Imagine you’re the mischievous class clown pulling off an epic school-wide prank…
If you make a bunch of flyers advertising a “Surprise Pants-Optional Day” and plaster them all over the hallways, that’s ADVERTISING.
If you hire the school mascot to rip off their costume down to their underwear and run around the cafeteria shouting “Pants are prison for legs!”, that’s PROMOTION.
If one of the teachers gets so flustered they pass out from shock and the whole thing gets filmed and goes viral on WorldStarHipHop, that’s PUBLICITY.
If you smooth-talk the principal into thinking making the school “pants-optional” will improve student freedom of expression, that’s PUBLIC RELATIONS.
If you’re working the crowd at the impromptu pants-burning bonfire hyping up the merits of going pantless, that’s SALES.
But if you were the brilliant marauding mastermind who meticulously plotted this award-winning prank – securing the mascot costume, printing the flyers at Kinko’s, getting Axe Body Spray to sponsor – that’s MARKETING, baby!
The moral of this saga? Whether you’re executing legendary school pranks or running a Fortune 500 company, marketing doesn’t have to be boring! 😎