Thursday 9 June 2011

Divide a Marketing Pattern by Two?


Man City a Pattern for Modern Business, Say Unions

Man City's wages bill of 107% of revenues is a perfect way in which to run a business, union leaders have said.

Obidiah Higginbottom, Secretary General of the Steam Shovelers’ Union, said; “if only all business had this enlightened outlook, there would be no strikes.”


Olympic Ticket Lottery – a Marketing Tour de Force

The Chairman thinks the manner in which the Olympic tickets were sold was a marketing set-piece.

You have a plethora of games, the vast majority of which are not of the least interest to the average person. What better way to sell the tickets for these non-events than putting them into a lottery with tickets everyone will want?

Most people will get a consolation prize of a ticket for something they’re not really interested in watching. The really unlucky may get 2 such tickets.


Newly Qualified Teachers Confused

A Scottish council’s plan to pay newly qualified teachers half pay has confused university leavers – they’re not sure whether they should multiply a teacher’s full salary by two, or divide it by two in order to determine what they will earn.



4 comments:

Philip Ritchie said...

Manchester United's wages are 46% of revenue, Manchester City's are 107%!

Chairman Bill said...

Phil - thanks for the correction.

Chairman Bill said...

PS - given your occupation, does my mistake count as blasphemy?

Philip Ritchie said...

Simple errors are not blasphemy. Now if you had praised Manchester City I'm afraid the 9th circle of hell awaits!