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Archive for October 16th, 2008

May I Have a Word With You?

I heard a radio spot this morning that stopped me, not because it was funny or well-written or used a song I like, but because it used a word I had never heard before. Organify. As in “organify your life by buying our wholesome products . . .”


Do you know why I had never heard the word before? BECAUSE IT DOESN’T EXIST!

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May I Have a Word With You?

I heard a radio spot this morning that stopped me, not because it was funny or well-written or used a song I like, but because it used a word I had never heard before. Organify. As in “organify your life by buying our wholesome products . . .”


Do you know why I had never heard the word before? BECAUSE IT DOESN’T EXIST!

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Anarchy in the Dairy Case?

From the creative celebrity spokesperson file, we give you John Lydon, a.k.a. Johnny Rotten, shilling butter. What do you think?




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DMA: The Day After

Like many on this site, I was at the DMA conference in Las Vegas the past few days and I’d like to share a few observations:


1> Direct Marketers know that, even in a bad economy, things should be better for us because we test and measure what we do and can demonstrate ROI. Thus, the mood was “cautiously optimistic.”

2> It seemed like, despite the destination city, more people were getting down to business, with much less emphasis of partying. more

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