Marketing is hard work. It can take its toll on even the strong willed. And at times, you can get so engrossed in your work that you don’t even recognize the warning signs of the need for a vacation. So in an effort to alert our readers to the signs that you have been working too hard and need to relax for a week to ten days, here we provide Eleven Signs that You Need a Vacation from Marketing:

1.  You decide that having only beach resort clients would be a good direction to take the company.

2.  “Search Engine Optimization” means you’re looking in Google for how to improve your motorboat engine.

3.  You spend your time imagining ridiculous assignments you can give to your intern while you’re on vacation.

4.  Your pitch to a new client? You set up a beach umbrella in the middle of the conference room table and glue the client’s logo to it. There. Good enough.

5.  You pass out Direct Marketing postcards to your coworkers offering a beach party in the break room, where you’ve spread sand on the floor and replaced the coffee maker with a margarita machine.

6.  All your marketing plans include beach themes…including the plan for the ski resort client.

7.  You replace your office door with a beach towel, or those hanging bead curtains. In fact, perhaps all your clients need to have beach towel  ad campaigns….

8.  You make your assistant wear a grass skirt and bring you Mai Tais.

9.  You feel you’ve hit the end of your personal Product Lifecycle, so you start planning your next campaign on your whiteboard.

10.You have a box with sand under your desk so you can take your shoes off and run sand through your toes.

11. You order a “ROI with a little umbrella” from the receptionist – expecting a Rum On Ice.

You may have other signs that you need a break from your job. Please share, so we all may be more aware.

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