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Vlad the Impaler Tries to Turn the Page with New Brand Strategy

A hip PR consultant’s got some big ideas.

Brian Abbey
5 min readMay 18, 2020
Image by SamWilliamsPhoto from Pixabay

Okay ladies and gentlemen, take your seats and let’s get started. My name is Alex and I’m Chief of Spin at Flayedman. That’s not my official title but it’s what I do. I crush it.

Now, as you know, our starboy here, Vlad, took some heat this year for some off the cuff decisions on the battlefield. Were they missteps? Doesn’t matter, really-the backlash has been less than stellar. But I’m here to spin all that noise into pure marketing gold.

My team has put together some primo options to relaunch the Vlad brand with more appeal to the youth that includes entry into multiple revenue channels like entertainment and travel.

Does everyone have something to drink? Yes? Good, let’s do this.

First parchment, Stefan.

“Vlad High Stakes.” The name says Vlad wants all the smoke. Look at the sick logo — three red stakes against a black background! It declares leadership but whispers I will stick you. Also red and black is the straight fire combo this year. It’s all about that Dragon Energy…

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Brian Abbey
Brian Abbey

Written by Brian Abbey

expat, ex-philosopher, ex-entrepreneur writing on society, relationships, & AI singularities. VICE, Salon, & misc humor sites @brianabbey brianabbeywriter.com

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