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Any Good Marketing Jokes?

Posted by Anonymous on 10/3/2005 at 10:03 PM ET 50 Points
Anybody have any good marketing jokes to share?

Here's one I found:

An interoffice softball game was held every year between the marketing department and support staff of one company.The day of the game,as hard as marketers tried the support staff beat the marketing department soundly.In their best tradition the Marketing Department decided to find their best 'spin' they could on the dismal result.They showed how they earned their keep by posting this memo on the bulletin board after the game:

"The Marketing Department is pleased to announce that for the recently-completed softball season,we came in second place,having lost but one game all year.The Support Department however had a rather dismal season,as they won only one game all season."
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  • Posted by antonio.alexandre on 10/4/2005 at 5:50 AM Member
    Get HBR.
    They have lots of those... including cartoons.
  • Posted by steven.alker on 10/4/2005 at 7:25 AM Accepted
    A physicist, a statistician and a marketing manager enter into a Mensa IQ competition. They are given a stopwatch and an aneroid barometer and told to find out the height of the tower at No 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, in London.

    First back is the statistician: Its 230 meters high, he says. How did you find out? he’s asked. Well, he says, I took the lift to the top and timed how long the journey took. I got the lift speed from the company who put it in. Then I climbed out of the service hatch and took the air pressure at the top and compared it to the air pressure at the bottom. 230 meters is the average from my calculations. Not bad said the judges.

    Next back is the physicist. Its 235 meters high he says. How did you find out? he’s asked. Well, I took the air pressure at the base and after using the lift the air pressure at the top. Then I hurled the barometer from the top and timed how long it took to fall to the square below. I also timed how long the sound of its impact took to reach me. 235 meters is the average from these calculations. Not bad at all say the judges.

    Last back is the Marketing Manager. Its 237.04 meters high, he says. Wow, say the judges. That’s spot on, how did you find out?

    Well, I went up to the head doorman and said “Do you like my antique inlay and brass aneroid barometer and my stainless steel precision Swiss stopwatch” and he said “Yes, I do”, so I said “If you’ll find out the exact height of this building in the next 5 minutes, I’ll give them to you. OK?”


    Steve Alker
    Unimax Solutions

  • Posted by chough on 10/14/2005 at 7:31 AM Member
    Can't decide if this is offensive and, if so, to whom ......

    Two beggars were sitting side by side on a street in Rome. Each had an upturned hat. One had a cross in front of him, while the other had a Star of David.

    Many people passed by and looked at both beggars, but only put money into the hat of the beggar sitting behind the cross. A priest came by, stopped and watched throngs of people giving money to the beggar behind the cross, but none giving to the beggar behind the Star of David.

    Finally, the priest went over to the beggar behind the Star of David and said, "My poor fellow, don't you understand? This is a Catholic country. People aren't going to give you money if you sit there with a Star of David in front of you, especially when you're sitting beside a beggar who has a cross. In fact, they would probably deliberately give money to him just out of spite."

    The beggar behind the Star of David sat and listened to the priest, before turning to the beggar with the cross and saying, "Moishe, look who's trying to teach the Goldstein brothers about marketing."
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