Stuff my boss says about marketing....

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Stuff my boss says…

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I was one of seven people asked to talk for seven minutes at the MarketingProfs Social Media Conference in Seattle. I tried to share some of the entertaining things I have heard from previous bosses over the years. Some of them will hit close to home....

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Stuffmy

boss

says…

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WARNING: For entertainment purposes only. This collection of anecdotes does not reflect the

comments of my current boss...

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I market software to guys like this…

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Have you heard…

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Chad Ochocinco has 3.3 million followers…

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How can we get that many?

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I just read in Wall St. Journal about ***insert hot social site from 6 months ago***

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Ever heard of this social media expert *** insert your name here ***

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It is all about social

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Blogging is a priority… I’m committed to posting weekly…

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One month later…

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Could the intern to ghost write for me?

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“Can’t we just…”

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Can’t you just tell Matthew T. Grant to write about us?

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Can’t we get the interns to post it in a bunch of LinkedIn groups…

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Follow the leaders…

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Google didn’t need a PR firm…

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And Steve Jobs didn’t need market research…

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How hard can it be?

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Our marketing would improve if we had a Silicon Valley office…

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The intern has a great idea on how to make us a hypersocial business

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URGENT!

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Our Wikipedia page got blocked again...

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We need to figure out how to make our business go viral

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Finally… When all else fails….

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We need more leads ... when are those MBA student consultants coming back in?

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Thank you

Frank DaysVP Marketing, CorrelsenseRecovering social media directorMarketing Agility Podcast@tangyslice