Having a Good Sense of Humor is Important for Your Career

8/21/2015

Using Business Jokes and Biz Humor for Sales and Profit!

BUSINESS JOKES ARE POWERFUL PROMOTIONAL TOOLS

By Stu Leventhal - Guru Marketing Tips

Writing Business humor is tough but pays high dividends!

There is nothing that draws more attention, online traffic or offline notoriety than funny stuff. In the small business arenas and corporate worlds being funny is invaluable! Popular Funny Marketers and promotors who know how to get a laugh can charge whatever they want.

Web Guru Marketers have been trying to take advantage of the viral possibilities of funny web content for publicity purposes on blogs and in social media for years. But humor for business purposes is tricky!

Always remember, business jokes have to be approached in a very ethical manor. Never sacrifice your integrity, cheapen your name and standing, risk your Internet marketing dignity or soil your company brand name by hurting anyone’s feelings! Your company's reputation management is of highest importance.

On the job humor, whether in the board room or on the factory floor is regulated in most work places by job harassment laws! You can be fined and fired for telling a hurtful joke! Careers have been ended due to a CEOs poor taste in humor.

Business humor is funny, powerful but also serious stuff. Business humor requires tact!

Especially online, your post of just one bad joke that is in poor taste can be shared fast and do a lot of company damage before anyone catches the mistake. Once an offending joke is out there it is hard to retract and silence.

Business humor is unbeatable for teaching, for promoting, for gaining support for one’s ideas, for sales building, lead building and attracting new customers and even for recruiting new employees… But, you must be careful to keep the jokes professional and always clean and tasteful!

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You can learn more about writing jokes here: http://anewtale.com/humor.html

Learn more about business writing here: http://anewtale.com/business.html

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1 Comment

Aldo Ferrone

10/20/2020 09:05:47 pm

Fantastic article Stu. I could not agree more with everything you said. Too many people crack a joke in the workplace that they think is funny and acceptable, however, the next thing they know, they have HR calling for a meeting with them. I don't think anyone wants to be in that position unless it is to discuss a raise or promotion :) The laws covering verbal and/or sexual harassment and abuse are much stricter than decades ago as they should be. I recall back in the mid 90's when I was just starting my career and working for one of the big banks here in Canada. There were MANY inappropriate things said and done in the office that would NEVER be acceptable today. It was a very tight knit group which is part of the reason nobody ever reported anyone else. As the saying goes, it takes 20 years to develop your reputation and 5 seconds or even less to destroy it. I am very active on LinkedIn and have written 8 or 10 articles on here with great feedback. I have been told by numerous people that I should look into humour writing and/or stand up comedy as I love to make people smile and/or laugh on here and in my every day life. It is something I do VERY easily as i am a very positive person and have absolutely NO use for negativity. I like talking about important subjects like mental illness, parenting etc., however, I also like to throw in some tasteful humour. I have come across 2 women from Toronto who write in this arena and definitely plan to get a hold of them for some advice. Thanks for posting this great article. Hope you are well!! Aldo