Zac Martin
Zac Martin is an 19 year old university student, currently in his third year of a Marketing degree. He is a freelance writer and social media marketing consultant but hates the word “expert”. Depending on whose authority you’re going on, he’s either a Gen Y or an iGen but often acts like a five year old.
Zac loves to blog, tweet and have conspiracies about the Loch Ness Monster emailed to him. He loves long walks on the beach, getting caught in rain and when he grows up he wants to be an evil marketer. At one point he considered attempting to stop talking in third person. He was unsuccessful in this endeavour.
When not donating to charities, helping old people across the road or saving kittens from burning trees, Zac writes about gen y, social media marketing and the internet.
Articles by Zac Martin
What if you had a birthday and nobody poked you
I’m addicted to Facebook. It’s not uncommon for me tie a piece of elastic around my arm and shoot up…... Read more
What do medicated kids and Rick Astley have in common?
So, as much as I hate admitting it, I’m the kind of guy who watches DVDs with the audio commentary…... Read more
Make friends, investigate murders on the internet
The internet is probably the best beach in the world to go for a surf. It’s the reason I spend…... Read more
I know you hate marketers but face it, you need them
Well it’s official. People hate marketers, particularly those in advertising. Research by Roy Morgan has ranked advertising as the third…... Read more
It’s not just a mint - it’s a really bad campaign
Alongside PowerPoint slide design, I think I have a fetish for iPhone applications. Last week I was doing my usual…... Read more
Who the hell is Dewey? Books on life support
I borrowed my first book from the University library the other day. I realise that doesn’t really seem like a…... Read more
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Cash mobs aren’t so flash
For a moment in the mid-naughties, they were the coolest of all cool social media-fuelled meme-thingos.…
If we wanted reality, we’d turn off the television
“Some day, far into the future, this here machine will become a powerful medium with the potential…
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From: Punch on: Open thread 09/02/2012
marley says:
I'm one of the older ones, so I've certainly seen a few changes in my time. When I started school I learned to write with a nib pen, dipped in an inkwell (no, I'm not kidding). My mother became a dab hand at getting inkstains out of my clothes. Flicking ink at one another in the classroom was an essential… [read more]From: I’d rather have a piece of toast than listen to crap lyrics
Erick says:
Led Zeppelin are responsible for my all-time favourite mixed metaphor: "There you sit, sit and stare, like a book on a shelf rusting." (Misty Mountain Hop) I laugh every time I hear it. Hmmm, I believe I've decided what to play on the way to work today. [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops
Well, puck me with a fitchfork. The F-word is apparently an acceptable part of Australian speech. That’s… Read more
