Showing posts with label Steve Martin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Steve Martin. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Steve Martin's Oscar Winning Short

In researching films to come up with the beginning of my movie I found this gem. Watch this 9 minute short that will have you in stitches. It's called Absent Minded Waiter and it was the first film Steve Martin did and it won an Oscar for Best Short Film.

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© 2009 Scripting for Success, Ruth Anne Wood

Friday, January 2, 2009

5 Tips For Creating Effective Marketing with Enlightened Comedy

1. Observe something funny about your industry.
2. Record your experience of noted industry practices by sharing how it makes you feel.
3. Notice other enlightened observations about your competitions' business and comment on their blog or website to drive traffic to you site.
4. Invent an off the wall pie in the sky solution to your clients' biggest problems and roll it out as a product or service and notice what happens...
5. Quote your favorite comedians.

BONUS ROUND
6. To spice up your marketing ask yourself, "What would (insert one of your favorite enlightened comedian's name) do?
7. Go to The Onion for comical reporting of half made up news for inspiration.

Written for Enlightened Marketers
Ruth Anne Wood © 2009 Scripting for Success