The Fantastic Facebook Challenge

Facebook Status

Pug Sage: Just because I walk around with a banana in my ear doesn't mean I am insane. I am merely creatively accessorized."

This month's contest is simple. We expect tons of entries and have turned over the judging of the contest to our arbiter of good taste and man with a plan, the Sagacious Swami of Spin.

Here's what you have to do: Merely write a one or two sentence status. You know, like you do on Facebook, or vkontakte.ru, or odnoklassniki.ru.

The most interesting, funny, insightful, creatively stimulating entry wins the prize. Since last month we gave the store away, we've gone back down in the Willard wine cellar to come up with a big bottle of Baileys Irish Cream. It's guaranteed to please.

That's it, a simple line or two. As always, employees of Willard are not allowed to enter, even under pseudonyms and wearing fake handlebar mustaches.

If you do win, you will also receive a genuine certificate of achievement and be featured in the March edition of Willard Marketing Monthly.

Send entries to oksana.yerofeyeva@twg.com.ua

Good luck.

We congratulate the winner of "The Great Slogan Contest".

Her name is
Maria Zakharova, Partnerships & Projects Manager from British Council Ukraine.
Maria came up with "PLAY IT COOL, PLAY IT COCA-COLA!" slogan for Coca-Cola.

Publisher's Letter


Welcome to the sixth issue of the magazine too ornery to die, the magazine for CEOs, marketing specialists, advertising mavens, public relations executives and anyone else with the God-given talent to move product and services.

Selling the story an important part of marketing


Often the success of a marketing campaign fails because the public relations support effort is not successful in bringing a corporate change or new product the public attention needed.

Skype Gaining Steam in Ukraine


After a slow start, Internet telecommunication-the most famous example being Skype-- is catching on with Ukrainian businesses. There are two major and obvious reasons for this: It saves time and money

The Accidental PR Specialist


Contrary to the belief of some, public relations is a rather complicated profession, though many stumble into it like a drunk can often find his way home by sheer luck.

The Fantastic Facebook Challenge


This month's contest is simple. We expect tons of entries and have turned over the judging of the contest to our arbiter of good taste and man with a plan, the Sagacious Swami of Spin

Traditional vs. new media: Which one wins the loyalty of Ukrainian Internet users?


More Ukrainians say they trust so-called "new" media over traditional media but 70 per cent say they would not pay for access to online content.These are just two of the findings in a major study by iVOX* Ukraine on the attitudes of Ukrainian internet users toward traditional and new media.

Something is Missing


We would like to be fans of this Sanahunt billboard. After all, it does command attention, sitting as it does across from the Dnipro Hotel in Kyiv. It makes the viewer wonder, "What is happening here."

Tough Love with The Sagacious Swami of Spin


Back for a sixth issue of Willard Marketing Monthly to answer the toughest of questions on advertising, public relations and life in general is the Sagacious Swami of Spin.

The Corpse in Waiting?


I think it is time we put the terms public relations and advertising in a time capsule. Fact is, we all went to sleep one day and woke up in a new and different world.

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