March, 2008

Marketingese

Anyone who’s ever worked with marketers can relate to this. Comedian and Fortune 100 consumer product director Kevin Nalts brilliantly strings together big meaningless words as the Enlightened Stupid Marketer.

I have a confession to make. When I was younger, I thought this sort of pretentious marketingese was “cool”. My first few jobs were in marketing, so I used to talk like my elders did. Guilty as charged here.

Ashley Alexandra Dupre

Ashley Alexandra Dupre

I get a lot of emails from models wanting to appear in the Babes section of this blog. As I’ve said before, they need to do something remarkable to catch my attention. Take over a niche, pioneer a business model, captivate photobloggers — surprise me, ladies.

So what has 22-year-old singer Ashley Alexandra Dupre done to earn my attention? Well, she’s channeled a sex scandal into online profit — quite literally overnight. Find out how at Tech Side Up.