Marketing 101

"Early Phone Call"

Since I was the first to arrive at our high-tech company
one morning, I answered the telephone. When the
caller asked for field engineering, I explained that it
was before normal business hours, but that I would
help if I could.

"What's your job there?" the caller asked me.

"I'm the president," I replied.

There was a pause. "I'll call back later," he said,
I need to talk to someone who knows something."

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"No Shovels"

One morning a local highway department crew
reaches their job-site and realizes they have
forgotten all their shovels.

The crew's foreman radios the office and tells
his supervisor the situation.

The supervisor radios back and says, "Don't
worry, we'll send some shovels...just lean on
each other until they arrive.

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"Marketing 101"

An interoffice softball game was held every
year between the marketing and support staff
of one company. The support staff whipped
the marketing department soundly.

To show just "how" the marketing department
earns their keep, they posted this memo on the
bulletin board after the game:

"The Marketing Department is pleased to announce
that for the 2006 Softball Season, we came in
2nd place, having lost but one game all year.

The Support Department, however, had a rather
dismal season, as they won only one game."
Received on Sat Dec 16 09:46:55 2006