Sometimes when you’ve been doing something for so long you forget that certain words mean something to someone and random things make you laugh that other people forget. Unfortunately that is the case with many people in Online Marketing. “The Google” isn’t just something that pops up spammy ads and conspires against you (ok Online Marketers believe that too to a point) tracking is all for the purpose of the NSA and to spy on your life and that all advertising is evil. Here are 18 signs that you’ve been doing online marketing a bit to long. Read this list then put down your computer and get some sun. =0)
18. Calling an emergency because you’ve found “the missing link”, and it doesn’t mean a Yeti. No, it means your email was about to launch and you forgot to put a link on your call to action, your affiliate link is a direct one instead and a post launched or you forgot to add tracking parameters.
17. When someone says cookies, you think tiny bits of tracking information, not delicious confections devoured by friendly blue monsters.
16. Someone yells “back up” when waiting in a line at a concert, event or nightclub and you instantly log onto your cloud or server to ensure it ran or completed. Then you tip the guy for reminding you about backing up your data and information and your friend’s look embarrassed and confused.
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