Fat content in America is the real health care debate
Friday, September 11th, 2009[editor's note - I like my In N Out burger once in a while too. My main point is that the real fast food cycle is supported by addicted users]
Michael Pollan brings up many good points in his op-ed for the NYT. Health care is costly mainly because we are a people spoiled on instant [...]
Texter in chief
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009A good one from Matt Bai
Wouldn’t you love to know what Obama’s typing?
Is a president with a BlackBerry on his belt really just like the rest of us? From the leaked e-mails of Barack Obama:
7:58 a.m.
To: Michelle Obama
From: BHO
In line at Starbucks. Oh wait, they’re waving me to the front. Nice. More later.
9:02 a.m.
To: Rahm Emanuel
From: BHO
This meeting will not [...]
Obama’s New Cellphone
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009This pretty cool item could be Obama’s new friend.
The company needs a hollywood version of the promo film but maybe Obama can help sales.
Marketing and Sales 101: Why Obama Will Win – Obama as a product
Monday, November 3rd, 2008Obama will win the election for President of the United States tomorrow. Make sure you vote for your favorite candidate. There is a cool twitter report to tell you how the polling places are doing wait-wise.
After watching every debate, being a member of both party’s email campaign, and looking over poll data as well as [...]
This is an opportunity for a real marketer
Monday, September 29th, 2008If Obama or McCain were led by smart people instead of DC robots that are only specialists in 1980s marketing applied to 21st century reality, one of them would take this time and leverage it to become the next Lincoln, Roosevelt, or Reagan.
Obama should be sleeping on the steps of Congress saying he won’t leave [...]
Georgia’s President Says It All (or not so much) on Palin
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008Before you go to the polls, view this piece from Brian Williams of NBC. He interviewed Mikhail Saakashvili, the Georgian President. See what he says about Biden and then his dodge of how innane and unprepared Palin is. Of course, it’s not in so many words, but gosh darnit if he doesn’t go as far [...]
Supposedly Obama will text me this week
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008text 62262 to Obama and he’ll give you first dibs on his VP pick. Waiting….
Sometimes people ignore the numbers
Thursday, May 8th, 2008As in the case of Hillary v. Obama sometimes the stakes are so high people ignore the numbers that all but say “you lost.” It’s like being at the Super Bowl but it goes past the 4th Quarter and just keeps on going.
But…How many people will be left in the stands when it all [...]
Gate 14
Saturday, April 26th, 2008Peggy Noonan hits the nail on the head.
If stickiness works for Hil and Barack, it’ll work for you
Saturday, January 19th, 2008Notice how there are new stories and scandals each and every day on the campaign trail?
That’s not an accident.
Imagine if you and/or your product had that kind of scandal each day. You’d either rise to the top of your sales chain or you’d be stoned by tomatoes. I’d choose either.
This kind of strategy can work [...]