“You’ve Got to Try This Product!”

Have you ever been at a party or chatting with some friends and the topic of some new product or business comes up and it seems everyone has tried it but you? Can you remember that feeling of being just a bit left out and wondering what all the fuss was about? Chances are, you probably went out and tried it for yourself (or ate at that new restaurant or saw that movie)–this is one of the most successful marketing techniques ever: word of mouth and peer pressure. Often, that whole snowball “you’ve just got to see this movie!” happens … Continue reading

Shakespeare in Love

The film Shakespeare in Love is one of my favorites. Not just because it features Judi Dench. Not just because it tells the story of William Shakespeare and his love affair with a beautiful woman who is destined to be the bride of another. Not just because the tragedy of love is so highlighted within the plot of the movie and the plot of the plays that Shakespeare writes. But because the topic, love, is so readily and brazenly addressed, it is at different times in the movie equally exalted, mocked, embraced, disparaged, applauded and ultimately left unsatisfied. It recognizes … Continue reading