of my favorite authors, Anne Lamott, doesn't have a web site. She's got a Wikipedia page, the speaking agency representing her has a page, Salon.com has a list of her columns—heck, there's ...
Director of Marketing Insults Journalists
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Business & Marketing, Twin Cities | 2 Comments »Heard a story on NPR today about St. Paul being in the spotlight for the Republican National Convention. The part of the story that stuck out to me was when Erin Dady, director of marketing for the City of St. ...
