Monday, August 27, 2012

Ladies, earning power, beauty, and marketing...

... Never forget marketing...

Liza Mundy writes books, and she went on Fox to publicize her books.  See her video from Fox news here:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1514930771001/richer-sex-transforming-america

She then writes an op-ed piece to ...  well, I think to further market herself.

Her piece in the Atlantic Monthly is here

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/foxy-ladies/309054/

It is an ... interesting read.  I'm not sure what she is complaining about...  Go look at the video and her photograph from her own site here:

http://www.lizamundy.com/about-liza-mundy/

Her own press photo is:


Here is a screen-capture from her Fox appearance:


I just don't see why she is complaining...

Marketing might be the answer.  As you know, news media often has ... "outrageous" news items that generate lots of, well, comments and page-views.

Welcome to the New News (different from the "New Math..")...

It all seems about selling something, and bloggers are the ones that often point out the truth of lack thereof in mainstream news articles and posts.

What do you think?

I think if you didn't want the publicity on their channel, you could have said (to the make-up staff), "You know, I like it simple and light-handed" instead of caving to what you felt would get your called back to Fox.

Yes, I know...  That wouldn't be good ... marketing...

What say you?