Matt Damon's Fork Can Be Yours on E-bay

by Kelly Richardson
kelly.richardson@careeredcorner.com
Career Ed Corner Columnist

Imagine having a fork that holds the DNA of one of the hottest actors of our generation. That’s right. For a ridiculous fee, you can purchase a fork used by Matt Damon to eat his crème puff. It’s apparently never been washed and is garnering incredible interest.

In a move of Internet marketing and advertising genius, an employee at a posh restaurant has placed one of Matt Damon’s eating forks on E-bay for bidders to obtain. Although the fork can not be forensically verified, bidders believe the auction site enough to make massive bids on the piece of star material. The winning bidder also gets the leftover crème puff that Damon was dining on, along with the prize fork. Here are the details of the sale piece.

Internet Marketing and Advertising Wonder

• Humble Beginnings. The seller of the item apparently worked on the set of “The Good Shepard,” which stars Damon and Angelina Jolie and is set to be released next year.
• Verification. The advertising claims to provide a pay stub verifying the origin of the crème puff and fork.
• Movie Prop. The seller marketing the item claims that it is an actual prop used by Damon in one of the scenes of the movie.

The fact that these items can garner thousands of dollars through Internet auctions without reliable verification has huge implications for marketing and advertising strategy in the Digital Age. The Internet, with its access to mass markets, is changing the face of traditional advertising and marketing. The new rules for marketing and advertising are still unclear, as marketing professionals come to terms with a market whose tastes run to celebrity-licked forks.

Internet Marketing and Advertising Career

If you’d like to find the pulse of the new Internet marketplace, consider an internet marketing or advertising career.

• Environment. The great thing about Internet marketing and advertising is that you can perform your duties from the comfort of your own home.
• Outlook. The commercial society we live in will ensure that marketing and advertising professionals will be in constant demand.
• Education. You can complete a two or four year marketing and advertising degree to begin your exciting new career.

The new frontier in Internet marketing and advertising means plenty of opportunity for talented professionals. With the right education, you can help shape the future of advertising.

About the Author

Kelly Richardson covers the local education and technology scenes in major cities across the country. His articles appear in a variety of respected educational journals, periodicals, and e-zines.