Monthly Archives: April 2005

Save the bunny and HotOffice

Some blog (I don’t recall who) recently pointed to Andy Haven’s Legal Marketing Blog. I found a couple posts good enough to recommend here: I remember seeing all the HotOffice ads in Fast Company, what, five years ago during the … Continue reading

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Why no posts for a week…

I’ve recently learned that when one of your sons looks at you and both eyes aren’t pointing the same way, calmly, but promptly calling his doctor’s office is the right thing to do. Then get ready for an exhausting time. … Continue reading

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The new way to say 'no'

1. I had a salesperson meet with me to show me their new marketing tool and how it might help my company. He followed up last week and left a VM. I returned the call and left a VM telling … Continue reading

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How sucky are these B2B ads?

If you subscribe to BtoB Magazine, you probably got a survey request in your email. The survey is actually a review of recent full-page ads in their magazine. Check out the survey. You can just skip the survey questions and … Continue reading

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Marketing isn't always so simple

A lot of the marketing content I come across is the same stuff…improve your marketing, improve your results. Change your strategy, change your luck. In practice, its nice to talk about, but hard to always pull off. But how about … Continue reading

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Fun week part V: Fun link Friday

Every Friday I visit, Joel’s blog (a long-time reader of b2blog) for his “Fun Link Friday”Corvine Design – News Section. All the links have been surfed for quality and uniqueness…you won’t be disappointed. Check out the ‘foil project’ in today’s … Continue reading

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Fun week part IV: Seeing a marketer caught in a lie

I remember reading Consumer Reports initial review of the Ionic Breeze air filter a couple years ago and understanding it was not the great things the commercials made it sound like. Sharper Image sued CR and it got tossed out, … Continue reading

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Fun week part III: Mash-ups

First, have you tried the neato super folding trick yet? Here’s how it goes for those of you too lazy to click on my links:Now to mash-ups. A mash-up is simply taking two or more songs and mixing them together … Continue reading

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Fun week part II: Podcasting

Did you try the folding trick I posted about yesterday? Print out the little diagram and take it home and try it. Strangely addictive trick. Okay, back to today’s post: Last month when I went to California, I bought an … Continue reading

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Can we have a little fun? Part I: Neato Neato Super T-Shirt Fold

All work and no fun make Dave a very dull boy. And with a very harried week for me (short-staffed), how about making some posts of fun stuff. Learn something new and find some new websites. It sounds silly, but … Continue reading

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