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So when I was in Sydney recently, I saw this …
Look, I get that people in IT are still often viewed as acne riddled, socially inept individuals that listen to Norwegian death metal, have no girlfriend/boyfriend and masturbate into a sock – or something – but seriously, is this the sort of image you want to portray to potential customers?
Sure, the ad says ‘they help with leads’ – not to mention they are allegedly the #1 digital marketing firm in Sydney [which I’d love to know how they determine] but when the person in the ad looks like the sort of person who could only connect you to pedophiles, is that the sort of image you really want to convey?
And what about the people who work there?
Do they really like being promoted as the sort of person last seen in ‘Revenge of the Nerds’?
I get our industry can take itself too seriously sometimes, but I also think we often go to the other extreme with rubbish like this and the countless embarrassing singing bullshit so many of them love to do.
Which all goes to show that for an industry that says we help business communicate itself to the public in the most commercially valuable of ways, we’re pretty shit at doing it ourself.
26 Comments
Welcome to your future George, Pete and Baz.
Comment by DH January 24, 2017 @ 6:22 amLucky escape Andy.
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Comment by Bazza January 24, 2017 @ 6:32 am+ 1 Baz.
Comment by Pete January 24, 2017 @ 8:36 amthe last time i saw pete, he looked like hed arrived at his fucking future.
Comment by andy@cynic January 24, 2017 @ 6:46 amSo says the man who is stuck in 1994.
Comment by Pete January 24, 2017 @ 8:37 am+ 1 DH
Comment by Rob January 24, 2017 @ 8:43 amHow to make people who don’t understand technology feel better when having to deal with technology. The target audience is Donald Trump.
Comment by DH January 24, 2017 @ 6:24 amš+š©=ā ļø
Comment by Bazza January 24, 2017 @ 6:34 amHave you got emoticon mad?
Comment by DH January 24, 2017 @ 6:36 amI literally don’t know what this one is supposed to mean.
Isn’t it obvious? Orange shits will kill us all.
Comment by Bazza January 24, 2017 @ 6:40 amapple is in safe fucking hands with bazs knowledge of cutting edge culture.
Comment by andy@cynic January 24, 2017 @ 6:48 amWait for the launch of the iPadYoof. Only a matter of time. [Sorry Baz]
Comment by Rob January 24, 2017 @ 8:44 amDon’t worry Rob, I know you’ll be launching a bioscarf for yoof soon too.
Comment by Bazza January 24, 2017 @ 10:31 amIs that public yet?
Comment by Bazza January 24, 2017 @ 10:32 amBit late now isn’t it Baz.
Don’t worry, it’s official.
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Comment by Rob January 24, 2017 @ 10:35 amFinally. Congratulations on finally getting this out Robert.
Comment by George January 25, 2017 @ 6:16 amisnt the web called digital these days to make the fuckers sound cutting edge? explains their target audience fucking perfectly.
Comment by andy@cynic January 24, 2017 @ 6:49 amAccording to their website they also do campaign planning, so I see why you’re running scared.
The website also shows that they all wear the same corporate T-shirt and has a useful section where you can ask them to contact you for help with difficult digital problems. You’re welcome
Comment by John January 24, 2017 @ 7:05 amGoogle must be shitting themselves.
Comment by Billy Whizz January 24, 2017 @ 7:29 amI would love to know the staff retention rate of The Website Marketing Group. But it appears they know their audience, small business that don’t understand the internet, or I hope they do.
Comment by Pete January 24, 2017 @ 8:39 amThis isn’t recent dude!
Comment by Sucker sock January 24, 2017 @ 10:47 amYes it is … I saw it 4 weeks ago.
OK, a month is a month, but for me, that’s super relevant.
Comment by Rob January 24, 2017 @ 6:13 pmTo be fair, if anyone on this forum put their picture on their organisation’s literature the companies would fold overnight, not even Rob in a sports jacket would work here (sweater vest maybe)
Comment by northern January 24, 2017 @ 5:39 pmThat can be arranged.
Though you in your PINK cycle shoes would have to come first.
Comment by Rob January 24, 2017 @ 6:13 pmSince I’ve shared a Jacuzzi with clients pink cycle shoes (however fetching) are pretty moot
Comment by northern January 25, 2017 @ 12:57 amWhen the client moans and sighs,
Make his logo twice the size.
If he still should prove refractory,
Show a picture of the factory.
Only in the gravest cases
Should you show the clients’ faces!
(David Ogilvy).
Comment by Ian Gee January 24, 2017 @ 7:55 pm