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I’ve noticed that any photo or video that has anything to do with nudity or near nudity gets about ten times the views as everything else. I know that humor is a distant second and then there’s everything else. Either way it’s difficult. For example, I have a website that is a C2B referral source. There’s nothing muc How To Improve Management Wins for Winning Business Teams Part 8: Secure Measurable Results omote services that have nothing to do with sex or porn or anything like it, how do you get the same level of interest in your product or service as those with a sexual element? Is it possible? Do you need to incorporate some sort of sex teaser? I’ve noticed that any photo or video that has anything to do with nudity or near nudity gets about ten times the views as everything else.Results and accountability are two big buzz words in today's global market place. What results are you achieving? Who is accountable for achieving those business results? Are two of the more frequently asked questions from the boardroom to the loading dock to the classroom.Since orga I know that humor is a distant second and then there’s everything else. Either way it’s difficult. For example, I have a website that is a C2B referral source. There’s nothing muc Creativity & Entrepreneurship: The Creative Evolution of an Intellectual Property(c) at has anything to do with nudity or near nudity gets about ten times the views as everything else.In each of us, there is a creative spark - a unique purpose and destiny for which we are born. Most of us have forgotten what that special gift is, or we are afraid to live it. My successful secret formula as outlined in my seminars, e-book and CD's will help you unlock your creative potential and discov I know that humor is a distant second and then there’s everything else. Either way it’s difficult. For example, I have a website that is a C2B referral source. There’s nothing much sexy about it. There’s nothing too humorous either. It’s just a resource for helping people locate the best locally owned and operated businesses. I continually promote the site, but I feel that my efforts don’t yield as high a return as I might like. So what am I to do? Should I always include photos of barely dressed women in my ads just so I can get people to look? Should I include teaser lines that hint that a video is about sex so people will watch? Here’s the dilemma. If I start adding a sexual element to my marketing and people start watching more, will it ultimately work against me because now my business doesn’t have the same legitimacy? Will I have offended others who don’t want to be exposed to that subject matter? It’s a tough call when as a marketer you want to get as many eyes as possible on your product or service. I’ll think about it some more. I may even experiment with some bikini babes in my ads. I’ll let you know how it works out. Oh, by the way.
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