by Freddy J. Nager, Founder of Atomic Tango LLC + Interracial Relations Insider One reason I don’t assign textbooks to my social media classes is that most are outdated by the time they’re published. Indeed, every time I flip on my computer, it seems like Mark Zuckerberg’s been tooling around with his giant virtual antfarm. [...]
Tags:AFLAC·Alexandra Wallace·Asians·branding·Chrysler·Don Imus·Eminem·ethnicity·Gilbert Gottfried·humor·Jimmy Wong·marketing·music·race·racism·satire·social media·UCLA·viral video·YouTube
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder of Atomic Tango LLC + Social Media Realist Are you oppressed by a bloodthirsty dictator? Do you want freedom and democracy without having to fight for them? Well, now you can harness the same power that’s made Ashton Kutcher and Justin Bieber leaders of their respective generations! It’s as easy [...]
Tags:criticism·Facebook·humor·hype·revolution·satire·social media·spoof·Twitter
by Raegan Thurlow, Guest Blogger True to my fashionista (see “raging shopaholic”) form, I’ve been to Paris to experience its unparalleled fashion brilliance. My stiletto boots made their way around Milan as well, but I didn’t find the fashion there as impressive as the I just threw this outfit together and happen to look like [...]
Tags:fashion trends·France·humor·Paris·Raegan Thurlow·San Francisco
INT. DINING ROOM – MORNING: HANK PAULSON and his teenage daughter PRINCESS are having breakfast. We can’t see his face because he’s reading the Financial Times, chuckling to himself. She’s toying around with her half-eaten Froot Loops in a fine china bowl…
Tags:business·business plans·economics·finance·Henry Paulson·humor·investing·satire·spoof·Wall Street Bailout
Warning: adolescent humor ahead… ‘Cause sometimes, you just gotta vent with silliness.
Tags:Dane Boedigheimer·Daneboe·Election·Gagfilms·humor·Joe The Plumber·McCain·satire·viral video
Not quite sure how this sells insurance, but it’s good for a laugh… Thanks to Doug Cone for passing this along!
You can picture it now: VPILFs gone wild everywhere… So wear protection, guys — and I mean body armor — particularly if you’re dressed like a wolf.
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder of Atomic Tango LLC & Survivor of Multiple Dotcoms So I’m walking through my neighborhood counting the foreclosure signs when I develop this mighty thirst. Fortunately, I find a lemonade stand run by an enterprising six-year-old named Zucky. Just as I’m about to pay $4 for a cup (obviously, Zucky [...]
Tags:business·dot-com·dotcoms·humor·new media·satire·Silicon Valley·social media·social networking·UGC·user generated content·VC·Web 2.0
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder of Atomic Tango LLC & Press Release Connoisseur… It’s amazing the difference between what you learn in school and actual business practices. I once took a class in public relations where we learned how to write a press release. The basic rule: write an actual news story about your company [...]
Tags:business·how to·humor·marketing·media·PR·press release·public relations·publicity·satire
"Common sense is the little man in a gray suit who never makes a mistake at addition, but it's always someone else's money he's adding up."
- Raymond Chandler
Let's hear it for uncommon sense: that inner itch that inspires you to stray from the herd, ditch the training wheels and leap into the fast lane. As we all know, it's the risk takers who get their faces on the cover of Wired magazine and their words on National Public Radio. No one ever remembers who won "honorable mention"...
Cool Rules Pronto celebrates uncommon sense in marketing and media. It's written by Freddy J. Nager, the Founder of the L.A.-based creative strategy agency Atomic Tango LLC, and marketing instructor at UCLA Extension and Robert Kennedy College of Zurich, Switzerland.
