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6 Things You Can Learn from an Unfunny Marketer’s Funny Redemption

Humor is rooted in pain

Fifteen years ago, my friend Doug Kessler swore off any attempt at “comedy” after an attempt at funny dissolved into flat-out failure. Doug, who runs marketing agency Velocity UK in London, recalls the white-hot shame of it all: “We wrote a script. Sent it to client. We expected some review and back and forth… but […]

Filed Under: Annarchy, Business, Media Tagged With: comedy, content marketing, doug kessler, Humor, marketingprofs b2b forum, tim washer, video marketing

WestJet Christmas Not a Miracle, but a Mindset to Adopt in 2014 #BMTPPT [New Video Series]

#BMTPPT

What can marketers learn from the WestJet Christmas Miracle video? How can you coax buttoned-up executives to get on board with some playful improv? What’s it mean to give “generous content gifts”? In a special holiday edition of our new show – Better Marriage Through PowerPoint – Tim Washer and I discuss all this and […]

Filed Under: Annarchy, Business, Content, Social Media, Video Tagged With: Better Marriage Through PPT, tim washer

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