Why We’re Winners

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Dear Loyal m.blog Readers,

Today, we ask for your help; your help to win.

Don’t get us wrong, we win on a daily basis (have you seen all the press we get our clients!?). At the risk of using a taboo hash tag, our team of talented guys and dolls goes into every day with a #winning mindset, which is why Sam starts his morning (or shall we say, mid-morning) with a mocha-marijuana-valium-vodka latte. Yes, we actually have a mug in the office that says that.

All jokes aside, we want to win BostInnovation’s Insider Awards. Why? Because the awards celebrate “crushing content & dropping knowledge,” which is pretty much the m.blog’s tag line…at least it is now.

We shouldn’t have to spell this out for you, but we’re nice (sometimes), so we will. Five days a week for the past three years, we’ve provided you with snark, wit, charm, honest insight and heartfelt hatred. Not to mention, we’ve educated you on new words, vaginas (and vajazzling!), recycling beef fat into your beauty routine and how to tell if your son is gay.

We’re not just about gossip and entertainment, either. We teach you etiquette, like how to not be a douche while using public transportation, the steps you can take to avoid being trashy, what to do if you find yourself with a dude who has two…um…peni? and how to ace a walk of shame.

We reminisce about the days of yore, when life was better, simpler (a.k.a the 90s), tell you personal anecdotes, and demonstrate that working in PR is not just one big fabulous party. Together, we’ve experienced history, like when Alyssa actually got engaged after making Glamour’s engagement chicken recipe, blogged about it, and was then chosen by Glamour to be featured in the magazine in a story on the famous recipe. OH WAIT, then she got flown to NYC for a photo shoot to model a Vera Wang wedding dress, get styled by Vera herself and be photographed by Patrick Demarchelier. That’s right, the m.blog changes lives.

The point is, we go there. We’ve been givin’ it to you straight for some time now, without fearing whether you’ll judge us, find us rude, lewd or crude. We’ve never asked anything of you, but now we’ve come to collect. In exchange for all the entertainment we’ve provided you, all the mornings we’ve spent stressed out over finding a worthy enough blog topic, please vote for the m.blog in BostInnovation’s Insider Awards for the best Advertising/Marketing blog.

We may be awesome, but you’re the ones who inspire us to be that way. So in the immortal words of Jerry Maguire, help us help you by spreading the word!

Facebook it, Tweet it, LinkedIn it, Google Plus it, Pin it, make it your Gmail status, pretend like you’re in the Girl Scouts again and send it to your daddy at work…we don’t care, we just want to win!

Oh, and voting for the nomination phase ends January 27. Chop chop!  (Editor’s update 2.2.2012: voting phase ends February 15.  Seriously-choppity chop chop chop!)

(We’ll even do all the work for you. For your posting pleasure: #vote for @marlomarketing’s m.blog in @BostInnovation’s #InsiderAwards Advertising/Marketing category http://tinyurl.com/7rtgfvf)

Posted by Hannah

Being Trashy

I have really weird opinions about things, and for the most part, I keep my quirky perceptions in my own brain. But sometimes, I can’t help it.

Today I’d like to talk about a pet peeve of mine, being trashy. Actually, let me rephrase that. Some people can’t help being trashy, and there are times when I trade my J Brands for jorts (my roommate’s jorts…which are also J Brand…but whatever). Instead I’d like to discuss things that I think are trashy, which is different, because even non-trashy people can fall victim to these faux pas.

1. Substituting entire words with letters
Unfortunately, Twitter has proliferated the use of ‘u’ instead of ‘you,’ ‘r’ instead of ‘are,’ and perhaps my least favorite, ‘ur’ instead of your AND you’re. Why do I think this is trashy? Because it makes you sound like a 10-year-old on AIM with a screen name like lilangel69 (don’t get me started on screen names) when in fact you’re 30-something years old with a real job.

 

2. Wearing peep toe heels with tights.
Even if the tights match the color of your pumps, this is NOT ok. I honestly can’t even begin to understand who thought this was good chopa? If you have to wear tights, it means it’s winter and your toes should not be ‘peeping’ out of their shoes. This is trashy just because it demonstrates that you have absolutely zero understanding of what’s going on around you.

3. Lids
No, not like tupperware; like the hat store. I mentioned my feelings toward Lids to my boyfriend and he got genuinely upset and said, “it’s a HAT store, they sell HATS, how is that trashy??” This is why: While they may have a few nice fitted hats, your classic black (insert team here) flat brims, the rest of the stuff is HORRIBLE. Who on earth would ever want to buy a Patriots hat with pink mesh, rhinestones and the phrase “girlie girl” embroidered on the back? Trashy people, that’s who.

 

4. Spelling names in annoying ways
IF YOU WANT TO NAME YOUR SON A PLAIN NAME LIKE ERIC, JUST SPELL IT ERIC. DON’T SPELL IT ERIK TO TRY AND MAKE IT MORE “UNIQUE.” IT’S STUPID.

 

5. Roll Ups
I think this is a “Mass” thing, I’m not really sure, but does anyone else get confused and annoyed by this? When I hear “roll up,” I think of a fruit roll up, like the kind I was never allowed to have in my lunch box but would gorge myself on at play dates. No, in Massachusetts, “roll ups” really mean wraps. Just call it what everyone else calls it, seriously. People from Massachusetts get made fun of enough.

 

I hope you noticed I didn’t bother to go into the more obvious things (like Coach bags), just the underrated ones (especially the whole tights-with-peep-toe-heels thing), because I really needed to get them off my chest and start the new year off right. Here’s to hoping the next time you text me, you’ll think twice about what you write…that is, if you even want to talk to me anymore!

Posted by Hannah