Boston area marketer Kevin Glennon, in response to an article he wrote about Ford’s marketing which received hundreds of responses but none from Ford, has launched Helping Hank, an effort to convince Ford to make an actual Bold Move: hire him as its Chief Marketing Officer. More than a ploy for employment – which Kevin doesn’t need having launched his own successful business years ago – Kevin has written a letter to Bill Ford calling his attention to the article he wrote in which he urges Ford to think differently and offers up such suggestions as partnering with Lowe’s and/or Home Depot to provide a Zipcar-like rental service.
Whether it’s crazy or brilliant, you can decide for yourselves as Kevin has set up a full blown online campaign and weblog to support and continue his efforts towards improving Ford’s marketing efforts. If we didn’t know Kevin, we’d figure this was some sort of elaborate stunt blog marketing efforts so favored by some ill informed brands a few years ago but it’s not. It’s an honest effort by a smart guy who thinks he can improve a companies marketing. Only you and Bill Ford can decide if the effort is worthy.
