Do you ever see things and do a quick double take because you can’t believe what you saw? I often do, as when I read the heading above, which then told me the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Level …
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Congratulations or kicks in the teeth? What do you think these bozos deserve?
My friend Michael Rhodes tells me the leading US internet retailers sent 12% more marketing emails in 2009 than they did the year before, at an average of 132 emails to each subscriber, according to a new analysis by Smith-Harmon. …
Read MoreGot to love some of the stuff you get in the vast Cyberslum we all inhabit
Turning aside reluctantly from a rather forceful injunction by my new friend Eugene Schroeder who says I’ve “got to bed more chicks in 2010” I scanned this message from a lady in California who works as a “Database Manger“. A …
Read MoreJust so you know what a dreadful bunch of low-lifes some of my clients are …
The following glorious piece of bad taste was sent to me by someone we’ve done the odd job for. I really do sometimes wonder where we find them. A US army platoon was marching north of Fallujah when they came …
Read MoreCan’t count, can’t organise – and exceedingly unpleasant, too. Yes, it’s the Brutish McToad
It is nearly twenty years since a BBC driver told me that of all the people he had had to ferry back and forth, Brown – then in opposition where he should have stayed – was among the most obnoxious …
Read MoreFile under “fancy that” – news from the planet jargon
Want to see the trivial exalted to the point of lunacy? Read this: “Your business card is a vital part of your brand armoury. It has to do both an instant job in telling your new potential life-changing encounter about …
Read MoreTo those loveable souls who helped me last month – a confession and one or two promises
When I was performing to utter indifference punctuated by occasional snorts of derision in my first school play I recall being told that dress rehearsals are usually a disaster. So it was with my trial of Commonsense Marketing last month. …
Read MoreYour profiling madness test … from my friend who lectures on intelligence. See how you score …
Well, it seems my last post may have been based on a hoax — but much was based on sense to me. This is from my old friend, partner and boozing chum Glenmore Trenear-Harvey. I believe a lot of it …
Read MoreWhen you’ve stopped laughing about Mr. Exploding Underpants, read this
This was sent to me by that excellent copywriter Andy Owen – though it’s nothing to do with marketing. Frankly, having seen what’s happened here, I think it makes eminent sense and is not just scaremongering – though it is …
Read MoreTwo intriguing product launches worth study
First, a confession: I’m getting schizophrenic. This blog’s content is split somewhat haphazardly. Partly ravings, moans, comments, jokes, reminiscences and general vituperation; partly stuff about business and marketing. So I’m going to cut it in half. Those of you who …
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