Russ Page
Exploring the Art & Science of Marketing
Telemarketers = waste of business time and money
Feb 20th
“I’ll let you…”
“It requires a small favor of yours . . . ”
“I can sure help you now. Fair enough?”
This was all part of the sales pitch we heard at our office today (over speaker phone) as one of our employees toyed with the company that has called probably 25 times in the last two weeks. Finally, we took the call and tried to catch up on wasting their time as much as they had wasted ours. Fake name. Fake address. Fake phone number.
Stealing the truth with shareholder value
Feb 19th
I think Say What You Will (Requiem for a TV News Career) is an important read about how laughable the idea of “objectivity” or “news” is in television news rooms in the United States.
I was asked to complete self-evaluations which pressed me to describe the ways in which I’d “increased shareholder value.” (For the record, if you’re a rank-and-file member of a newsroom, you should never under any circumstances even hear the word “shareholders,” let alone be reminded that you’re beholden to them.)
Fifty Studio is hiring
Feb 19th
My company Fifty Studio is hiring. We’re currently looking for a PHP developer.
Requirements
- PHP/MySql
- ActionScript
- HTML/XHTML
- CSS
Interested? Send Resume, portfolio examples to rpage@fiftystudio.com
Congress wasting time on steroids in baseball?
Feb 13th
Let’s see, we have the subprime mess, the housing crisis, a possible recession, the war in Iraq, health care, Social Security, terrorism and this is what takes up our time – worrying about whether Roger Clemens used steroids a decade ago?
Um. I couldn’t agree more. Let baseball fix baseball.
Suspend? Reports are Romney to run in 2012
Feb 7th
It seems there is a reason the Romney campaign used the word “suspend” today when getting out of the race for president.
Making the dramatic announcement [that he was suspending his campaign] at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at a Washington hotel, Romney clearly hoped to preserve the goodwill of his party for another possible bid in 2012. He intends to run again in four years, according to a senior member of his inner circle.
“He should be president. 2012,” the confidant e-mailed after talking to Romney.
Asked if Romney will run again, another close adviser said, “He’ll consider it. He’s keeping his options open.”
via Politico
