It’s been a while since we were last blessed by the presence of Analogous Friday, but it’s back this week in all of it’s glory. For those of you who are new to the game, it’s about to get crrrrrrazy up in here. (almost) Every Friday, I present to you a video (which is almost always awesome) that you will watch, (hopefully) love, and then I go on and make some pretty ridiculous analogies which somehow explain how the video relates to marketing, social media, and well, life. Afterwords, if you’re feeling particularly ambitious and have a little extra time on that Friday (who doesn’t?), you can chime in on the comments and tell me A) How stupid my analogies were, B) How awesome the video was, C) Your own analogy for the video, or D) All of the above.
So let’s get on with it already!
HOW MANY BASKETS ARE YOUR EGGS IN?
Imagine if this video turns out to be Twitter. Or Facebook. I’m in no way making a prediction that either of these sites are going anywhere, but you have to realize that the possibility is there. We have no control over the future of these sites. Some billionaire could have it out to get Twitter because his evil twin opened up an account impersonating him and claimed that he slept in onesies with a teddy bear every Tuesday night. The rest of the nights he cried himself to sleep. This may really anger the billionaire, causing him to offer a $1 billion to the Twitter gang for full ownership. Once he takes control of the site, he decides all of these tweets are quite silly, so he deletes everyone’s account and replaces the site with an endless loop of Rick Roll.
Fat chance this silly story happens? Sure. But if it ever happened, how many people would be absolutely screwed? The secret is to not base EVERYTHING on a tool (or two tools). Why? Because THAT would be silly.
WATCH THE ONION
No seriously, they’re hilarious. They don’t pay me to say that (Onion: if you want to pay me to say that, I’m totally down. Hit me up from my contact page).
PART OF HISTORY?
How will people look back on Twitter and Facebook? The microblogging service that was overrun by self-promoting douchebags? The social networking site that Farmville took over?
Okay guys, my material was weaksauce after that first one, so put me to shame in the comments by blowing my analogies out of the water with those of your own!
3, 2, 1, GO!
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Great stuff, Jackie! Thanks for sharing that Onion video. I loved the “Hoobastank” part on the timeline. Kills me.
Anyway, this just reinforces the need to make connections (and money) using multiple tools AND in real life. Like you say, you can't out all your eggs in one basket!
Speaking of, I just sent you a request on LinkedIn.
Have a great weekend,
Tom
Haha The Onion never fails to provide some good laughs. And thanks for reaching out on LinkedIn! Always love connecting with people across all of the different platforms. Enjoy your Friday!
Great stuff, Jackie! Thanks for sharing that Onion video. I loved the “Hoobastank” part on the timeline. Kills me.
Anyway, this just reinforces the need to make connections (and money) using multiple tools AND in real life. Like you say, you can't out all your eggs in one basket!
Speaking of, I just sent you a request on LinkedIn.
Have a great weekend,
Tom
Haha The Onion never fails to provide some good laughs. And thanks for reaching out on LinkedIn! Always love connecting with people across all of the different platforms. Enjoy your Friday!
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