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Neela 🌶️'s avatar

I laughed at the coupon part because yes. Someone gives you access to one of the most crowded places in their life, and the response is immediately: GREAT, LET’S ABUSE IT.

There was this one time when NFTs were all the rage, and I watched this CEO subscribe to an NFT guru. I kid you not: seven to nine emails a day.

And most of them included selfies of this nerdy-looking fella.

The marketing worked, right? I still remember the guy four years later.

Just not in a particularly good way.

😂

Happy Friday Bryant

Bryant Duhon's avatar

Hoo boy. That seems . . . excessive.

Because I got pulled into marketing by being caught and dragged in through a side window, I still think most marketers see some new communication method and immediately think: how can we twist this great new thing into making money for my company before we get too annoying and people start to ignore us because a new thing will be ready by then to fuck up; er, utilize to create true business value through customer exploita, er, communication and feedback.

Have a fantastic Friday afternoon and evening, Neela.

Neela 🌶️'s avatar

yah think lol

I suspect half of modern marketing is just asking how much irritation the channel can tolerate before conversion drops. Thank you Bryant.

Same to you as well

Neela 🌶️'s avatar

Uh-huh- this "We love email.

We also love to bitch about email"

Bryant Duhon's avatar

It was the best of technologies; it was the worst of technologies.

ah, well, shit -- that could've been a fun opener.

Neela 🌶️'s avatar

Too late now. Dickens gets the sequel.