{"id":16068,"date":"2020-09-12T13:28:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T17:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=16068"},"modified":"2020-11-18T10:47:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:47:44","slug":"annoyed-another-boot-marketing-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=16068","title":{"rendered":"Annoyed Another Boot Marketing Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I received an email the other day complimenting my website: <\/p>\n

I was so impressed by the comprehensive amount of content you have created since your site launched in 2004.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He went on to explain that he is working with a boot retailer that has been around for some 40 years, but just went on-line for retail sales.<\/p>\n

The writer of this email is with a small-time Texas-based web development and marketing company.<\/p>\n

He began cordially, and we exchanged a couple emails, then…
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\n…when I asked for the boot manufacturer’s URL and he gave it to me, I visited it.<\/p>\n

First thing I saw was a 5-second video clip that plays in the background. (See it here).<\/p>\n

The video features a guy wearing back-cut python cowboy boots.<\/p>\n

Okay, so far so good. <\/p>\n

However, see the images below captured from this video. I commented as follows: <\/p>\n

Whoever created the video on the home page of the new (x company) website shows a guy wearing smooth-soled cowboy boots while riding a dirt bike. Really? I just beat up Tecovas over that same issue on my blog this week. <\/p>\n

As a (former) MSF instructor, it is GOOD to wear boots (instead of sneakers) while operating a motorcycle, but not smooth leather-soled boots. They slip and don’t provide adequate traction. <\/p>\n

Also — why show potential ruin to python boots while jumping on a dirt bike? Just doesn’t make sense from a motorcyclist’s perspective. (My two cents). I sense that marketing people were having fun and have no real experience operating a motorcycle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Woops… there I go again, commenting on how inappropriate it is to wear leather-soled cowboy boots on a motorcycle — snakeskin at that — easily damaged by such wear.<\/p>\n

Oh well, I tell it like it is.
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\nLife is short: wear Vibram-soled (or at least oil-resistant rubber soled) boots while operating any kind of motorcycle. Don’t ruin good boots for a marketing video!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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