The Musings Of An Opinionated Sod [Help Me Grow!]

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… but a management consultancy company in HK are looking for a junior creative strategist.

To be fair, this job is not going to be like most consultancy roles where you do things like take a clients watch and then tell them what time it is [at an enormous fee of course] this is a genuine creative planning role on FMCG brands, working with an apparently great boss – so if you’re interested let me know and I’ll pass you onto the person who will pass it onto the person who can offer you oodles of cash.

Good luck and just make sure you ask the right questions before you accept the job 🙂

Errrrrm, sort-of.

The one’s on the left ARE original – the one’s on the right are the local versions, obviously ‘influenced’ by the iconic Californian company.

Given their physical dimensions are almost identical – plus the local version offers more features for less money – you can see why ‘brand value’ alone may not be enough to ensure people buy originals over high-end copies in the future.

It’s a sad state of affairs, but if I was Apple the first thing I’d do is start placing the ‘apple’ logo on the front of every iPod product made because …

1 This identifies their product over a competitors – which may have some influence over the label obsessed individual

2 It would allow Apple to take legal action over any organisation who does the same because at this point, they are able to claim [albeit minimal] differences between their machine and the original – which ensures they don’t fall foul of copyright issues.

Then of course it would help if Apple made products that were the best they could be, rather than continually under-developing their technology in a bid to sell pretty much the same product to the same people about 6 months later.

But hey, now Bazza’s started at Apple, that will all change won’t it! 🙂

More proof Bazza has his work cut out, ha!

Remember mate, we’re here to help! For an increased fee.

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