Archive for May 12th, 2005
Consulting Marketing BS
Was cold called today by a consulting company. How is this for BS (this is actual text from the website, my annotations in brackets]: “Our mission is to empower our clients to create a sales and marketing operation at least as good as the best so that they can meet and exceed their revenue plan. [...]
Posted: May 12th, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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Consumer Price Index
Have you noticed how grocery prices have jumped up recently? Your average 2 liter soda went from .99-1.09 to 1.39-1.59. New 1.5 liter soda bottles are now being offered in the $1 price point. Manufactures are afraid of losing market share if people perceive that prices are going up, so they will slightly reduce the [...]
Posted: May 12th, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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Amazing Races
It took me exactly 30 minutes to jet from the end of exams to a waiting B23 bus to Flatbush, then yet another perfectly connecting B train to Sheepshead Bay, and then a mad 3 block run to catch the second half of the Amazing Race finale. I thought it was really great that they [...]
Posted: May 12th, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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