Getting Past What Holds You Back with Baby Boomer Weight Loss Expert Scott 'Q' Marcus
How often do we think we know something – when we’re totally surprised in the end to find out things were not like what we thought they would be. This great advertisement from Carlsberg in Brussels really puts that in perspective.
What assumptions do you have that are holding you back?
First, I put up lots of kitten videos. Now, I’m putting up videos with babies. I’m being taken over by cuteness.
Well, what the heck, this is still a great ad from Huggies about maintaining a good attitude. (And I love the swagger the “lead” has when he walks.)
I like Facebook (one might be able to tell by the time I spend there. Sigh…). HOWEVER, just because I’ve agreed to be a friend does NOT mean I want to receive an invitation (more accurately called “advertisement”) to EVERY FREAKIN’ EVENT someone is doing. (Besides, I thought Twitter was the place for annoying advertisements… Just joking… )
Today, I got the next in a series of invitations to attend a law forum (do I look like a lawyer?) in Wyoming (am I even NEAR Wyoming?) telling me how to improve my failing law practice (I guess since I didn’t know I was a lawyer in Wyoming, it explains why my practice has not been doing well). I have received from this “friend” a new law forum invitation every week and they’re never near me and I always say “NO” (do you think he’d get the hint?).
I apparently have some “friends” who don’t give a damn if I’m interested – or if I can attend – I’ve just become part of their daily broadcasts. I want to keep them as friends but I don’t want to merely be a vehicle by which they promote. Sure, go ahead and promote what you’re doing sometimes. I want to know. I want to help. I might even want to attend. But, be somewhat selective.
In marketing, I learned, it’s about:
If all you do is send me ads, oops, I mean “invitations,” and you don’t care if I fit, you don’t know me, to be honest, I won’t particularly like you, I certainly won’t trust you – and I can assure you that I will not buy from you. Most likely, the response will be “unfriend.”
If you think it’s something I might like, please invite me. (And I realize we all make mistakes so sometimes it won’t fit.) However, If I just wanted a big ol’ list of advertisements in the morning, I’d get a penny shopper.
I’m sorry. I try to be positive. Once in awhile it just gets to me.
P.S. Now, please send this to everyone you know, whether you think it would be of value to him or her or not.