Laura Betterly Official Blog--Rants of a Marketing Executive

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

This is an example

Of how to post via posterous.

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http://www.yadayadamarketing.com

Laura Betterly, President 2058 Weaver Park Drive

Yada Yada Marketing, Inc Clearwater, FL 33765

Laura@yadayadamarketing.com 727-442-5888 x 3

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Monday, December 13, 2010

Facebook Tops Google and Local Results Changed!

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Marketing Fail of the Week

Courtesy of Facebook Friend

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A good reason not to litter??

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Facebook now TOPS Google

by Laura

CNN is now reporting that Facebook traffic had passed Google and in a hurry!

My friend Ryan Deiss predicted this in January and man was he ever right.

Now, Ryan has massed the largest panel of Facebook experts alive today for a live Facebook Bootcamp this Friday--I'm one of them.

Click to see all the details:

You can grab your share of millions of clicks from Facebook in 2011 by hopping on this Bootcamp.

I'll be there, I hope you'll join me. It's actually going to get me out of going shopping on Friday HA!

Join me. Register here:

Have a great Holiday,
- Laura Betterly

Local Results...Changed

from Site Pro News

Google Local and Map have become a big influence on how people search and get results. We can demonstrate this by searching for 'accountant' and the search result returns a broad list of 'accountants', but perhaps too broad so we tend to search again by narrowing the result - adding a location to the search - 'accountant in city' and the results we see are now closer to home. Click here to read the whole article.

Until next time!

Do let us know if we can be of help!

Laura Betterly
Yada Yada Marketing, Inc.
(727) 442-5888

Worth Checking Out

LINKS WE THINK YOU WILL LIKE

AT&T Launches Mobile Payments Trial

Rockmelt Browser-mixing social and search

Google's URL Shortner plus you can get a QR code.

QR Codes

by Laura

You should have started to see these popping up all over town and on business cards. QR Codes (short for Quick Response). These two dimensional code are used with a QR reader and directs an individual to a webpage or gives more information.

Plus they look really cool!

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Did you know

by Laura

Yada Yada Marketing is a member of the Better Business Bureau!

Need Marketing Help??

Call Drew at 1-800-920-1985 x 2 to find out what we can do for YOU or email him at drew@yadayadamarketing.com!

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Friday, November 05, 2010

A Kiss...... or?

These were the days before deoderant, preventative dentistry and efficient wart removal.
If you were around in 1919 and came upon the following poster...

I mean… seriously… wouldn’t you just keep drinking?

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Why dogs hate Halloween--sent to me by my sister--very funny

Why dogs hate Halloween

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

It was a tough year, but I made it!!!

It was a tough year, but I made it !!!

But not everyone is as lucky as I am......

- The economy is so bad that I got a pre-declined
credit card in the mail.

- I ordered a burger at McDonald's, and the kid behind the counter asked, "Can you afford fries with that?"

- CEO's are now playing miniature golf.

- If the bank returns your check marked "Insufficient Funds," you have to call them and ask if they mean you or them.

- Hot Wheels and Matchbox stocks are trading higher than GM.

- McDonald's is selling the 1 /4 'ouncer'.

- Parents in Beverly Hills and Malibu are firing their nannies and learning their children's names.

- A truckload of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico .

- Dick Cheney took his stockbroker hunting.

- Motel Six won't leave the light on anymore.

- The Mafia is laying off judges.

- BP Oil laid off 25 Congressmen.

- Congress says they are looking into the Bernard Madoff scandal. Oh Great!! The guy who made $50 Billion disappear is being investigated by the people who made $ 1 .5 Trillion disappear!

And, finally...

I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, wars, jobs, my savings, Social Security, retirement funds, and our bleak future, that I called the Suicide Life line and was connected to a call center in Pakistan . When I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited, and asked if I could drive a truck.

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Sunday, August 22, 2010

For all my musician friends ;-)

Subject: Fwd: Dear Abby
Dear Abby,
I am a crack dealer in Beaumont, Texas, who has recently been diagnosed as a carrier of HIV virus. My parents live in Fort Worth. One of my sisters lives in Pflugerville and is married to a transvestite.
My father and mother have recently been arrested for growing and selling marijuana. They are financially dependent on my other two sisters, who are prostitutes in Dallas
I have two brothers: one is currently serving a non-parole life sentence at Huntsville for the murder of a teenage boy in 1994. My other brother is Currently in jail awaiting charges of sexual misconduct with his three Children.
I have recently become engaged to marry a former prostitute who lives in Longview. She is a part time "working girl".
All things considered, my problem is this. I love my fiance and look
forward to bringing her into the family. I certainly want to be totally
Open and honest with her.
Should I tell her about my cousin who is a musician ?
Signed,
Worried About My Reputation

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Sunday, August 08, 2010

Worth the read. Missing Missy the Cat (courtesy of Jen)

Email between a secretary and the marketing guy over a missing cat.

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.15am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Poster

Hi
I opened the screen door yesterday and my cat got out and has been missing since then so I was wondering if you are not to busy you could make a poster for me. It has to be A4 and I will photocopy it and put it around my suburb this afternoon.

This is the only photo of her I have she answers to the name Missy and is black and white and about 8 months old. missing on Harper street and my phone number.
Thanks Shan.
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.26am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
That is shocking news. Luckily I was sitting down when I read your email and not half way up a ladder or tree. How are you holding up? I am surprised you managed to attend work at all what with thinking about Missy out there cold, frightened and alone... possibly lying on the side of the road, her back legs squashed by a vehicle, calling out "Shannon, where are you?"
Although I have two clients expecting completed work this afternoon, I will, of course, drop everything and do whatever it takes to facilitate the speedy return of Missy.
Regards, David.

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.37am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Poster

yeah ok thanks. I know you dont like cats but I am really worried about mine. I have to leave at 1pm today.
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.17am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
I never said I don't like cats. Once, having been invited to a party, I went clothes shopping beforehand and bought a pair of expensive G-Star boots. They were two sizes too small but I wanted them so badly I figured I could just wear them without socks and cut my toenails very short. As the party was only a few blocks from my place, I decided to walk. After the first block, I lost all feeling in my feet. Arriving at the party, I stumbled into a guy named Steven, spilling Malibu & coke onto his white Wham 'Choose Life' t-shirt, and he punched me. An hour or so after the incident, Steven sat down in a chair already occupied by a cat. The surprised cat clawed and snarled causing Steven to leap out of the chair, slip on a rug and strike his forehead onto the corner of a speaker; resulting in a two inch open gash. In its shock, the cat also defecated, leaving Steven with a foul stain down the back of his beige cargo pants. I liked that cat.
Attached poster as requested.
Regards, David.

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.24am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

yeah thats not what I was looking for at all. it looks like a movie and how come the photo of Missy is so small?
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.28am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
It's a design thing. The cat is lost in the negative space.
Regards, David.

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.33am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Thats just stupid. Can you do it properly please? I am extremely emotional over this and was up all night in tears. you seem to think it is funny. Can you make the photo bigger please and fix the text and do it in colour please. Thanks.
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.46am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
Having worked with designers for a few years now, I would have assumed you understood, despite our vague suggestions otherwise, we do not welcome constructive criticism. I don't come downstairs and tell you how to send text messages, log onto Facebook and look out of the window. I am willing to overlook this faux pas due to you no doubt being preoccupied with thoughts of Missy attempting to make her way home across busy intersections or being trapped in a drain as it slowly fills with water. I spent three days down a well once but that was just for fun.
I have amended and attached the poster as per your instructions.
Regards, David.

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.59am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

This is worse than the other one. can you make it so it shows the whole photo of Missy and delete the stupid text that says missing missy off it? I just want it to say Lost.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.14am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.21am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

YEAH, CAN YOU DO THE POSTER OR NOT???? ? I just want a photo and the word lost and the telephone number and when and where she was lost and her name. Not like a movie poster or anything stupid. I have to leave early today. If it was your cat I would help you. Thanks.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.32am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Awww

Dear Shannon,
I don't have a cat. I once agreed to look after a friend's cat for a week but after he dropped it off at my apartment and explained the concept of kitty litter, I kept the cat in a closed cardboard box in the shed and forgot about it. If I wanted to feed something and clean faeces, I wouldn't have put my mother in that home after her stroke. A week later, when my friend came to collect his cat, I pretended that I was not home and mailed the box to him. Apparently I failed to put enough stamps on the package and he had to collect it from the post office and pay eighteen dollars. He still goes on about that sometimes, people need to learn to let go.
I have attached the amended version of your poster as per your detailed instructions.
Regards, David.

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.47am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Awww

Thats not my cat. where did you get that picture from? That cat is orange. I gave you a photo of my cat.
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.58am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Awww

I know, but that one is cute. As Missy has quite possibly met any one of several violent ends, it is possible you might get a better cat out of this. If anybody calls and says "I haven't seen your orange cat but I did find a black and white one with its hind legs run over by a car, do you want it?" you can politely decline and save yourself a costly veterinarian bill.
I knew someone who had a basset hound that had its hind legs removed after an accident and it had to walk around with one of those little buggies with wheels. If it had been my dog I would have asked for all its legs to be removed and replaced with wheels and had a remote control installed. I could charge neighbourhood kids for rides and enter it in races. If I did the same with a horse I could drive it to work. I would call it Steven.
Regards, David.

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.07pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Awww

Please just use the photo I gave you.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.22pm
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.34pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT A REWARD!!!!!!! . I dont have $2000 dollars. What did you even put that there for? Apart from that it is perfect can you please remove the reward bit. Thanks Shan.