I was hoping to get aaron but sadly it was already taken, so I decided to take a different route and instead got imawesome.   No real significant Marketing or SEO advantage like some other names I’ve seen people get, but mine is a whole lot cooler. Given I probably should have gotten aaronwesterman, just because I use it in a lot of other ways including twitter, but oh well.

The other thing that I have found to be pretty cool about the facebook names, much like gmail addresses if you wanted to know is that you get all variations of the name. For example, not only is imawesome mine, but im.awesome, i.m.awesome, i.m.aw.e.some or i.m.a.w.e.s.o.m.e. Confusing sure, nice….yes.

Either way, anyone else get a cool name?

Unless you live under a rock, I’m sure you have seen more than a few political campaign signs. From a marketing standpoint, I truly believe these are an immense waste of time and effort. APD (Aaron’s Polling Data) suggest that approximately 0% of people have been persuaded to vote for someone because of these signs.  It should also be noted that 83% of people believe them to be annoying.

Seriously, what is on any of these signs that would persuade you to vote for the candidate listed? Can you picture the conversation?

Random Driver paying attention while driving: Hey Elmer! Look at that sign!

Person with weak sales resistance (aka Elmer): Oh wow!…looks like that guy has a name… He’s got my vote for sure now.

Political campaign yard signs do absolutely nothing to influence voters minds. Why are they there?  Because you want others to know what you like. It is ironic in a way, that a sign for someone else is used in such a egoistical way.  Admit it, you all know that not one single person will vote for Osama or Big Mac because you had a sign in your yard. You simply wanted others to know what you liked. That is pretty much their only use… Candidates could easily spend money and advertise in better ways, I think politicians know that people live to be selfish and letting then do so encourages a person to invest more in the candidate.

Here is an alternative idea for political yard signs and our electoral process… we should still put them out but then watch to see which signs dog’s pee on the least. This person would have to be the most logical choice for office. The odd part it is that might be too close to what happens already except after the election the voters get pissed on.

If you can think of any true uses for campaign yard signage then let me know.

photo credits:

*Less is More by authorwannabe

*Obama meet by serend_d

DISCLAIMER:

No signage on this page should be taken as a reflection of my political views. I am dedicated to Awesomeness, geekiness, humor and satire. While Politics is satirical, it quit being funny long ago and I would be hard pressed to find a single “Awesome” politician. If you are a politician…I hope you get gum stuck on your shoe… or something else like that. Thank you.

Not Much Value, originally uploaded by justadrumer.

Maybe it’s just me but $7989.99 doesn’t seem like much of a value… This was from a Taco Bell we stopped near (not at) on the way to King’s Island (ROLLER COASTER ROCK!)…maybe they are giving the dollar value menu a run for it’s money…but who is in the market for gold plated tacos?

“Great tits cope well with warming”… Now before you get all excited it is about birds (guys everywhere go “oh.”) To be precise the article is about how these particular birds the great tit of Britain…lol I said great tit of Britain, sorry) are coping with global warming, climate change..or whatever all the “cool” (or warm” kids are calling it these days. One has to wonder how long they thought about the title before publishing, although it is an ingenious marketing ploy, I wonder how many views it would get with a different title… Enjoy.

Killer Bunny?, originally uploaded by justadrumer.

I do spend a lot of time reading. More blogs than book lately ,but I will get to that a little later. I consider it quite sad that when doing things that involve, well not reading blogs or even being near a computer for that matter, cause me to be reminded of blogs I read. Like this carton of chocolate milk (mmmmm…chocolate.)

I’ve been reading Dean’s blog for a while and always enjoy what he says and how he says it. However, Damn you Dean Hunt for of your cleverly thought out marketing schemes and making me think of killer bunnies while enjoying my refreshing , yet small, carton of milk.

However, I suppose that is the point, buzz marketing does not necessarily have to involve your product. It does have to make you constantly associate something with that site (or person..whatever). Dean would be the buzz marketing guru to answer that… I’m just guy who makes sarcastic and sometimes insightful comments. Awesome comments, but I digress.

bowling advertising, originally uploaded by justadrumer.

So I went to “Thunder Alley” today, a bowling alley (just in case you couldn’t tell from the name) in Dickson, TN. I seem to be completely infatuated with advertising so I read or look at most print ads/ posters to see what they are doing…..
Tough, rugged bowlers, outdoors and in from of mountains while wearing khakis an polos or button-ups…well, it makes me laugh more than anything. Seriously, How effective is this in getting people to watch bowling on ESPN? Or maybe it’s for a new outdoor mountain bowling league…with reality TV now you never know what is happening.

Actually I carry a few of these in stock so if your interested just shoot me an email.