Marketing Humor

Acclaimed author of The Adults Alison Espach’s short story "In-Depth Market Research Interviews with Dead People" is an at-once hilarious and heart-breaking portrait of a dead woman’s marriage and the Volvo that stood in the middle of it all.

Flynn is stuck - depressed, recently dumped, and living at his mom’s house. The supermarket was supposed to change all that. An ordinary job and a steady check. Work isn’t work when it’s saving you from yourself. But things aren’t quite as they seem in these aisles. Arriving to work one day to a crime scene, Flynn’s world collapses as the secrets of his tortured mind are revealed. And Flynn doesn’t want to go looking for answers at the supermarket. Because something there seems to be looking for him.

Grower's Market is set in remote marijuana country peopled with characters whose backgrounds are diverse and whose futures are uncertain. Sunbeam, who entered adult life as a 1960s San Francisco hippie girl, moved north searching for peace and quiet in unspoiled nature. Eventually she ended up running the Bird of Prey Tavern and growing enough weed to support her tranquil life.

Get ready for a hostile takeover of epic proportions. In BuyMort: Bull Market Mayhem, the end isn't nigh—it's been leveraged, securitized, and is ready to liquidate. Say your prayers and check your credit score because when the celestial ledger closes, you'll want to make sure your cosmic assets are diversified.

Reluctant Lothario, Unsociable Chameleon, Newly Single. Left jobless, womanless, and even dogless, Greg finds himself at a crossroads in his life. Fortunately Greg's best mate Stu has come to the rescue. Now it's Stu's job to lead Greg down the path of enlightenment, where women swarm by their hundreds and will pay for Greg's company. Welcome to the Meat Market, where everything has a price, even love.

Cam was bored with her sex life, but while at the gym she met Taylor, a hard core lesbian who liked to play from the rear if you know what I mean. Taylor loved to turn busty young 'straight' girls into hard core lesbians and she had a special way to do it. Lot's of lusty taboo Lesbian action with backdoor play, toys, and more!

You used to need a big ad budget to get your message across. Not anymore! Thanks primarily to the Internet, a world of free and inexpensive tactics exists for spreading the word about your business. Free Marketing delivers more than one hundred marketing ideas to help small business owners and marketers generate new revenue—with little or no marketing budget.

Gloriana XII--The Original Wolf of Wall Street. In this hilarious sequel to The Mouse That Roared, Grand Fenwick is at it again, this time upsetting the world's economy. The tiny country's secret weapon this time is its Grand Pinot chewing gum. When sales boom during an anti-smoking campaign, Grand Fenwick's investment is suddenly worth millions. In an attempt to rid Grand Fenwick of its crippling budget surplus, Duchess Gloriana XII decides the stock market is the perfect place to lose it all. Instead, she makes millions more and ends up wreaking havoc on the world economy. Never has "the ...

This is the memoir of Jimmy, a successful business mogul. At fifty, Jimmy reflects on a life lived at full throttle—a monkey who turned ambition into an empire. From dominating Wall Street to launching luxury brands and enjoying the high life aboard his yacht, his memoir dives into the deals, risks, and triumphs that made him a legend. A story of grit, glamour, and unrelenting drive, this is Jimmy’s ultimate tell-all about living on top of the world.

As globalization creates increasing challenges to established marketing practices, marketing efforts need to reposition and adapt continuously to maintain an organization's ability to reach potential customers. This Very Short Introduction provides a general overview of the function and importance of marketing to modern organizations. Kenneth Le Meunier-FitzHugh discusses how marketing remains central to creating competitive advantage, and why it needs to be forward looking and constantly reinventing itself in line with new developments in the marketplace.

Mandi Graziano used to think “sales'' was a dirty word. Then she made a living out of it and realized we all need sales in every aspect of our lives, not just business. Sales Tales: The Hustle, Humor, and Lessons From a Life in Sales is Graziano’s passionately told, vibrantly funny account chronicling her colorful career in sales, the skills she gained, and the lessons learned over the last 20-plus years. Honest, entertaining, and overflowing with practical tips and strategies, Sales Tales is sure to resonate within the business world and beyond.

"Everything Is Already Priced In" is a darkly humorous exploration of the efficient market hypothesis taken to its logical extreme. Through a series of increasingly absurd scenarios, the book illustrates how every conceivable piece of information—from the most mundane to the most outlandish—has already been factored into stock prices. Readers will find themselves questioning the nature of free will and original thought as they confront a market that seems to know everything before it happens. Part financial satire, part existential crisis, this book challenges readers to reconsider ...

Pete the cat helps out at the supermarket in this Level 1 I Can Read tale from New York Times best-selling creators Kimberly and James Dean. Along with his dad and brother, Pete the cat heads off to the supermarket. But what happens when Dad loses the grocery list before they even get there? It’s up to Pete and Bob to help remind Dad what was on their list! Pete the Cat's Trip to the Supermarket is a Level I Can Read book, perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.

Este libro no es solo otro libro de finanzas; es una combinación única de humor, historias reales y lecciones valiosas sobre el mundo de las inversiones y los negocios. A través de las aventuras (y desventuras) de dos amigos que buscan triunfar en el mercado de valores, este libro te llevará por un viaje de risas, errores épicos y éxitos inesperados.

Some of the most bizarre things happen at the local supermarket. Whether you work at one or shop at one, many of us have crazy tales to tell. From whores throwing patio furniture to seeing things that can’t be unseen, dig in for stories that will make you shake your head, stare in disbelief, leave you in shock, and make you say What the F*ck Just Happened?

A rib-tickling tale of an ambitious pig that hangs out in a bar in Apache Springs, Arizona. Follow the pignatious Bacon as she gets herself elected Mayor, marries Harley Hog, has a litter of cute little piglets and becomes world-famous.

Vincent survived the ten-items-or-less lane at his favorite grocer with more than ten items only to get flattened by a car in the parking lot. As his body laid on the asphalt, his soul rose above, accompanied by all of his supermarket items, each item triggering an embarrassing memory from his downtrodden life.

This book is a collection of funny stories about traders who gather at a brokerage to conduct business in the stock market. Rivalries, conflicts, and envy take hold of the characters involved in picturesque episodes. Inspired by actual individuals I've encountered throughout my career in trading, spanning both brokerage firms and hedge funds, these stories provide glimpses into the colorful characters that populate the trading world. From seasoned veterans to ambitious newcomers, the brokerage is a melting pot of diverse personalities, each with their own unique approach to the market. ...

The High Priests of the Economics profession are a privileged and highly-compensated group. Their speeches are endlessly analyzed, their every public utterance transcribed and disseminated world-wide. Yet they’re often wrong. How can this be? How can a profession that sends one of these high priests to Scandinavia each year to receive a Nobel Prize for achievements in “Economic Science” be so error-prone? The answer is quite simple: Economics, and the social and soft sciences more generally, are not science in the same sense that physics and chemistry and engineering are science. In ...

Humor macht sexy. Sie als Mensch und Ihre Themen! Egal ob es um Führung, Marketing oder die tägliche Diskussion um die Ordnung in der Spülmaschine geht. Fachkräfte bleiben im Unternehmen. Sie bekommen für wichtige Themen mehr Aufmerksamkeit. Humor als berechenbare Größe.