Shill Podcast – Bias, Job Protection and fine Whisky
Show Notes
0:19 False Start: Dave doesn’t make the appointed time for the podcast and leaves Doug with the audio equivalent of his pants around his ankles.
1:00 Do-over start followed by Doug’s personal cover version of the theme music for the entertainment of himself and surely no one else. Dave starts the show with an uncomfortable silence.
1:55 Drink of the day revealed 12 year old single malts.
2:30 Dave reads out a general comment about the show from Listener Lisa proving the fact that Shill has at least one listener.
3:15 Doug pulls the rug out on the audience theory by pointing out that it was his wife who made the comment. Doug and Dave agree that bias is a dish best served often.
5:00 Dave discusses the Corporate Kryptonite that keeps him from bashing his own clients, but predictably no guarantees are made about the future, unless it causes him to downgrade his net connection to High Speed Light. Doug doesn’t like talking about his clients.
7:15 Jaws drop throughout the podosphere as Dave declares Shill to be light on research and heavy on opinion. Doug and Dave declare the podcast to be under the jurisdiction of bar rules.
10:05 Dave accuses Mitch Joel of being a real person.
11:10 Doug happily begins sawing off the limb he is sitting on.
12:20 Dave ensures listeners that the Shit List door is closed to anyone who knocks. Doug question’s Dave’s gender and narrowly avoids getting on the Shit List himself.
13:25 Dave acts like the hen-pecked husband of Shill (what does that make Doug?) because he is hounded to make the podcast. Doug is unapologetic for dumping Dave to go out to dinner with Mitch Joel.
14:30 Doug takes a beating for screwing up Mitch’s promo and loses 30 geek points for not being able to operate an audio recorder under the influence.
15:04 Out of sheer pique, Dave decides to drive another episode of Shill over the cliff.
Theme Music:
“I Want To Hear What You Have To Say” by the Subways via the Podsafe Music Network.
Comments:
Let David and Doug know what you think about Shill at shillpodcast@gmail.com or visit the blog at shillpodcast.com
Ok, I seriously love you guys. +100, you get top billing on the Pod Jots this week.
When you have to listen to as many mind-numbing Marketing podcasts as you do, I can’t be sure if you’re serious or delusional.
Either way, thanks.
It is incredibly refreshing to finally hear someone emphatically admit that they are biased with respect to their views and opinions. We all are to some degree, but few are willing to recognize it – even fewer would state it. The edge that you bring to the topic of social media is long overdue. I look forward to your next episode. Incidentally, I am eager to hear the two of you have a more in-depth conversation on more appropriate alternatives for the ingrained militaristic marketing terms (e.g. target market) as per Doug’s reference in the last episode. Further discussions on scotch would also suffice.
Mike, thanks. Doug and I both knew there were people like you out there, because we aren’t smart enough to have too many original thoughts between us.
We’ve both tried the podcasting route (seaparately) before with fairly straightforward and informative efforts. We went into this one together with a view to having the sorts of discussions we have face-to-face over beer/scotch and we’re trying to bring that to this podcast.
Doug and I will throw around the militaristic terms soon…but what’s the alternative? PC terms? ugh. There are also a bunch of biblical references that have crept into the marketing lexicon. Evangelists, David, Goliath, apostles, etc.
We’ll figure out some alternatives…maybe cartoon, Star Trek or Tolkein references. It all depends on how much whisky we drink before we hit record.
Thanks for listening and taking the time to comment, Mike. Nice to know that there are serial masochists out there listening to us.
Great idea, Jones. Let’s see how well that square peg fits…
Target Audience = Beta Quadrant
Email Blast = Dwarven Catapult
Guerilla Marketing = Orcish Marketing
Stealth Marketing = Cloaking device
Marketing Intelligence = Spidey Senses
All still seams fairly antagonistic there as well.
I have to say, you guys crack me up. I enjoy your chemistry and look forward to future episodes.
Perhaps you should consider a “f-bomb” counter on your site, or maybe a potty-mouth jar where you deposit a looney for each profanity. You’d have enough for a fine bottle of scotch in no time!
Keep up the great work guys! Entertaining as always!
I love that idea – the potty-mouth jar. And then donate it to the company most in need of your brilliant insight so they can afford you. Or to a good cause….