Masha Slaps Ricky

Masha Gellar comments on an email study done by Quris, Greenfield Research and Executive Summary. I point to this all in good fun and to point something out.

Masha Skewers an Email Study

Interesting quote:

“The study concluded that – get this – well-executed permission email positively affects brand attitudes.

Forgive the monosyllabic reaction, but DUH!?!”

Here’s my reaction in support of the study: Common sense, i.e. a hypothesis, wouldn’t be common sense unless it was grounded in some in some basis of fact. How do you determine fact? You do a study to confirm your hypothesis.

UPDATE: And here is a response from the man himself. The ever famous Rick Bruner

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