Things Real People Don't Say About Advertising
Adam is a digital marketing professional in Cambridge, MA with an interest in most of the things you find posted here. He blogs at www.discobeta.com, but seems to be spending a lot more time with the minidisco recently.
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Yes, on a Monday. It's from a very well put observation that social media pros, somewhat oxymoronically, are self-centered, by a blog that writes a lot about social media."It’s almost like social media labors under the suspicion that if it stops talking about itself, it’ll cease to exist."
And another one by the same author but earlier:
"In our minds, we’re all Lady Gaga with a slightly smaller wardrobe."
The first statement nails it.
Spot on. I'm a big Apple fan, but the humorless way they handled the prototype issue is a little concerning. Especially considering how much sales tech blogs alone result in driving for them. This, along with the lack of openness and resistance to Flash, does make it feel like the needle is inching towards evil.
I was served up this ad while viewing a video of the volcano eruption in Iceland. Not only do I not want to travel to Iceland right now, I can't.
Client: "We really love the design! However, can you make our website less cutting-edge? Our clients aren't really that good at using the Internet and won't use all of the bells-and-whistles."
Me: "What are you referring to specifically?"
Client: "We don't need the login area. None of our customers will use that."
Me: "OK, well it is an e-commerce store so I'm not quite sure how you're going to get paid without being able to identify the client."
Client: "Well, you're the designer and you've done a great job so far so I'm sure you can figure something out. Look at Google! You don't have to login to their site and they're making tons of money!"
Awesome. Via George.
Porn should probably be lumped in with death and taxes as the only things we can be sure will always be around.
