Smart Marketing on April Fools Day

by Andrew Lennon

In the spirit of Ella’s article on the art of brevity I’ll keep this one short. That, and I’m typing this during a Keynote lecture at the Web 2.0 Expo. Bottom Line: Next April 1st, take a page out of Brenthaven’s playbook and leverage April Fools Day to launch a creative marketing campaign.

Example of a Bad April Fools joke:

Posting a Facebook status update saying you’re wondering how to “break the news” to your boyfriend.

Example of a good April Fools joke:

Sending an email to your customer base with the subject: “Today Only! Buy a Brenthaven – Get a FREE CAR!!!”

So what if the car is a HotWheels car? I live in San Francisco; HotWheels are infinitely more practical.

Brenthaven FTW.

Photo credit: Diego ilustração e design

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