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Monday, May 16

Marketing

People frequenly misunderstand the various marketing vehicles employed by corporate America. Perhaps the following analogies will help clear things up:

You see a handsome guy at a party. You go up to him and say, "I'm fantastic in bed."

That's Direct Marketing.

You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see a handsome guy. One of your friends goes up to him and pointing at you, says, "She's fantastic in bed."

That's Advertising.

You see a handsome guy at a party. You go up to him, and get his telephone number. The next day you call and say, "Hi, I'm fantastic in bed."

That's Telemarketing.

You're at a party and see a handsome guy. You get up and straighten your dress. You walk up to him and pour him a drink. You say, "May I?" and reach up to straighten his tie brushing your breast lightly against his arm, and then say, "By the way, I'm fantastic in bed."

That's Public Relations.

You're at a party and see a handsome guy. He walks up to you and says, "I hear you're fantastic in bed."

That's Brand Recognition.

You're at a party and see a handsome guy. You talk him into going home with your friend.

That's a Sales Rep.

Your friend can't satisfy him so she calls you.

That's Tech Support.

You're on your way to a party when you realize that there could be handsome men in all these houses you're passing. So you climb onto the roof of one situated toward the center and shout at the top of your lungs, "I'm fantastic in bed!"

That's Spam.

12 Comments:

Blogger naughtygirl said...

lmao!! thats good stuff

8:06 PM

 
Blogger WordWhiz said...

TISHA: To be referenced on your blog would be an honor indeed!! Post away!!

I appreciate the compliment - particularly coming from you - but I'm afraid the marketing piece was not original. I work in marketing and this is just something that made the email rounds a couple of years ago. I thought it so clever, I saved it. And I finally found a place to use it!

9:56 PM

 
Blogger SS said...

LOL! that was great!

10:57 PM

 
Blogger mcgibfried said...

i love it.. this is good stuff.

9:04 AM

 
Blogger boabhan sith said...

LOL...
SWEET STUF!

9:39 AM

 
Blogger Steph said...

Oh my God - that cracked me up! Thanks for posting that!!

1:15 PM

 
Blogger Lara said...

BRILLIANT! Completely, effing brilliant.

AMG

1:16 PM

 
Blogger Obi-Mac BakDon said...

That is sheer genius.

2:48 PM

 
Blogger Molly said...

that was really funny!

3:21 PM

 
Blogger Patrick said...

I suppose it could also be false advertising, as the case may be...

4:22 PM

 
Blogger WordWhiz said...

Touche, Patrick! How will you ever know??

4:30 PM

 
Blogger JRae said...

I've seen this forward before. I work in Channel Marketing (which is marketing at the retail level... like posters and displays in the stores where you buy the stuff) and we were hard pressed to come up with a similar analogy for it. Can you think of one?

I think maybe bedsheets that say "I'm fantastic in bed" is a good analogy... but not quite close enough... since Channel Marketing is for when someone comes to the store to buy something already, maybe it would have to be wearing a t-shirt that says "I'm fantastic in bed" in a singles bar or brothel or something... hehehe. :)

5:13 PM

 

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