Article #15

Our favorite submissions for Article #15 of the Punk Marketing manifesto are below. If you’d like to submit a suggestion go right ahead. No, really, please. We mean it.

For those whose Back Bar Is Broken here, is The Manifesto again.

Article 15 is titled simply: ?

This is where you can help. The point of this revolution is to make it about interaction and not dictation; so tell us what you think the last article should be.

Your Suggestions

Kelly Jad’on

If it’s going to be, It’s up to me.
(The philosophy in life that keeps me going when the going gets tough - inevitably it will.)

Peter

Um, lets see…
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” or I like “Money talks and bullshit walks,” too…wait, wait I got it - “You take the good, you take the bad and there you have, the facts of life.” - Yeah, now thats # 15 alright

Lou Thompson

#15: Why not tell the whole truth. When shades of truth — called “spin” — are perceived as sufficient, customers and other audiences know differently.

Shannon Mullen

Never back down! True to the punk spirit keep going. Keep trying. Make
it work. (kudos to Tim Gunn of Project Runway.)

Alan Palmore

Only dead fish swim with the stream.

Keith Saarloos

if someone asks you if you think your smart…reply, NO. im fucking smart.

Michael Brooke

Do you want to be a beach ball or a ball bearing?

A beach ball is big, colorful and leaves very little impression when
it hits you. A few pricks come along, and pfffffffffft…your business
loses steam and things go off the rails…

or do you want to be a ball bearing type of business…

Small, lethal, leaving a HUGE impression…continually polishing your
products and services. The more pricks try and attack you, the denser
you become.

Do you want to be a vitamin or a painkiller?

Very few folks get addicted to vitamins. People freaking OD on
painkillers. Make your business so good, people get addicted!

Lukas Andersen

Follow your bliss: Don’t get stuck in a miserable life or a miserable business because everyone else thought it was a good idea.

Remy C

The “ultimate” marketing coup, the one that broke ground for all the punk marketing stunts that followed, was when Marilyn Briggs (aka Chambers) walked up to me in the hall at Staples High School and asked me, Remy… what should I do? I said… do both, but don’t tell either of them you’re doing the other… and I just did it again, bigger, better, than ever!!! Pick up Penthouse magazine!!!

Noelle Weaver

Always have fun.

Julie Waters

Join Forces - partner with other companies who\’s brands you love and trust. Chances are if you love and trust it, a lot of like minded consumers out there feel the same way. Find a way to work together to introduce your brands to each other\’s audience. New technology is making this easier all the time.