February 12th, 2003



The Top 7 Ways to
Encourage the Marketing Department


7> Remind them that there’s no ‘I’ in “TEAM” — but there sure as hell is in “FIRED.”

6> Threaten to audit their expense accounts.

5> Team with highest returns gets to rape and pillage the HR department. Team with lowest returns gets to rape and pillage the engineering department.

4> Remind them that lying is only a venial sin.

3> Promise them a Saturday off… every other month… if their workload allows it.

2> Just keep smiling — they’ll fill in the details.

and the Number 1 Way to Encourage the Marketing Department…

1> Corporate logo contact lenses.




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Credits:

Selected from 16 submissions from 6 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

William Wickart, Hillsboro, OR — 1, 2 (Employee of the week!)
Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — 3
Richard W. Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 4
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 5, 6
Janis Spidle, Kansas City, MO — 7
Peter Casper, Brisbane, Australia — Topic
K.W. Wyckham, Youngstown, OH — Banner Tag
Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — President & CEO