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Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

Spellin’ It Out

Actual transcript of one side of a phonecall I just received: “So, Chris, I heard you got a new job! Congratulations! Say, my son is looking for a job, and Sally said that you used some resume website. Do you have the name of that site?… murse.com?… dmerse?… d?… Immerse.com? Oh, e… m… …as in [...]

Actual transcript of one side of a phonecall I just received:

“So, Chris, I heard you got a new job! Congratulations! Say, my son is looking for a job, and Sally said that you used some resume website. Do you have the name of that site?… murse.com?… dmerse?… d?… Immerse.com? Oh, e… m… …as in umbrella, right… r… s… e… Ok, emurse.com.”

Word of mouth advertising is great, but there’s got to be an easier way…


One Response to “Spellin’ It Out”

  1. Alex Rudloff Says:

    “Yeah, it’s an anagram for resume. Same letters, just mix them up.”

    Usually approaching it that way makes it not only register, but stick. ;)

    Thanks for spreading the word!