Comments on: Most Overused Business Analogies…EVER! http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/10/29/most-overused-business-analogies-ever/ Conversations on Marketing and Social Media Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:49:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jackie Adkins http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/10/29/most-overused-business-analogies-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Jackie Adkins Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:24:07 +0000 http://www.jackieadkins.com/?p=586#comment-1024 Exactly, it brings complex concepts down to a level where almost anybody can understand it. Thus the beauty of the analogy :) Exactly, it brings complex concepts down to a level where almost anybody can understand it. Thus the beauty of the analogy :)

]]> By: Jackie Adkins http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/10/29/most-overused-business-analogies-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Jackie Adkins Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:24:07 +0000 http://www.jackieadkins.com/?p=586#comment-419 Exactly, it brings complex concepts down to a level where almost anybody can understand it. Thus the beauty of the analogy :) Exactly, it brings complex concepts down to a level where almost anybody can understand it. Thus the beauty of the analogy :)

]]> By: Jackie Adkins http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/10/29/most-overused-business-analogies-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Jackie Adkins Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:24:07 +0000 http://www.jackieadkins.com/?p=586#comment-294 Exactly, it brings complex concepts down to a level where almost anybody can understand it. Thus the beauty of the analogy :) Exactly, it brings complex concepts down to a level where almost anybody can understand it. Thus the beauty of the analogy :)

]]> By: jrandom42 http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/10/29/most-overused-business-analogies-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-291 jrandom42 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:58:57 +0000 http://www.jackieadkins.com/?p=586#comment-291 The most overused business analogy? Business as war. Until you've served a combat tour ON THE FRONT LINES, you have no idea what war really is like. The most overused business analogy? Business as war. Until you've served a combat tour ON THE FRONT LINES, you have no idea what war really is like.

]]> By: Elisa Doucette http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/10/29/most-overused-business-analogies-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Elisa Doucette Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:01:22 +0000 http://www.jackieadkins.com/?p=586#comment-290 Analogies have a place, especially in business. The world that is mergers and acquisitions and spreadsheets and projections and and and can be overwhelming and confusing for folks. Thus the analogies. It makes the intangible accesible. <br><br>By the by, I think you should get this for work. I saw it at the bookstore and laughed for a good 2 minutes! <a href="http://www.calendars.com/Office-Humor/Buzzword-Bingo-2010-Mousepad-Calendar/prod124488/?categoryId=cat00049" rel="nofollow">http://www.calendars.com/Office-Humor/Buzzword-...</a> Analogies have a place, especially in business. The world that is mergers and acquisitions and spreadsheets and projections and and and can be overwhelming and confusing for folks. Thus the analogies. It makes the intangible accesible.

By the by, I think you should get this for work. I saw it at the bookstore and laughed for a good 2 minutes! http://www.calendars.com/Office-Humor/Buzzword-…

]]> By: Jackie Adkins http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/10/29/most-overused-business-analogies-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Jackie Adkins Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:16:37 +0000 http://www.jackieadkins.com/?p=586#comment-270 Haha they are extremely lazy, which is what makes them awesome. When I can't think of what to write about I pick random objects to try and come up with an analogy for. Every now and then I get something that's worth writing about. Haha they are extremely lazy, which is what makes them awesome. When I can't think of what to write about I pick random objects to try and come up with an analogy for. Every now and then I get something that's worth writing about.

]]> By: Stuart Foster http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/10/29/most-overused-business-analogies-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Stuart Foster Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:44:40 +0000 http://www.jackieadkins.com/?p=586#comment-267 I do these all the god damn time. Analogies are fun dude...<br><br>And they are lazy! I do these all the god damn time. Analogies are fun dude…

And they are lazy!

]]> By: Trick Without the Treat | The Curbside Marketer http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/10/29/most-overused-business-analogies-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Trick Without the Treat | The Curbside Marketer Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:15:33 +0000 http://www.jackieadkins.com/?p=586#comment-266 [...] some more analogies? You can check out yesterday’s post of the “Most Overused Business Analogies…EVER!” or you can check out last week’s Analogous Friday, “Step It Up.” Tweet [...] [...] some more analogies? You can check out yesterday’s post of the “Most Overused Business Analogies…EVER!” or you can check out last week’s Analogous Friday, “Step It Up.” Tweet [...]

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