The BizComics Club Blog
The Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator, and memoirist, Clive James, once said: “Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.” So it is that our comics, while humorous in nature, very often reflect common sense — a sense that seems increasingly forgotten as time goes on.
In our blog, we hope to expand on that common sense, to clarify some things, to debunk some others. We hope to help you see the complex can be made simple, that it should be made simple. We hope to reinforce what you already know to be true — that because the simplest things are the most memorable, they’re the most effective. We hope to work with you to create simple, effective messages to promote your business and your interests. Most of all, we hope to have fun doing those things with you and to make common sense dance.
Brand Is Not Dead
While we were composing this post, we conducted a Google search on the phrase, brand is dead. The search returned 90,700,000 results. That’s neither an untruth nor an exaggeration. 90,700,000 hits, on the nosey. We haven’t read them all yet. (We’re up to 88,657,435.)...
Just Say, “No.”
You can be sure a topic has risen to stratospheric levels of absurdity when it becomes the subject of an academic treatise. And so it is with scope creep. Can we think about this for a moment? According to the old saw, it takes two to tango. That means the party of...
Jump!
We can’t help but notice more and more people lining up to tell more and more people how to do more and more things. It seems as if every public nuisance with a keyboard or a microphone is out to tell someone what to do or how to do it. And the really obnoxious ones...
Don’t Be So Literal
As creators of messages, we know our communications have to be clear, precise, and (as much as practicable) free from ambiguity, equivocation, and obfuscation. But reason (and sanity) suggests there should be limits. (Please!) Here are a few examples of instances in...
Be Careful What You Ask For
In a previous cartoon and its accompanying blog post, we wrote about spam and one of its particular manifestations — surveys. It turns out we may have been a tad shortsighted. That’s right. In addition to being annoying for the parties who receive them, particularly...
Have a Heart
machine (noun) 1. an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work 2. a mechanical apparatus or contrivance; mechanism "Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more."...
Slapstick Meetings
We love slapstick comedy as much as anybody. (Maybe more, in fact.) But like everything else, there’s a time and a place for it. We love to laugh in meetings, too. But it’s better to be laughing with someone than at someone. So, it really makes us wonder why some...
How Do You Spell SPAM?
Some people think the Internet is responsible for all the trouble in the world. We’re not quite ready to go that far. But it sure has made it easier for people to bother each other. Case in point: Spam. The term, spam, which refers to unsolicited electronic messages,...
Give it Up
Employee benefits sometimes seem like tackling dummies: They get set up, just to get knocked down again and again. If we consider the history of government-mandated benefits, that may not be so surprising: The modern system of getting benefits through a job required...
That’s Bull
According to Investopedia, the terms bull and bear are used to describe different sets of market conditions. Specifically: [Bull] refers to a market that is on the rise. It is typified by a sustained increase in market share prices. In such times, investors have faith...