Cartoons

Cartoon of the Week 4/14: Unsubscribe

Matthew Heffron — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:13:48 +0000

CLICK TO ENLARGEGot one of my first unsubscribe requests after a year and a half. Got me thinking....

Cartoon of the Week 4/7: Clean Slate

Matthew Heffron — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:11:27 +0000

CLICK TO ENLARGEFor all the spreadsheets you see out there you'd think finally somebody would just give in.

Cartoon of the Week 3/31: Fourth

Matthew Heffron — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:59:14 +0000

CLICK TO ENLARGESome days fourth is pretty good, some days not so much.

Cartoon of the Week 3/24: The Demo

Matthew Heffron — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:04:04 +0000

CLICK TO ENLARGEThe importance of needs assessment is without question. It's either that or the "exploratory demo" wherein you show everything under the sun your product is capable of in the hope that anything at all might be of actual interest to the audience.

Cartoon of the Week 3/17: Auto

Matthew Heffron — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 02:21:01 +0000

CLICK TO ENLARGECan't count the number of times this has happened. People wanting to jump to the "how much?" question even before discussing the "what do you need?". The perfect comeback.

Cartoon of the Week 3/10: Priceless

Matthew Heffron — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:46:29 +0000

CLICK TO ENLARGEI've encountered many pricing tools over the years, most fail to address the challenge adequately -- and I'm being kind. Poking a little fun at the whole genre and the wizardry of it all.

Cartoon of the Week 3/3/13: Giveaway

Matthew Heffron — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:16:41 +0000

CLICK TO ENLARGEIf your survey has no intrinsic value, adding a giveaway only solicits unqualified responders. Of course if you fail to define elligibility requirements, the consequences can be even more far reaching....

Cartoon of the Week 2/24: The Survey

Matthew Heffron — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:14:21 +0000

CLICK TO ENLARGEA pet peeve of mine is the survey transparently targeted at sales prospecting and offering little in the way of actual insight or value. Unfortunately they are all too prevalent. Perfect target for a little humor.

Cartoon of the Week 2/17: Consultant Speak

Matthew Heffron — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:21:23 +0000

CLICK TO ENLARGESometimes I actually admire people who can rattle off meaningless babble like this with utter effortlessness and authority. Asking what such people REALLY mean only invites more of the same. Better to just wait for it to end.

Cartoon of the Week 2/10/13: Branding

Matthew Heffron — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:58:48 +0000

CLICK TO ENLARGEOkay, I've run afoul of branding more than a few times. I have a drive, they have a job. Doesn't mean we have to agree all the time. My turn to poke a little fun....