June 23, 2005

我被拒絕!


啊,我萬萬沒有想到,
和一位公司的發言人,用手機溝通了半個鐘頭以上,
最後,得到的結論,
是:「對不起,我們不接受媒體的訪問。」

在這通電話前,我起碼寫了3次以上的email,
表明想要拜訪認識,
並說明若可,是否安排總經理/執行長專訪。

發言人不回信,我只好打電話詢問。
每天輪流撥電話到對方的台北/新竹兩公司,
好幾天也找不到人...
最後,大概是行政部門接電話的人看我可憐吧,
終於轉達發言人,賞了個電話給我。

電話裡,發言人聲音沈著好聽,
但卻拒意堅定。
搬出在EMBA課堂上教授的言語:
只要上了封面,或有了專訪,公司就開始不賺錢。

我表明,是為了散佈進步的力量,
介紹創新公司的努力...
他總是一貫的「負面」,
把媒體都歸類成「壹週刊」或「蘋果日報」似的八卦媒體,
深怕我是去揭隱私,挖蒼疤。

掛完電話,說不出的特別感受,
整個臉頰臊熱,
不知道是手機說太久,還是心裡的痛。

我是媒體,所以我是毒蠍,
我是媒體,所以我是洪水,
我是媒體,所以我只有被拒絕。

而我,心裡只有最深沈的痛,
我們的社會,是怎麼了?如此痛恨懼怕媒體。
我們的媒體是怎麼了?如此,受到鄙夷。

May 01, 2005

無心插柳?


無心插柳柳成蔭
有心栽花花不開

薰衣草森林的服務人員群像


很有特色。
在入園處的黑板上。
也同時印刷在餐廳的menu上。

尖石的薰衣草森林


這兒不是日本,
這兒是新竹縣的尖石鄉。
要去泡溫泉的路上,順道先去薰衣草森林看看。
雖然薰衣草不能成林,
但是小花小草,房屋,和女主人的漫畫,
讓人很舒服。

April 26, 2005

Hope 希望


在「乞丐國王的時光指環」一書裡,
作者說「希望」最容易讓人受傷。

是的,既期待又怕受傷害,
希望和希望幻滅之後,
有時只能用烈焰著身來形容。

你,可曾受過「希望」(過度期待)之苦?

最近在另一本書中讀到:
在巴西,一生貧困,從無法找到像樣工作的貧民窟居民,
非常樂觀的回答記者:
「希望是最後才嚥氣的東西。」

那天在圖書館裡,面對一排又一排的期刊,
正好瞧見Journal of Marketing,
2005一月號的第一篇文章:

The Concept of Hope and its Relevance to Product Evaluation and Choice

論文裡分析什麼是Hope,
如何利用hope來作marketing,刺激消費者購買....

讀完,不禁慨然,
在不同的心情,不同的社會背景(或學術殿堂裡)之下,
原來,原始的慾望-- hope 希望,是可以操弄的!

讀著美式論文,結構真嚴謹,
眼睜睜地感慨其言之成理似的論述。

P.S. 相片中的黃色酢醬草花,直徑真實大小僅有一公分寬。
從泥裡鑽頭而出生命力,希望無窮。

延伸網址:
The Concept of Hope and its Relevance to Product Evaluation and Choice

Deborah J. MacInnis & Gustavo E. de Mello

Executive Summary
Hope is a positive emotion felt in response to an outcome that is yearned for and deemed possible. This conceptual paper sheds light on the relevance of hope to consumer behavior, marketing, and public policy. First, the concept of hope is defined as an emotion tied to future states consumers yearn to achieve, and although uncertain, are deemed possible. Second, a series of marketing communications tactics are identified that can stimulate hope in consumers, such as (a) suggesting new possibilities in a product, in the consumer, or in the process; (b) enhancing the importance of yearned outcome; or (c) enhancing the desirability of the outcome. Finally, it is suggested that hope influences the relationship between (a) product involvement and product evaluation; (b) product performance and satisfaction; and (c) advertised risks or warnings and choice. In particular, it is suggested that hope tends to lead to more favorable evaluations of products that present themselves as means to achieving the hoped-for outcome, and that favorable evaluations may even persist in cases where the product has not performed in an entirely satisfactory manner. Furthermore, it is suggested that hope may make consumers less sensitive to risks involved in product usage. The richness and potential of the concept of hope to provide insight into consumer behavior, marketing practice, and public/social policy merits further research into this most human of emotions.

March 25, 2005

點唱機 -- The Final Countdown


關上計程車的門,看著她有點兒扭曲的臉龐,依稀還聽見她的聲音:
「你不答應我,我會完了…」

他突然訝異起自己的決絕,一絲不忍就要蹦出,
然而心中另一種喜滋滋聲音卻躍然而出:
「萬歲,拒絕她了,我成功了!」

在Starbuck門前,他等著她,他們談判,他們分開…
這次的分離,經歷了至少九個月以上的痛苦,
省思,再省思…
個性不合?生活信念差異?心靈層次迥異?待人處事不同...
那當初是怎麼回事?
憂慮、壓力、煩惱…弄到自己的健康也連帶受到傷害。

闔上那計程車大門,她的聲音鎖在車內,計程車遠行,一切灰飛湮滅…
突然,他腳步輕盈起來,
好想call個好朋友,將血液裡奔騰的triumph傳出去,
他要和許久未見面的他們一起大聲唱起:The Final Countdown…

嘹亮而慷慨激昂的歌聲,The Final Countdown~~
是的,5, 4, 3, 2, 1,
重新開始。新生活。

延伸網址:
真的很喜歡Europe高亢的歌聲...特別是這首The Final Countdown...

The Final Countdown
by Europe

We're leaving together
But still it's farewell
And maybe we'll come back
To earth, who can tell
I guess there is no one to blame
We're leaving ground (leaving ground)
Will things ever be the same again
It's the final countdown...
The final countdown
Ooh oh

We're heading for Venus (Venus)
And still we stand tall
Cause maybe they've seen us
And welcome us all (yeah)
With so many light years to go
And things to be found (to be found)
I'm sure that we'll all miss her so
It's the final countdown...
The final countdown
The final countdown (the final countdown)
Ooh ooh oh

(interlude)

The final countdown
Ooh oh
I'ts the final countdown
The final countdown
The final countdown (the final countdown)
Ooh
It's the final countdown
We are leaving together
The final countdown

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