After sifting through piles and piles of applications (OK, there were only 5 of them), talking to others, taking bribes, and figuring out who I could best mold in my image I have chosen my intern for the summer. Say hello to Seth Weber. He will be working with me over the summer and learning […]
Ideas that got away
Posted on 10:46 pm · 1 Comment
I was watching Pitchmen on the Discovery Channel a couple days ago. Personally I think it is a great show. It takes a couple people with some new products for the direct marketing industry and Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan listen to their pitches, test the products, come up with ideas for the informercials and […]
I need your help
Posted on 10:08 pm · 2 Comments
To all you marketing type people: I NEED YOUR HELP!!! This summer I am going to be bringing on an intern. You can read more about that here: http://whatdoesjoethink.com/2009/04/joes-intern/ But I need help. I want to expose my my intern to as many aspects of online marketing as possible. If I were to just teach […]
Who wants to be Joe’s Intern?
Posted on 8:20 pm · 3 Comments
So I think I want an intern this summer. Why? 1. I work with a lot of high schoolers at my church and while there are quite a few who know what they want to do in the future and have their college plans all figured out there are many who don’t know what they […]
Joe’s Test Kitchen, Vol 2 – The Cadbury Scotch Egg
Posted on 3:10 am · 5 Comments
Well, it is time for another highly anticipated episode of Joe’s Test Kitchen. This is where I take some crazy food concoction, cook it up, and see how it tastes. If you are looking for some special treat for Easter that will suprise everyone check this out. Honestly I am shocked how well this turned […]
MLB Opening Day 2009
Posted on 11:02 pm · 1 Comment
Well, the new baseball season is upon us. This is a great time of year because mathmatically every team is still alive and fans everywhere have hope that this will be the year their team finally wins a pennant or a World Series ring. Since Spring Training numbers don’t mean much it is hard to […]
Past Successes
Posted on 9:31 pm ·
I was thinking back over the past 10 years trying to figure out what kind of websites, marketing campaigns, projects, etc. that have been successful for me. As I look to the future I think it is always good to learn from past failures and successes. I am not gonna go into the failures here, […]
Best weekend of the year
Posted on 11:21 am · 2 Comments
As I write this we are just 5 hours away from the glory that is the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. 63 (ok, 64 if you count the play in game) games to determine the NCAA Champ for the 2008-2009 basketball season. I am sure most people with real jobs started working on their fake cough […]
10 Things that are important to me
Posted on 10:11 pm · 4 Comments
Why is it important to know the things that are important to you? I have been thinking about this a bit lately and trying to figure out what is important to me. I think it is crucial to know what is important to you because if you know what is important you will have a better […]
What’s the deal with sales letters?
Posted on 10:45 pm · Leave a Comment
So what’s the deal with sales letters? Most of you have probably seen them. I am talking about the standard long form sales letters that usually follow a general basic layout with a big headline at the top, pages and pages of sales copy you have to scroll through, testimonials, some big claims about the […]
