Top 5 Pick-Up Lines at the Media Conference
In my experience, media and publishing conferences are attended by an interesting mix of sales-types, writers, and geeks. Especially where writers or bloggers congregate, you can expect a lot of women. Such good odds for the men in attendance, so why are their openers still so awful?
What's your handle so I can tweet you?
I'd love to expose you to my audience.
Meet me in my room. We can update our status.
I can get you on the front page of Digg.
Not everything in publishing has been downsized! [insert wink]
When will they learn? It's all about good white shirts, intelligent jokes and this:
You are NOT in your forties!
This one works. Anywhere. Always. Every time. But if it doesn't, try something dirty–like a martini.
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