Yesterday afternoon, a friend, foodie blogger, and fellow marketer, Patrick Vesperman — who also happens to be the senior marketing analyst in charge of Target.com’s affiliate program — posted an amusing thing on his Facebook wall. Here it is (with his permission):
I have no way of knowing whether the author of the above-quoted affiliate recruitment letter was joking or not — however you may feel about things like the Mayan End Times “prophecy” (aka 2012 phenomenon) or the Zombie Apocalypse — so, I’ll assume they were being creative but, needless to say, their approach grabbed attention. They certainly weren’t being cliché-esque or boring.
Managers: How creative are you in your affiliate recruitment (or other routine work)?
Affiliates: Can you share examples of other creative approaches to recruitment?
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Wow! Never would have thought of that!
omg, this is so funny! Love the idea, the guys took a risk of not being take seriously.
Lol. Well, Mayan Apocalypse does get 90,000 global monthly searches and the zombies get 301,000. :p
One thing that this affiliate recruitment letter was without any doubt is different.
The big question is…Did Patrick join?!
Good question Vincy. Unfortunately I have found a solution that makes long-term food storage obsolete: Spam.