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MARKETING

Brookwoods Group focuses on staffing and recruiting for marketing and marketing communications professionals. The market for professionals in these fields is quite hot at the moment, and more and more people ask for a simple explanation of the concept. Well, here it is — an oversimplified explanation of everything you need to know about marketing:

You’re a woman and you see a handsome guy at a party. You go up to him and say, “I’m fantastic in bed.”

That’s Direct Marketing.

You’re at a party with a bunch of friends and see a handsome guy. One of your friends goes up to him and, pointing at you, says, “She’s fantastic in bed.”

That’s Advertising.

You see a handsome guy at a party. You go up to him and get his telephone number. The next day you call and say, “Hi, I’m fantastic in bed.”

That’s Telemarketing.

You see a guy at a party, you straighten your dress. You walk up to him and pour him a drink. You say, “May I?” and reach up to straighten his tie, brushing lightly against his arm, and then say, “By the way, I’m fantastic in bed.”

That’s Public Relations.

You’re at a party and see a handsome guy. He walks up to you and says, “I hear you’re fantastic in bed.”

That’s Brand Recognition.

You’re at a party and see a handsome guy. He fancies you, but you talk him into going home with your friend.

That’s Selling.

Your friend can’t satisfy him so he calls you.

That’s Tech Support.

You’re on your way to a party in a limo when you realize that there could be handsome men in all these houses you’re passing. So you stick your head out the sunroof and shout at the top of your lungs, “I’m fantastic in bed!”

spamThat’s spam!

comments

  • G.

    A handsome man goes online and searches google for “fantistic in bed” and the results show the following:

    1 – your website – utilizing SEO relevant terms – properly indexed – with fresh content and thougt leadership about being fantastic in bed

    2 – a recent blog entry authored by you about how to be fantastic in bed (including trackback to blog entry by Gartner Research VP on same topic)

    3 – your linkedin profile which has multiple recommendations from others confirming that you have been fantastic in bed in the past (check the group you created for others who are fantastic in bed) – ditto for facebook….

    4 – a tweet about how you were not really that great in bed – followed by a retween where you engaged the person on this point to discover the tweet was really about someone else (case closed – reputation still intact)

    5 – a shideshare presentation where you outline the 5 key steps to becoming fantastic in bed (make sure to forward to a friend)

    and finally…

    3 – a you tube video of you being fantastic in bed!!!

    That is called Digital Marketing.

  • G.

    A handsome man goes online and searches google for “fantistic in bed” and the results show the following:

    1 – your website – utilizing SEO relevant terms – properly indexed – with fresh content and thougt leadership about being fantastic in bed

    2 – a recent blog entry authored by you about how to be fantastic in bed (including trackback to blog entry by Gartner Research VP on same topic)

    3 – your linkedin profile which has multiple recommendations from others confirming that you have been fantastic in bed in the past (check the group you created for others who are fantastic in bed) – ditto for facebook….

    4 – a tweet about how you were not really that great in bed – followed by a retween where you engaged the person on this point to discover the tweet was really about someone else (case closed – reputation still intact)

    5 – a shideshare presentation where you outline the 5 key steps to becoming fantastic in bed (make sure to forward to a friend)

    and finally…

    3 – a you tube video of you being fantastic in bed!!!

    That is called Digital Marketing.