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Relating Marketing Wisdom to Comedy

Seth Godin recently wrote a blog post entitled "Traction and friction". One line that struck me in particular is "The best marketers I know make up rules for themselves and they don't break them."

It reminded me of an interview I saw with Jerry Seinfeld back when his show was on. The interviewer asked if he might like switching his show from network TV to cable. After all, then he wouldn't have all of the restrictions. Seinfeld said something like, "No, the rules are what make it fun."

I think an example of what he meant was the now-classic episode called "The Contest". Addressing that show's topic on cable would have been no big deal, rather ordinary. Addressing that topic on network TV was kind of interesting and, because of good writing, funny. They never crossed the line. They just cleverly danced right along it. Traction and friction.

Steve Martin blog

There are a number of funny people out there doing movies, TV shows, etc. However, not many of them can actually write funny, be funny in print. Steve Martin is one of the exceptions. The good news for readers is that he just launched a blog. The bad news for writers is that he just launched a blog, thus pushing people like me even further down the list and into greater obscurity. Still, the reader in me is happy, especially when I see lines in his first post like, "At an expense of over twelve dollars, my brand-new website has finally gone live." Funny stuff.

Wake Living Magazine

I'm happy to announce that my column has been added to the website for Wake Living Magazine.

Humor Times

I'm proud to say that my column is now being run on the Humor Times website.

Kind Words

I just want to thank Ellen from the blog "Life at Willow Corner" for her kind words and for linking to me. Usually to get those kinds of compliments, I have to first make payments, which has been difficult since Dad stopped accepting checks.