Ear's The Rub, Ep. 139
[Chip tune music plays, slowly fading out as the host begins talking.]
TAP: Hey all, welcome back to another episode of Ear’s The Rub, a weekly podcast about earbuds. I’m your host Tap Winhart. I write about trends in the earbud industry for Wirenado, Gadge, and Tronique among other places. Today, I have a very special guest: head of the retail site Meh.com, it’s @Dave! Dave, thanks for joining us.
DAVE: It’s a pleasure to be here.
TAP: As you know, I’m an earbud user and I’m an earbud lover, but one thing I’ve never done is sold earbuds. You, on the other hand, working in the world of ecommerce, sell many earbuds, correct?
DAVE: Yes, on Meh, we’ve sold a wide variety of different earbuds and headpho–
TAP: Whoa! Whoa! This is a family program, Dave! Don’t use the h-word here!
DAVE: What? You mean headpho–
TAP: I just said don’t say it. If it doesn’t go in the ear, it doesn’t go in my show, understand?
DAVE: But they’re so closely rela–
TAP: Anyway, one thing that makes your site unique is that it offers one deal each day. That means, while someone like me has the luxury to review only the most cutting edge in the bud-verse, you have to find something to say about every pair of earbuds you sell. So, how do you keep it fresh?
DAVE: That’s a great question, Tap. One thing we might do is use the product description space to talk about earbuds in general. We trust our audience to know what wireless earbuds are, so maybe instead of describing exactly how they work, we might talk about something more conceptual.
TAP: Interesting. Like what?
DAVE: Well, with the pair we’re selling today, we might talk about how, given the lack of surface area on the buds themselves, there’s no real way to make them look fashionable. The burden of aesthetics thus falls on the charging case, but who will actually ever see the charging case? Which makes you wond–
TAP: Fascinating stuff, Dave. But let’s pause there for a quick note about today’s sponsors.
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DAVE: Don’t you want to say more about that last sponsor?
TAP: Nope.
DAVE: It’s just a pretty cool site, you know? A new design each week! The tee as a canvas for some great, often hilarious art!
TAP: I’ll deal with the ads, Dave.
DAVE: Sorry, I just–
TAP: Anyway, you were saying something about conceptual ideas for writing about earbuds when you’ve sold so many before.
DAVE: Yeah, we could do a kind of rant about the charging case, or something even sillier.
TAP: Like what?
DAVE: I don’t know, maybe a transcript of a fake podcast.
TAP: What? Why?
DAVE: To be funny.
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TAP: It’s not funny.
, I like these better causes I can hear music in both ears. THANKS MORNINGSAVE.
