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the thread about nothing...
- Thread in 'General' Thread starter Started by Renaldo Balkman,
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Classic: Eliel playing Don Omar's 'Pobre Diabla' on the piano which he produced.
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I've never used gorilla glue on soles.
I've never had to re glue any soles after applying shoe goo.
I only use it on little spots tho like on that air max pic.
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Def try to relax and enjoy your weekend. If you were able to provide examples in your answers and use the STAR method here and there, I'd say you did as expected.
I'm in the process of interviewing for 2 open positions at my place. One of the folks who is apart of the interview panel with me almost exclusively asks follow up questions based on the answer the candidate just gave. I find it impressive actually...the ability to engage in conversation flow in that manner is not my strong suit at all...I go to the interviews with a sheet of questions I want to hit (if not answered through the course of the interview).
Pulling for you and it will all work out as it should.
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Licorice is disgusting.
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The correct glue to use and closest to the manufacture glue is Barge Infinity Cement. Check out vids on YouTube since there’s some prep work to it
Remy LeBeau
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6 Rings G.O.A.T.
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Fresh McDonald's fries.. 
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I almost forgot today is Good Friday. Ended up getting a fried fish and shrimp platter for lunch. My original plan was to get a 3X3 from In-N-Out 
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Appreciate that man for real. I havent even told anybody Im interviewing for this job so I didnt have anywhere to go to talk about it which is why I posted here. Glad I did, because your words really helped. Pulling for you as well on your interviews! Many Blessings and I hope you get the position
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Fresh McDonald's fries..
Lowkey though, fresh BK fries might be the best of the bunch.
Wendys fries trash no matter what.
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Signed the contract this week for a new job at an HR company as a (Software) Test Engineer.
I’ll be starting next week on the 20th.
I resigned my paid position as head of IT Support and Web Admin at my current workplace but I’m still staying on as a volunteer in my spare time. It’s entirely up to me now to decide how much time I dedicate to it.
I’ll be starting next week on the 20th.
I resigned my paid position as head of IT Support and Web Admin at my current workplace but I’m still staying on as a volunteer in my spare time. It’s entirely up to me now to decide how much time I dedicate to it.
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Black licorice is worse.
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Congrats my man
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I beg to disagree that Nike was already mainstream. Before MJ, which basketball players actually don a Nike shoe? Also, the analogy between Coke and Pepsi is bad since both are known and one is much preferred over the other.
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Not necessarily. One must have great appeal to sell the product. If the player has a weak fanbase, it won't matter if the brand is big time. Just look what happened to cp3, wade, Melo, Rust. Their signature lines are pretty much weak.
You can also add Blake Griffin. Hell the GT Cut doesn't even have a signature player but it's treated like an mvp.
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This is why I don't take interviews too seriously. I won't loose sleep over it nor prepare. Just be honest and have a relax demeanor. Funny part was that hr called me twice a few weeks ago. Couldn't reach them since my phone was on silent and was so busy doing other stuff. Also, my voicemail was full so no idea how to call them back. Surely it's about that job position I applied about a month ago. Could be wasted opportunity but I won't lose sleep over it. Will try reapplying again if the position isn't filled up or look for other ventures and jobs. Always think there is something better for you out there.dont lose hope.
I’m not talking about just the NBA. As far as that goe Jordan definitely took them to a new level. I’m talking about everyday life. Cortez, af1, blazers etc. we’re pretty common shoes and Nike period in everyday life.
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Nike releasing a shoe that was "banned" by the NBA, then releasing a full line of apparel with those shoes, and MJs agent getting all of the other brands he endorsed (ie Gatorade) to prominently display the shoes and apparel in their own ads, MJ breaking out his own shoe and not a shoe worn by all the other stars in the league at that time at the dunk contest with the gold chains did wonders for Nikes popularity and the "air Jordan" brand and changed the shoe and apparel game forever.
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Those players you mentioned may not have the most popular shoes, but they still got a lot more folks that cop & wear their shoes compare to a Hakeem Olajuwon (Etonic), Shaq (Shaq Brand), Stephon Marbury (Starbury), etc.
I understand what Hakeem, Shaq & Stephon were trying to do, sell shoes at affordable prices, but unfortunately the masses don't want cheap shoes, they rather kill someone for expensive/popular ones. Ish is messed up. My last JB purchase was the AJ6 'Oreo'. I f with different brands Nike, Reebok, Fila, Ewing, Brooks, etc.
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Wordle 301 6/6
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jpzx
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Yeah. I guessed ‘words’ to start I mean why
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In order for a star player and brand to succeed, there has to be a symbiotic dynamic between both, meaning a star has to be appealing, and the brand coming up with appealing designs.
Michael Jordan succeeded with Nike because they did a great job of marketing his line in the past, present and future. But also, he was an appealing star.
He actually preferred to sign with Adidas, but they were stupidly biased with wanting to market big men instead. That was idiotic because kids will never aspire to be a 7 foot and taller man because they will always dream about being a skilled player like Magic Johnson & Michael Jordan because those types of stars are more relatable.
Now if Jordan had signed with Adidas as he preferred, he most likely would have languished in subpar products and poor marketing due to their preference to prioritize big men.
LeBron James has a lifetime deal with Nike, but he will never elevate to the level of Jordan. He gets marketed by Nike and has some nice designs, but he will never have the same appeal as Jordan. Jordan's retro shoes always outsell LeBron's signature shoes annually.
At the same time, a brand can't always sell a star, and Tim Duncan is the perfect example because he was with Nike from his rookie year through 2002. Then he was with Adidas for the rest of his career. Duncan never had marketability because he lacked personality despite being a legitimate Hall Of Famer. How was Nike going to be able to sell him when he had no personality?
Adidas had stars over the years, but they couldn't sell them because they've always been a lower tier brand with pretty bad designs.
Grant Hill ended up getting a lifetime deal with Fila in the late '90s before injuries set in in 2000 and beyond, but his shoes didn't sell big despite him having a clean cut image.
Allen Iverson is perhaps the biggest NBA star Reebok will ever have, especially since he has a lifetime deal with them. Reebok was able to market him and his street image. There's always a demand for the Question & Answer models from the early stages of his Hall of Fame career, albeit not as significant as Jordan Brand.
Olajuwon was never going to be marketable in the shoe game no matter what company he went with because he was a foreigner in an American game and a big man. Even if he was with Nike, they wouldn't have been able to market him. Nike always had the most success with the athletic skill guys like Penny Hardaway & Kobe Bryant in addition to Jordan.
Master P with Converse in the late '90s was destined to fail because they were in the early stages of death precipitating their eventual bankruptcy in the early 2000s. It's also hard to take a rapper with shoes seriously. Converse tried to bank on the No Limit Records fad.
Big Baller Brand failed because the shoes were ridiculously exorbitant in price for an upstart company with upstart players as their cornerstones. They also had production issues because a lot of orders took a long time to fulfill. It also didn't help that Lonzo didn't wear his own high as hell priced shoes on NBA courts. He even admitted they weren't durable, so he had to go through many pairs.
As you can see, variables have to align in order to achieve a symbiotic successful dynamic between a player and a brand.
Nike & Michael Jordan revolutionized the shoe game by being innovative with it. David Falk, his former agent, elaborated on The Herd that NBA stars preceding Jordan never had their name on a shoe. Jordan is the first NBA star to ever have his name on a shoe. Falk mentioned that stars like Magic Johnson & Julius Erving didn't have their own names on the Converse shoes they wore, they just wore the Converse name only.
All the players who came after Jordan have their own signature shoes because of him as my good friend mentioned years ago.
He is definitely the greatest shoe salesman to me.
I can't recall Olajuwon wearing Etonic, but I remember he had some Spalding shoes that were affordable in the late '90s. Then he actually wore Nike at the tail end of his career when he was with the Raptors.
Shaq came out with Dunk.Net after he left Reebok. I recall they were customizable through his company's website.
I think the Starbury shoes by Marbury were only $15. I remember they were only sold at Steve & Barry's in the mid-2000s. I actually remember seeing him at the Steve & Barry's in Fox Hills Mall in 2006 trying to promote his brand by autographing the shoes for people who bought them.
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