An Oyster Joke
What did the girl oyster say to the boy oyster?
“You never open up to me.”
I was surfing the net a few days ago and came across an incredible oyster joke. I think it was wondering what would happen if oysters were filled with screws. Something about how you wouldn’t have to go to the hardware store, you could just crack open an oyster…
Hmm. I guess you had to be there.
I’m probably not telling it right, because when I was reading that post, it completely hooked me in. There was a catchy title, and the oyster joke got me reading, and I started to wonder where it was going…
And then I realized that it was a sponsored post about Gulf oysters, and I thought, !?@! you got me. That’s the way to do a sponsored post: Great title, catchy lead and a nice smooth progression into a discussion about the sponsor, which in this case is the Be Oyster Aware website.
Perhaps the person who put up this opportunity had a marketing background because this sponsored post requires you to start off with an oyster joke of your own before talking about their website.
Left to my own devices, I probably would have come up with a lame oyster joke like, “what did one oyster say to the other?”
“Nothing. Oysters can’t talk.”
Ba-dum-bomp-ching! Perhaps, there’s a reason why I’m not in marketing…
The Be Oyster Aware website is an informative mix of recipes, post-harvest processes, Vibrio Vulnificus symptoms and treatment. When it comes to eating raw or undercooked oysteres, this site is all about people being informed, being cautious, and being smart.
This website itself was produced by a design company and the Gulf & South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation, with funding from various marine government organizations. It’s not just sales-focused corporations that are using blog sponsorship and web 2.0 to get the message across. Net-savvy NGOs are getting on board as well.
The site has a wealth of information about the potential risk of eating raw oysters. Although they have an infectious disease specialist who is the educational specialist associated with the site, the disclaimer, of course is that you should consult your doctor for specific information.
But, bravo, for the Be Oyster Aware campaign launching a viral social marketing technique to get traffic and attention to the issue.
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March 25th, 2008 at 7:06 am
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March 25th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Well I liked your joke. Thanks for citing my Oyster and screw post.
I don’t have a marketing background or consider myself a great writer, yet! But was very thankful for your kind comment. I try and write posts that mean something on my main blog www.therandomforest.com so am reluctant to take paid posts unless I can make them readable.
Your blog has a lot of good affiliate marketing advice and that is something I am trying to get my head round and make work. So I’ll be back more often.
If you don’t already use it then you should check out my last post on Micro Niche Finder. It’s doing good for me.
Forest Parks’s last blog post..Proof that Micro Niche Finder 3 is working for me…
March 26th, 2008 at 12:16 am
Forest - Thanks for commenting on this post. I had passed through your blog awhile ago, and couldn’t find it on google again to give you the proper link. (Actually, I probably couldn’t link from a paid post, but I did give you a link with juice on the next post where I wrote about getting rejected by PayPerPost. Again.
Appreciate the compliment about the good advice, but I’m not sure we’re there yet. We’re just like you, going around in circles, trying to figure it all out. Still, misery loves company. I know what you mean about trying to find relevant paid posts. Our latest one about furniture was a little stretch for the money.
I did check out your Micro Niche Finder review and had some questions, but I’ll bounce them off of you on your blog in case you don’t subscribe to these comments. I checked out your sites as well and couldn’t figure out how you were monetizing your sites. AdSense on the main forest page, and then affiliate links and paid posts on your review blog? How is that working for you?