Would you hire a professional service company who repeatedly used offensive language?
I started checking out a company web-blog about a month ago that offers “professional” consulting services and who has really great tips on marketing, copywriting, and SEO techniques for small businesses. The thing is that I really started to get turned off by the frequent dropping of the”F-Bomb” and other colorful words that would make some people blush. What really stunned me is when I discovered this is a stay at home mom.
Now I’ll be the first to admit that I am not the poster boy for a clean mouth but considering where I used to be and where I am today, it is a night and day difference. It doesn’t offend me if other people talk that way unless every other word has to do with four letters and then it doesn’t totally offend me as much as it bothers me. To me, it shows a lack of intelligence and disrespect for others. What I can’t understand is if most people know that this kind of talk is viewed as offensive, why in the world would you salt your business website with it?
Maybe I am old-school but I would never consider using this type of language on any material that hopes to win me business. I will also not even think about hiring someone who can’t control their language either. For example, my family and I went to a car dealership looking for a new car last year. We stopped at one of the reputable dealers in town but the salesman who came out to help us started cussing. He totally showed disrespect to us – especially my wife and children. Needless to say we walked off and they lost a potential sale or any future business (we have also told many people about this experience).
I believe it’s time for some businesses and companies to start using common sense and morally correct ethics again. I think that society needs a gut check and should stop allowing marketing and advertising campaigns to be centered on being provocative or the ‘sex sells” ideology. I feel that there needs to be a line drawn between obscenity and creativity.
How about you?
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