Intranet Advent Day 24 – You thought Christmas Cracker jokes were bad?
This is our last stocking-filler. We hope you’ve enjoyed them and wish you all a very Happy Christmas.
Christmas Crackers1 are notorious for their bad jokes2. Not to be outdone, we’d like to share with you some fun we had earlier this year thinking of ‘Intranet Clickbait’ headlines.
Clickbait links are the tantalizing ones about celebs, weight loss and the bizarre that lead us astray on websites such as Buzzfeed, Upworthy, and the Daily Mail). We wondered what would happen if intranets took the same approach.
#intranetlinkbait Friday fun: should your #intranet use more linkbait tactics? e.g. “The secret video the CEO didn’t want you to see”.#ic
— Sam Marshall (@sammarshall) June 6, 2014
#intranetlinkbait: “Learn the 5 words that drive project sponsors wild” #intranet — Sam Marshall (@sammarshall) June 6, 2014
#intranetlinkbait “Bizarre loophole lets you bring your own device to work” #ic — Sam Marshall (@sammarshall) June 6, 2014
#intranetlinkbait “5 SharePoint user interface conventions that really will surprise you – every time!” @sammarshall — Chris Tubb (@christubb) June 6, 2014
@sammarshall @DigitalJonathan When you find out what the new annual leave policy is you will literally shit bees! #intranetlinkbait — Sharon O’Dea (@sharonodea) June 6, 2014
#intranetlinkbait “10 hottest figures for 2014 – balanced scorecard” #intranet. More suggestions? — Sam Marshall (@sammarshall) June 6, 2014
@sammarshall #intranetlinkbait One weird tip to cut your email by half! — Sharon O’Dea (@sharonodea) June 6, 2014
@sammarshall #intranetlinkbait “You’ve been chopped! Find out who’s been sacked in this interactive guide” #ic #intranet — Jonathan Phillips (@DigitalJonathan) June 6, 2014
#intranetlinkbait “The pension deal HR don’t want you to know about” @DigitalJonathan @sharonodea — Sam Marshall (@sammarshall) June 6, 2014
#Intranetlinkbait the search that actually works. Find out where. #intranet ping @sammarshall — Kristian Norling (@kristiannorling) June 6, 2014
#intranetlinkbait ‘This guy updated his profile and you won’t believe what happened next!’ — ClearBox Consulting (@ClearBoxTeam) June 6, 2014
“10 things senior management are saying you just aren’t going to believe” #intranetlinkbait well obviously cc @sammarshall @DigitalJonathan — Chris Tubb (@christubb) June 6, 2014
#intranetlinkbait “The CEO sent what to the secretary!? The email you weren’t supposed to see.” — Andrew Wright (@roojwright) June 6, 2014
#intranetlinkbait C-suite survivor: we let you vote on who stays. — Rebecca Jackson (@_rebeccajackson) June 6, 2014
#intranetlinkbait “Ten reasons why you don’t have a corner office yet” #ic #intranet — Sam Marshall (@sammarshall) June 6, 2014
1Crackers are largely a UK peculiarity, so if you don’t know them, they’re basically cardboard tubes with a small explosive, a hat, a joke, and a gift that nobody wants. An obvious combination when you think of it.
2Though I did hear a good one recently:
Q: Why did the chicken cross the mobius strip?
A: To get to the same side of the road.
Check #intranetadvent for previous intranet ideas.
