{"id":475,"date":"2014-08-21T18:27:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T02:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nexthop.ca\/?p=475"},"modified":"2014-08-21T18:27:21","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T02:27:21","slug":"a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nexthop.ca\/it-news\/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Get Some Laughs and Some Sales at the Same Time!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Okay, here\u2019s a freebie for someone out there. It\u2019s completely mystifying why some sharp home d\u00e9cor company hasn\u2019t used humorists Oscar Wilde\u2019s last words in their advertising: \u201cEither this wallpaper goes, or I do.\u201d Basically humor sells. It puts people in a good frame of mind, and essentially disarms them to the point where they forget you\u2019re actually trying to sell them something. Art Linkletter wasn\u2019t kidding when he opined that laughter is the best medicine, and it might be exactly the prescription your business has been searching for!<\/p>\n<p><b>4 great ways to use humor in your marketing!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Use pop culture to your benefit &#8211;<\/b> Jon Stewart and the rest of the late night crowd make careers around this, so don\u2019t hesitate to use current events to spice up you offerings. It\u2019s not even necessary to be fully relevant to your products or services, (even so the ones that tie it in well are rock stars!) but simply to get your reader\/watcher smiling and in a good frame of mind from the get go. Sharing events in a amusing way will get your content shared faster than Lindsay Lohan skipping rehab.<\/p>\n<p><b>Make a funny video &#8211;<\/b> Portraying your products or services in a humorous light will get people looking forward to your videos wondering what you will do next. Making these doesn\u2019t have to be a major production either, as many shoot them on their smartphones, that is by far enough camera. Another good tactic here is to use animated videos with services like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goanimate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GoAnimate<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xtranormal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xtranormal<\/a> easy to use apps to make your videos quickly.<\/p>\n<p><b>Create funny memes &#8211;<\/b> Who hasn\u2019t encountered these on Facebook and other social sites? Incorporating this concept with the millions of users on sites like Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr is a recipe for ridiculous traffic numbers.<\/p>\n<p><b>Use humor in your content &#8211;<\/b> Don\u2019t be bashful when it comes to getting a little edgy in your content. The payoff will be that people will see you as more like they are, and not simply some stodgy company bent on selling them a product. 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