Professor Lilly

Brilliance in marketing, new product development edition:

Brilliant product design: The thing on the right is a dryer.

The first of Canada's big three grocery chains to create a Made In Canada private label is going to win bigtime. They probably all have existing private label products that are 100% Canadian. Start by rebranding those, and grow from there.

Coming to see you in Concord and bringing gift of booze made in my home town of Beamsville, Ontario!

Clever way to do bathroom signs.

Everywhere in the world except the US, yes, of course.

My latest obsession. No more Lodge. Sorry, @altonbrown.bsky.social

'bout time! Now get off Musk Social and start posting here! :-)

#BrilliantMarketing

I’m a fan of Wittgenstein, but it’s true he was a boozy swine.

More brilliance in marketing!

It's ok, we won't remember.

Brilliant marketing!

Some drawings related to the cartoon quoted below...

Bluesky is open to the word now, yay! I disagree with this article (www.theguardian.com/technology/2...), I think Bluesky is an EXCELLENT replacement for XTwitter, with the added bonus of #NoElonMusk! I teach social media marketing. Used to make students use Twitter. From now on it'll be #Bluesky!

@stephenking.bsky.social Went for physio today for my sciatica. Physiotherapist’s name was HOLLY. God’s honest. Couldn’t make that up!!

@stephenking.bsky.social Spent the last three days lying down and reading Holly. Because I have sciatica!! Ooogh!

Do you need a good laugh today? Have a look at these Amazon product names generated by AIs without any human oversight. Bwah, ha ha ha ha ha!!! futurism.com/amazon-produ...

Seriously? Good luck with that!! www.blogto.com/city/2024/01...

I've never seen South Park either, but you must watch this episode. It is a brilliant takedown of the pretentious over-use of the word "brand," and it skewers Prince Harry and Meghan D is not for Dutchess so deliciously, there are tears in my eyes from laughing so hard! tinyurl.com/4kc8vyvc

So Pantone, the company that, er, "makes" colours, awards a Colour of the Year, which this year is "Peach Fuzz." Now THAT'S marketing, people! www.creativebloq.com/news/pantone...

I procrastinate doing my end of term grading by planning my reading list for the break!

My hero, Tim Bray, explains the fediverse. I almost get it, but every time I hear the word federation I also hear in my mind Starfleet. www.tbray.org/ongoing/When...

You said it, we have to rethink EVERYTHING. Especially what we do in higher ed classrooms. www.thedrum.com/news/2023/11...

DEAD NETWORK WALKING: Posting here instead of on the social network formerly known as Twitter. Because no one is ever going to call it X. And no one is saying, follow me on Twitter anymore. But yeah, Elon, it's the fault of the advertisers!!🤣 www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-mu...

The fact that "Black Friday" is now a thing in Canada makes me ashamed to be a marketing expert.

Thank god this is NOT what I thought it was.

I love to hate Elon Musk but I have to say, I love the idea that he modeled #Grok after the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I asked Bing Chat (Microsoft Copilot, the AI) to create an image of a futuristic female professor of marketing. This is what it made for me. In the future we are all robots!