Chris Brogan: My Death Notice From Frenzied Waters
jakrose
· 5 months ago
Chris, you definitely need to rock those (shark bitten) shorts on the Cruise. Just for the reaction.
Honeybee Consulting
· 5 months ago
Well, it's clear that we'll all have to wait til tomorrow to find out EXACTLY what the good (and, apparently, well-chewed) folks at Frenzied Waters have in store. Til then, I'm delighted to be able to add the word "yikesy" to my daily vernacular.
Oh, and terribly sorry to hear about your untimely demise. :)
Kathy Meyer
· 5 months ago
Definitely a clever marketing ploy and free advertisement. Just checked them out. Intriguing, but morbid. Won't let them access my Facebook account though. Good to hear all is well with you though!
Gene
· 5 months ago
That is Marketing Outrageously 2.0!
MO 1.0 is 'Marketing Outrageously: How to Increase Your Revenue by Staggering Amounts!' by Jon Spoelstra. I think this tops Jon's examples.
Carl Weaver
· 5 months ago
Chris, sorry to learn of your untimely death. Please accept my sincere condolences. I hope you can work through this. Please let me know if I can be of assistance in any way.
TheDiva
· 5 months ago
Wow! just checked the site and "My Story" - very cool - very scary - but I am def checking back to see what that last jar has behind it!
greg cryns
· 5 months ago
Awesome cleverness.
Once I received a foam squishy banana in a small box. There was not return address on the box. Just the banana inside, nothing else. I put the banana above my computer. I liked it.
About one week later I received a phone call from a company I'd never heard of before. I get a little testy and challenged the lady on the phone. "Why are you calling me?"
She said, "I am the person who sent you the yellow banana!"
I did not end up buying her product but she was able to give me a 10 minute pitch for her expensive service and I had good vibes about her company's name...
thomasmcmillanjr
· 5 months ago
Very nice Chris....First you and next thing you know ...I'm gone as well. Can't wait to find out what is up on 7/20.
blancastella
· 5 months ago
I just want to know why you were wearing a pirate T-shirt.. Cool graphics on the site & sound effects on that shark site.
Chris Brogan
· 5 months ago
I run a pirate ship. Seems the appropriate shirt to wear. : )
Jim "Genuine" Turner
· 5 months ago
Forget the shark thingy I am curious about the tee sirt with pirate exercises on it.
Donagh Mc Sweeney
· 5 months ago
Now that's an interesting stunt. Well I hope it's a stunt and not a threat! Strange site, but cool! I guess that developers got what they wanted and got some free advertising in return. You must have had a shock when you opened that up?
jordanmuela
· 5 months ago
Looks like the intro to an alternate reality game (ARG) like "I love bees"...
BryanPerson
· 5 months ago
What are you accepting in lieu of flowers?
KatJaib
· 5 months ago
Wow. That is one creative Direct Mail package. Not cheap, I'm sure. But proof you can still get DM opened if you do it right. Very targeted to big influencers. The mileage they'll get from you alone should be worth it.
That's a pretty awesome jar of "stuff". what really got me was the pair of trunks with the upper thigh region massively bitten into. Who wore those trunks? What happened to the human and the blood that was so cleverly cleaned from them? The mystery lives on ...
CarloM_at_IDS
· 5 months ago
So can we say you've been served? Sorry had to say it. Maybe in the next life you will ironically come back as a Social Great White? Cool site though. Even the bottle you received looked like the one on the menus.
Michael Parenteau
· 5 months ago
Yep... I just received my death notice from them as well. Pretty freaky!!! Creative!!! The facebook info just makes the ride more freaky and fun!
Librarian Girl
· 5 months ago
Thank you so much for this post. I received a mysterious email trying to entice me with an offer of receiving just such a jar, and I was so confused about what they were actually offering me. I wrote a post about it here: http://librarianwonder.blogspot.com/2009/07/mar...
But now, thanks to you, I know.
memoire pc
· 3 weeks ago
Better you than me buddy. I have this unnatural fear of sharks. You look good for being dead!
All Comments
Oh, and terribly sorry to hear about your untimely demise. :)
MO 1.0 is 'Marketing Outrageously: How to Increase Your Revenue by Staggering Amounts!' by Jon Spoelstra. I think this tops Jon's examples.
Once I received a foam squishy banana in a small box. There was not return address on the box. Just the banana inside, nothing else. I put the banana above my computer. I liked it.
About one week later I received a phone call from a company I'd never heard of before. I get a little testy and challenged the lady on the phone. "Why are you calling me?"
She said, "I am the person who sent you the yellow banana!"
I did not end up buying her product but she was able to give me a 10 minute pitch for her expensive service and I had good vibes about her company's name...
Cool graphics on the site & sound effects on that shark site.
FYI, Here's the team behind the jars. http://bit.ly/8YDB7
But now, thanks to you, I know.