Marketing Thought For The Weekend

by Chris Allison on June 7, 2009 · Comments

in marketing

I need to work on expanding my creative views to ideas that other people will identify with.

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A Few Thoughts on Honest Marketing

by Chris Allison on June 4, 2009 · Comments

in copy

Headlines that came to mind today on the way to lunch:

It’s just a car. Because a car is just what you need.

it doesn’t taste Home-Cooked. it isn’t Organic and it isn’t Healthy. It’s Fast Food and it Gets The Job Done.

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Instead of Crowdsourcing, Try a Retainer

May 27, 2009

I’ve been planning a massive redesign of every social media property I’m involved in, and I’d like it to be completed holistically and relatively timely, which means I’m going to have to hire someone since I’m not a web designer. If you’ve ever had a website of your own you’ve probably been in this situation. [...]

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Interests

May 27, 2009

A quick note of things I’m interested in. This may be interesting to you, but primarily serves as yet another exercise in finding a direction for my blogging and online activity.

Bonsai Trees
Pipe Tobacco 
Good Food
Social Media
SEO
Technology 
Books
Design
Mitzi
Communities

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Haiku #1 [Spring]

May 18, 2009

grass is greener now than it

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Personal Brands and Social Media Locations

May 18, 2009

Lately I’ve been experimenting with this blog by turning it into an aggregation of things I find interesting. Videos, images, quotes, and articles have all made there way here. Judging by traffic, it has received a good response. However, I’ve also been experimenting with Tumblr. My final decision is that Tumblr will be the place [...]

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You Don’t Have To Be A Rockefeller To Collect Art

May 18, 2009
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I Prefer Sites That Don’t Ask Ridiculous Questions

May 18, 2009

37 signals has started a revolution in online travel scheduling. It’s called not asking ridiculous questions.

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Acolytes?

May 15, 2009

Excerpt from spam:
Please save me before this wicked uncle and his acolytes will kill me as he killed my father.
Really? People still have those?

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Sneaker Bonsai

May 14, 2009

[via omgthatrocks]

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