Archive - Gobbledy

November 2024

The best Black Friday email, plus a Gobbledy Classic (tm)

We revisit the fun of college admissions

Nov 27, 2024 •

Starbucks thinks you forgot that coffee exists (but you probably didn't)

And I offer a re-write of a joke from last week

Nov 20, 2024 •

The end of content marketing [in the airline industry]

And also a toilet paper number problem

Nov 13, 2024 •

Make sure someone double checks your photography...

Plus Nike knows what you hate, and it makes for good marketing

Nov 6, 2024 •

October 2024

A great example of a marketing landing page + drugged desserts

Plus, apologies all around and chaos packaging

Oct 30, 2024 •

Boston Team Apologizes for Doing Exactly What It Said It Would Do

Plus, there's actually a helpful way to think about whether to apologize for a marketing campaign

Oct 23, 2024 •

Nutter Butters & North Korean Vitamin Supplements [Is a bad subject line]

Also, the reason you might want to work 100-hour weeks

Oct 16, 2024 •

The 4 words that always work in marketing

Plus a bad week for ketchup

Oct 9, 2024 •

3 Teeny Tiny Case Studies of Marketing Turnarounds (Mmmm, Bud Light)

And a note about my old apartment

Oct 2, 2024 •

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