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Twitter Pic Contest #mvolpe-pic

Posted by Mike Volpe on Wed, Nov 19, 2008 @ 03:29 PM
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Write a caption to this photo, win a free t-shirt. (Update: contest is now closed, but you can still add captions for fun)

mike volpe ann handley marketing

This photo of me (Mike Volpe) and Ann Handley just seems weird/funny and deserving of a humorous caption.  So, let's have a contest!  (Photo credit: Bob Collins).

How to Enter: Enter by Tweeting your caption along with the hashtag #mvolpe-pic, or for those of you not on Twitter you can leave a comment on this blog article below.

Rules:Caption must be less than 140 characters long (for Twitter compatibility).  Winner will be chosen by Mike Volpe, maybe with help from Ann Handley based on humor and cleverness.

Prize: The prize is any t-shirt from the HubSpot Gear store, including free shipping to you.  (There are some pretty cool/funny shirts there if you ask me - "I'm kind of a big deal (on Twitter)." and "I love f*cking with Google." are my favorites.)

Sample captions (bad ones, hence the reason for the contest):

  • "Big or small, marketing loves them all"
  • "On Twitter, we can all be 7 feet tall, even @marketingprofs"
  • "Clearly, Twitter followers are not proportional to your size in real life"

Update: Winners

I picked based on the shortest and cmost clever ones, and rather than just pick one, I picked two.  Here they are:

  • Tim Jackson (blog comment): "Proof that size does not matter."
  • missleah26 (Twitter): "Marketing genius: Now available in 2 sizes."

Thanks everyone for the fun.  I might have to do something like this again.

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COMMENTS

"See my cheek implants are rosier."

posted @ Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:33 PM by thomas clifford


Here is one from twitter @CMajor: "mmmmm....@marketingprofs, I can't wait to get you in mah belly!"

posted @ Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:36 PM by Mike Volpe


You might as well caption what happened NEXT, too.... (I love that your facial expression is EXACTLY the same). 
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27380453@N08/3029281228/ 
 
 

posted @ Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:50 PM by Ann Handley


Dude--you ARE a giant!

posted @ Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:59 PM by stevenmhall


okay now that I actually read the top of the page I see this is a contest and not only a place to comment. I'm a fast one. So let me retract my comment, and submit my entry: 
"eHarmony really does work! I've never been happier in my social networking life!"

posted @ Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:02 PM by stevenmhall


Re-posting some of the captions from Twitter: 
 
 
 
@PurelyCosmetics Jack & the Beanstalk meets Peter Pan 
 
 
 
@cnmoody: Evidently they make wax statues of popular people on twitter these days 
 
 
 
@juliepower What did you say was in those cookies, Ann? 
 
 
 
@CMajor: mmmmm....@marketingprofs, I can't wait to get you in mah belly! 
 
 
 
@djwaldow: Bet you wish you could see our hands... 
 
 
 
@MegaJustice: The bigger they come, the harder they market. 
 
 
 
@rscibetti: You must (not) be this tall to ride Twitter. 
 
 
 
@KerryFinch: Does my face look big in this? 
 
 
 
@missleah26: Marketing genius: now available in 2 sizes! 
 
 
 
@popdaddy Mike is truly much shorter than Ann; he's standing on the keg. (His pained look is from the falls he took on his 1st two tries) 
 

posted @ Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:17 PM by Mike Volpe


"You must (not) be this tall to ride Twitter!" 
 
 
 
-Russell (@rscibetti)

posted @ Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:19 PM by Russell Scibetti


Re-posting more from twitter: 
 
 
 
@MartinAssmann have some fun in the Ames Room 
 
 
 
@ahg3 Master Marketer Ann Handley Shows Off Her Mad Skillage as a Ventriloquist with Huge Social Media Puppet 
 
 
 
@VLEdwards Objects on the net may appear TALLER than they are! 
 
 
 
@JenHarris09 Warning: Objects in mirror are bigger than they appear

posted @ Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:25 PM by Mike Volpe


(under your breath thru clenched teeth)"Ok, on the count of three I'll take my hand off your butt if you take your hand off mine. Or not."

posted @ Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:30 PM by Ken Mueller


Re-posting from Twitter: 
 
 
 
@guhmshoo Further evidence that teeth whitener does not work

posted @ Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:38 PM by Mike Volpe


Re-posting from Twitter: 
 
 
 
@natfinn: brooooooooooooooowwnniiiiiiies. heh-heh. yeeh. don't tell her though. Whoa, wait. Did I say that out loud? heh-heh. M'mmmmmmmmm. 
 
 
 
@fullyadam too bad we weren't sitting in office chairs. (that's how we get away with the same problem on HubSpot.TV)

posted @ Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:49 PM by Mike Volpe


m'mmmmm. broooooooooooownies good

posted @ Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:50 PM by natfinn


@ScottHepburn Ooh, look! Mighty Mighty Bosstones!

posted @ Wednesday, November 19, 2008 6:33 PM by Scott Hepburn


Can you tell who left their head in the microwave too long?

posted @ Wednesday, November 19, 2008 6:47 PM by Danny Brown


1) "I found the leprechaun, so where's my gold?" 
 
2) "Can I keep her Ma? Can I? She won't eat much and I'll feed her and play with her every day!" 
 
3) "Proof that size does not matter." 
 
OK... that's as pithy as I can be today. But I just might be back! 
 
(Love you Ann!) 

posted @ Wednesday, November 19, 2008 6:53 PM by Tim Jackson


@avenuez - After downing just one ounce of the mysterious concoction called "RedEye," Mike swelled to twice his normal size

posted @ Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:25 AM by Mike Volpe


It looks like you are dating your daughter!

posted @ Monday, November 24, 2008 7:06 PM by George Ishee


Mark! Stop tickling me.

posted @ Monday, November 24, 2008 7:32 PM by RJ Medak


Reposting some from Twitter: 
 
 
 
@Kevin_Hignett "Sales and Marketing: 5 drink minimum." 
 
 
 
@avenuez "After downing just one ounce of the mysterious concoction called "RedEye," Mike swelled to twice his normal size."

posted @ Tuesday, November 25, 2008 9:36 AM by Mike Volpe


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