January 13, 2012

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I don’t know about you, but this week was rather long. Clearly the holiday hangover is over and its back to the grind with a vengeance. Reward your hard work with a few RJS Friday Fun Links!

As a marketing professional, I always enjoy seeing the creative concepts other companies and agencies develop. Unfortunately, it seems for every great campaign, there are a dozen terrible ones. Today’s marketing failure comes from North Dakota’s tourism department. Clearly going for a young, metropolitan, boundless entertainment vibe, the fairly simple concept was instead presented as an “offensively sleazy and desperately uncool” mistake.

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If you’re looking to change your diet in 2012, I’m sure eating organic is probably on your list. While this is a worthy change to any diet, the cost associated with purchasing fresh produce is often exorbitant. This helpful article from PBS shares “the dirty dozen” fruits and vegetables that should be purchased organically and “the clean fifteen” that are safe to consume in non-organic form.

Finally, The Daily Beast released their list of the most anticipated films of 2012. It looks like an impressive crop, highlighted by The Hunger Games, The Avengers, Rock of Ages, The Dark Knight Rises, The Hobbit and The Great Gatsby, among others.


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A proud graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, Josh is the Editor-in-Chief of this blog and regularly contributes Friday Fun Links, RJS news and interesting technology notes. Prior to joining RJS, Josh worked at the Ronald McDonald House in Minneapolis. Outside of work, Josh enjoys the outdoors, fantasy football, classic movies, baseball and wine.