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WHEN LYNLEY BENDALL and Ally Wanikau walked down the aisle to exchange vows today, the fasten-seatbelt signs were off.
The couple celebrated the legalisation of gay marriage in New Zealand by getting hitched in a plane at 39,000 feet. Along for the ride was Jesse Tyler Ferguson, star of the ABC sitcom “Modern Family.”
Instead of soda and peanuts, the flight attendants served champagne and canapés.
Melissa Ray, right, and Natasha Wall take part in their wedding ceremony to be one of the first gay couples in New Zealand to be married. Pic: AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Greg Bowker
Today was the first day same-sex couples could marry in New Zealand, where the law was changed back in April. Officials said that about three dozen same-sex couples planned to marry in towns and cities throughout the country.
Bendall and Wanikau were flying high after winning a promotion by national carrier Air New Zealand.
“Passing the bill, and the law change, is huge for our country,” Bendall said. “We’re so proud.” She and Wanikau have been together 13 years and have three foster children.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, left, and husband Justin Mikita on July 31 in Los Angeles. Pic: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Ferguson said he hoped to shine the spotlight on “this amazing movement forward for civil rights” in New Zealand.
He married his longtime partner, lawyer Justin Mikita, in a New York City ceremony last month.
“So I’m very happy to come out here with my husband to bring some attention to this great day,” he said.
Rachel Briscoe, left, and Jess Ivess, second left, celebrate their marriage as does and Richard Andrew, second right, and Richard Rawstorn after their respective same-sex wedding ceremony held at Rotorua, New Zealand. Pic: AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Alan Gibson
After the charter flight landed, the plane was towed to a hangar for a reception with live music and a rainbow-colored wedding cake.
Celebrant Kim Jewel Elliott had twice before united the couple — first in 2001 in a commitment ceremony and then in 2009 in a civil union.
“I feel so happy,” Elliott said. “Injustices still happen and there are still things to fight for. But this is a real day of joy.”
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40 years old is a bit misleading. To nerds sending a mail in a lab? Think i got my first mail in 1995
Yeah and it was well after that that it became adopted widely enough to be of any use for marketing. Plus, let’s not forget that email marketing only works in tandem with functional online stores, which didnt really exist until the late 1990s (eg Amazon’s IPO was in 1997, and it didn’t make a profit until 2001).
Pats full of Sh#t
*That’s
I’m innocent I tells ya… I’m flabbergasted… Never in all my years. Millions of letters of support.
Find facebook too restrictive. Its great if your just a big brand wanting image and logo, but if your message wants to get your USP’s across and a phone number, then facebook needs to broaden its protocols. Its obviously designed to suit facebook, and yet there’s more freedom with a street billboard. Perhaps fit the nerd at facebook read Ogilvy’s ‘Confessions of advertising man’ he would discover learn how the industry works . . Emails, brilliant. they fall into the format of the worlds most oldest format of advertising; the editorial style.
Surely those figures are skewed, considering email newsletters are something you have already showed an interest in,bought something from in the past, or was recommended by a friend, so therefore you would be more likely to buy from?
How do you get someone on your email list? Facebook Adverts and Adwords, so social is important. Doesn’t sound like he tested Facebook ads with their great targeting. Email probably is the most effective, but it’s isn’t free, you need a good CRM to do email properly,
You just need a list. Why do you think so many stores are asking for email address when you buy products
If it’s just a list and not relevant to you when you receive the email, then you will just deleted it. Newsletters via email are now tailored to you based on your needs and trends/buying habits. Under Armor for example used to just send out generic emails offers. Now they can customize and change them as they have a lot of data on you. Good read: https://news.sap.com/how-under-armours-digital-transformation-will-improve-your-health/
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