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> Ali is not guilty, marketing is purely scam these days, he is just following the trend. Having generic stock art on your about page isn't great, but it's a f

• convolvatron 5y ago
  the first business venture i worked for had a theatre for giving presentations. on the wall of the theater was a 20 story building, all mirrored glass, framed against the sky with the company logo. it looked a little different than the two story Mountain View industrial park build we were in. was that fraud? not really. was that marketing? it certainly was. but it was clearly a lie. was that just a question of degree?
• hammock 5y ago
  Employee numbers are routinely inflated and employee pages on websites etc are "forgotten to be updated" during downturns. Stealing work is a routinely done by marketing agencies and their employees.. directly and indirectly (look up the real Allstate Mayhem story if you can find it- it was originally pitched to a different insurance company, not used, ripped off and the new agency that "created" it won't actually allow Allstate to do any Mayhem work with any other agency by contract - which is an unprecedented stipulation (typically agency work rights are reserved by the client). As for not paying people, there is a reason "fuck you pay me" is a thing.
  • ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
    That reminds me of Mike Monteiro's famous Meetup talk: https://vimeo.com/22053820 https://vimeo.com/22053820
  • 938rrhri3hirhi3 5y ago
    One of our competitors claimed to have eight employees on thier books but thier turnover listed at companies house was £25k so that was obviously bullshit.