Worst Marketing Strategy Ever

From an email I received:

I emailed you a few weeks ago to see if you’d be interested in working with me on Sundance’s new reality show The Hill.

Actually, you didn't. But continue:

I just wanted to follow-up and see if this interests you or if you have any questions that I could answer for you. I’d love to provide you with prizing for a giveaway or pass along any assets that you may be interested in. Feel free to use any of the images or banners here: [crappy link]

Oooohhhh!!! I love prizing and assets. I also love it when tv shows hire chimps to write ad copy for spam marketing campaigns.

Also, three new clips from the first episode of The HILL are now available for download! You really get a feel of what life is like in the average day of a Congressional staffer. You can download the clips for your site: [crappy link]

I would love to get a feel of what life is like in the average day of a Congressional staffer. Also, do you have any videos of prisoners being violently ass raped? I'd like to get a feel for that too. Honestly, this sounds like the worst fucking tv show imaginable. What's life like in the average day of a Congressional staffer? I imagine it's much like a big giant pile of who gives a fucking shit.

The Hill premieres [I'm not going to market for these shitbags]. Please let me know if there is anything I can do help!

Thanks, Jen.

You can help killing yourself. No, seriously. Kill yourself Jen.

Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 by

RCR |

22 Comments

Reader Comments (22)

They must realize that approaching the market of DC-resident bloggers between the ages of 21 and 35 is going to land them shit.

With few exceptions, the only people who like hill staffers in DC either are hill staffers or are fucking them.

Aug 16, 2006 at 02:10PM |

AUA

The second paragraph sounds like it was written in Japanese and translated to English. And it makes me and the baby jebus cry.

Aug 16, 2006 at 02:13PM |

JordanBaker

Thanks. I just peed my pants.

Aug 16, 2006 at 02:15PM |

aem

That was great, but I think you're passing on an opportunity for some communication with this person.

Perhaps you should tell her the Playaz may be interested.

Aug 16, 2006 at 03:20PM |

Phil

Oh the angry schtick again....Not creative. Not funny. This blog is slipping.

Aug 16, 2006 at 03:51PM |

Barry

Then stop reading ratdick.

Aug 16, 2006 at 04:00PM |

RCR

Au contraire, Barry. It's one my favorite things about The Rambler.

By the way, you wouldn't be <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5382/1053/1600/barrytheclown.jpg">this guy</a> by any chance?

Aug 16, 2006 at 04:32PM |

Phil

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5382/1053/1600/barrytheclown.jpg

Damn your html set up! Just when I defend you, your blog makes me look like a fool!

I'm on Barry's side now.

Aug 16, 2006 at 04:33PM |

Phil

Also unfortunate is that the name of their show so closely mirrors that of another on MTV. One that they probably fancy themselves to be much better than.

Aug 16, 2006 at 04:35PM |

Hey Pretty

my eyes glaze over when hill people tell me about their jobs. i can't even imagine having to sit through an entire show about them.

Aug 16, 2006 at 05:02PM |

Etta

Seriously, unless these people are fucking congressmen for money, I don't want to watch a show about people who open mail for a living.

Aug 16, 2006 at 05:09PM |

RCR

How do you create a show about people sitting around chatting on g-mail and oggling interns? B/c that's the only thing all the hill staffers i know do.....

Aug 17, 2006 at 12:04AM |

I have a bunch of clients who are Hill staffers. They work. That's all they do, work. They work so many hours they can't deal with relationships, pets - they don't even have time to keep plants alive. They're as smart as you are, RCR, very ambitious. The ones who come to see me are also very idealistic; they are going to make positive changes in policy, etc. They are very young. I can't imagine a more boring show.

Aug 17, 2006 at 07:17AM |

Reya Mellicker

I got the same email.... I just chalked it up to the same people that would think I'd be interested in having a mail order bride from west thailand...

Aug 17, 2006 at 07:34AM |

Dale

Hey, rolling a boulder up a mountain every day is work, but that doesn't mean I want to watch a show about it.

Aug 17, 2006 at 07:39AM |

RCR

you know, rolling boulders down the Hill onto horny co-ed staffers has some ratings promise. but sadly i think the title "Sisyphus and Syphilis" would go right over the heads of our target demographic. alas.

Aug 17, 2006 at 08:09AM |

bryc3

I think you're right.

Aug 17, 2006 at 09:11AM |

RCR

RCR, such a sweetie. Ha!

Aug 17, 2006 at 09:33AM |

Sweet

I can't wait to watch this show. Hopefully it will have scenes of staffers arguing over who forgot to clean the coffee pot out and whether it's better to use the copy machine's automatic stapler or the manual stapler if the job is under ten copies. Oh, and of course plenty of footage of them writing "important" position papers whose most useful contribution to society will be to come back as recycled paper.

Aug 17, 2006 at 09:39AM |

cuff

Now that I've given it some more thought, I realize you should've hit her up for some prizing.

Then sell it.

Aug 18, 2006 at 10:25AM |

AUA

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