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I was quite excited to see that this blog, in all of its randomness, has been added to The Denver Egotist's blogroll...which is quite an honor when you see the other local blogs that are listed. I'm realizing I need to add a blogroll of my own on this blog.
Not surprisingly I feel a bit more pressure to write about marketing related stuff since this recognition from the Egotist...but in the mean time here are some videos of FIRE ANTS!
You have to check out JibJab's new "Starring You" feature so you can make one of these...
If they had these in Hollywood, The Superficial's traffic would drop by 25%.
If you've been around me as of late, you have likely heard me talk about It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The show is awesome, in a totally twisted kinda sick way. I mean, what other show on TV has a scene like this?
OK, so maybe the Day Man song wasn't the right example to give you to start, but I swear, this show is great. I mean c'mon, Danny DeVito liked the show so much he asked for a part on it (and got one).
But the important thing here, from a marketing standpoint is this - the only reason I ever watched the show was because it sponsored one of my favorite podcasts, Diggnation. You see, I figured that if the Diggnation guys enjoyed the show, I would too...and I do.
So podcast sponsorship worked for Sunny, and it might work for other marketers too.
Of course, if your product sucks, no need to bother.
If you recall, I propsed to Kristi at the Trevi Fountain in Rome...a romantic place indeed (maybe not all the time, but that night it was perfect).
Recently the world learned that the Trevi Fountain is not only a place for romance, but a place for political statements. Check out this picture of what the Trevi looked like after some futurist (whatever that is) made a political statement:
Luckily there was no harm to the fountain...hopefully they find the vandal and feed him to the lions (they still do that right?)
Thanks to EternallyCool for the story.
Index cards...if you're like me they remind you of college and studying. But now that you've gotten through that, is there any other good use for business cards?
You bet your butt!
Web Worker Daily put together together a list of 24 uses for those fun little rectangles of paper including everything from a hipster PDA to writing a novel. Check out the article here.
Today was an amazing day - Kimi Raikkonen, a total long shot for the Formula 1 world championship, won the Brazilian Grand Prix and took championship in an amazing race. Here's the story. Congrats to Kimi and the whole team at Ferrari!
Not sure if this is going to get me any closer to convincing Kristi to let me name our first born male Kimi Raikkonen Omdahl, but it couldn't have hurt. :)
Also, it snowed for the first time this season...pretty exciting for us snow lovers.
For anyone who has had a long road trip, you can imagine how boring a cross-country drive could be. But what if you drove from New York to LA in 31 hours? I would imagine things would be a bit more exciting, especially because you would have to average over 90 mph the whole way. That's what Alex Roy of the infamous Team Polizei did recently...he even wrote a book about it.
Here is the article about the record setting drive from the New York Times and here is the full version from Wired.
Also, check out this picture of me at the 2006 Gumball 3000 rally with Alex's back-up car, a Bentley Continental GT, which was packed full of police jamming equipment and even ran with a helicopter escort. Crazy.
Read about the study here.
Seriously, with 3 years on a trading desk in my past, juxtaposed with my current squeaky clean workplace, I gotta give points to being able to express your emotions through colorful language. Don't get me wrong, there are pluses and minuses to both ways to run an office, but nothing helps people blow off steam like the occasional well placed f-bomb.
Just sayin'...
Have you ever had a rental car or borrowed a friend's car, had to put gas into it, and not known which side the damn gas cap was on? I have, and it sucks. Especially when you pull up to a busy gas station and have to do the side-switch of shame.
Well, it turns out there is a trick to knowing where the gas cap is, and it has to do with that little icon on the gas gauge. What to know the trick? Check out this awesome tip from Autoblog.
Seriously, I did not know it was possible to be so flippin' annoying after getting bitten by a snake. You have to stick with this clip for a bit (and they force you through a commercial), but by the end you will be glad the python nailed this guy.
Here is the video. Bonus points to anyone who can count the number of times this guy says "bad bite."
...You make me so happy with that WoooWoooooooooo!
P.S. - if anyone buys these in my 'hood, I'll burn down their car.
If you are looking for a laugh tonight, enjoy this clip from the late and great Mitch Headburg...
...when you've got well programmed trained kids!!!
Yay for South Korea!
[Props to the Denver Egotist for the link.]
Journalist + Rally Car + Rally Driver =
http://view.break.com/381553 - Watch more free videos
[Link via Autoblog]
Ever wonder what would happen if you live according to the bible, I mean literally. This guy did, and he wrote a book about it.
Next, this video shows what white trash does when they need to start a bonfire.
Finally, my sister posted some pictures from Antarctica - flippin' awesome.
OH YEAH!!! IT'S ONE YEAR TO THE DAY TILL KRISTI AND I GET MARRIED!!! YES!!! I took this picture today and it seems weddingy, so here ya go...
Here's some links I've been meaning to pass along...enjoy:
One crazy rally car crash.
Ig Nobel Awards - Make sure you read the part about the Gay Bomb
The CargoLaw site...a pain to navigate but full of gnarly pictures of cargo ship sinking, crashing, etc.
And finally, a classic headline from CNN.com:
Sounds like the editor knows what's up in the sack, eh?
Who says marketing insurance can't be ridiculously...well, ridiculous? Ladies and gents, I present to you the hottest SHIPOOPI InterMet ads ever. DANCE!
By the way, they get funnier the more you watch them.
Freelance Switch had a very cool (but apparently error filled) article on a place called Independent's Hall. What is it? Freelance Hall is a shared workspace for freelance workers to get together and work in a (fun) office-like environment. Check out their site here.
Unfortunately for most of us, Independents Hall is in Philadelphia...and that's a heck of a commute from Denver.
It's a damn embarrassment that the American auto powerhouse Ford is now in this situation:
On the other extreme, Ford Motor (Charts, Fortune 500) saw sales plummet more than 20 percent in September, as the embattled U.S. automaker continues to lose market share.The company saw sales of light trucks, fall 9 percent, while the sale of car models plunged 38.9 percent. The decline was widespread across its brand, with only Lincoln and Land Rover posting a sales gain.
Is anyone surprised? All you have to do is take a spin around the model line up here to see why Ford is f-ed.
Quote thanks to CNN...lameness thanks to Unions, bad marketing, asinine management and brainless designers.
[Photo thanks to cpizzoman.]
Ok, so I love Wordpress...which is kind of funny coming from a guy with a blog running on MoveablePoop (or MoveableType, whatever). Wordpress is a great example of what community built software can do...and do it does...or something.
You want to see why Wordpress rules? All you have to do is look at Kristi’s new blog, which we set up in about two hours, from buying the domain to adding the template to modifying it and importing all of Kristi’s old blog posts. Pretty awesome.
I also set up my sister’s new blog on Wordpress as well. And if I say so myself, it’s purdy.
If you are starting your own blog, you better use Wordpress...because MoveableType has become the abandoned orphan of the blogosphere.
Welcome to Marketing Punk. I’m James Omdahl and I am a Denver, Colorado based online marketer and blogger. This blog is a compilation of the things that interest me online and offline. Topics will vary from blogging to search marketing to finding passion in your life to art to pretty much anything else that interests me. Thanks for visiting, come back often, and please take the time to leave a comment and let me know what you think about my posts.
