Example of when it’s a good idea to fire the entire marketing department
On exactly what planet did they think this would be a success?
Amazing that not a single person in marketing thought that this was a bad enough idea to get it killed somewhere along the development process.
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March 9th, 2007 at 10:20 am
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March 9th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Well, I have referred to Carl’s Jr. fried zucchini as “health food.” Perhaps I was their target market.