Quotable quotes: leaders get sexy
by Miki SaxonPost from Leadership Turn Image credit: bradimarte
I cleaned out a ton of files today (it was way too hot to go outside) and came across three mildly sexy comments from Richard Branson, Einstein, and Francis Koenig, so I decided to make today sexy comment day.
“You’ll have at least two ways to get lucky on our flights.” –Richard Branson on his airline’s offering casinos and double beds on it six new Airbus A380 planes. (How lucky are you?)
“When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.” –Albert Einstein (Imagine this translated into today’s language.)
“It’s a market untapped by Wall Street… There are 6 billion people on the planet, and most of them participate in adult entertainment.” — Francis Koenig CEO AdultVest (for those of you who don’t know, AdultVest is a $7.9 billion hedge fund that is dedicated to the adult entertainment industry, including buying iPorn.com—no relation to the iPhone. (A lot more stable and profitable than mortgages.)
What can you add to the collection?
Your comments—priceless
June 29th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Like it or not, Sex Sells. I always get a chuckle when people get belligerent about a sexy ad. Whether I agree with it being appropriate or not isn’t the point. The point is that it calls attention and makes people talk about it. Thats “Buzz” and it’s what makes Marketing work or not.
At http://www.FundsForUs.com we do not sell anything ‘sexy’ (or even glamorous!) because the Charities we represent would be turned off…but I’d bet that a Hot girl in a Bikini standing next to an add that says ‘Buy Stuff…Donate to Charity…How Hot is THAT?!” would get 10 times more attention than a 1/4 page abnner ad that just had our logo on it.
The truth is, most men are turned on by something sexy, and many more women than would care to admit. I give Branson a ton of credit for his clever double entendre, and I’ll be looking into AdultVest since it’s a market that will never go away…at least not anytime soon!
June 29th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Hi Jeff, Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. It is funny when all that belligerence starts because of a little skin showing—or even a lot. The hypocrisy quotient is truly amazing.
BTW, you don’t have to sell sexy stuff, just put a hot girl or guy in the ad. And you’re right, gals do like to look at hot guys:)
I don’t know a lot about AdultVest, but if I had hedge fund investment capital that’s where I’d put it. Surprising nobody thought of it sooner!
July 28th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
It surprising all right. way back in the ’80’s the Richard Shops ads used sex as a sale pitch. We all rememeber the catchy tune, “Richard Shops are filled with all the pretty things………..” but not the sexy girl that starred in the ads which where slightly risque -to say the least.
July 29th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
The girl must have been something, because the song is very restrained. I think that Calvin Klein and The Limited were pushing the bounds a lot more back then. Of course, none of them hold a candle to what’s around now.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Richard Shops or want to see all the lyrics, click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shops