Surrender, Dorothy

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Research Can Be Fun

Hi.  I'd like to direct your attention to the link below that lovely photo of the little angel in the left navigation bar of this blog.  See that survey link?  Tempted, aren't you?  You know you want to click on it.

Here's the gig:  I've been invited to join the BlogHer advertising co-op, and they would like to learn a little more about you so that we can get all sorts of hipster cool ads instead of that one with the Kewpie doll that says it's not even the weirdest thing they found in their mom's closet, or some other equally bizarre thing.  Also, if the ads do well, I'll eventually make money and can quit my stupid job working for the man.  Okay, I probably won't do THAT well, but everyone's got to have a dream, right?

As a reward for taking the survey (which I KNOW you will do), I will now present you with a list of all the jobs I have had, so that you will understand my deep and underlying need for alternative sources of income.  They are in chronological order, starting in high school:

  1. concession stand attendee at the pool
  2. professional gift wrapper at the mall
  3. chick who takes photos of kids sitting on the Easter Bunny's lap
  4. waitress at a dog track
  5. waitress a gazillion other places
  6. telemarketer
  7. public relations assistant account executive (professional faxer)
  8. public relations account executive (media whore)
  9. temp/secretary
  10. technical recruiter
  11. content director for a marketing website
  12. web director (28 days) for a nonprofit that I bet you've given money to
  13. information architect for an advertising agency (see #8)
  14. usability consultant
  15. freelance writer
  16. sr. product manager - corporate
  17. sr. product manager - small start-up
  18. adjunct professor of English
  19. wife to sports fan
  20. Mommy

See?  And I'm not even going to tell you like everyone else that I hate the ads. I don't hate them. I've worked in advertising. I do prefer pretty ones, though, so tell them who you are, yo.