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- Social media marketing opportunism during tragedy = fail
- Social media marketing opportunism during tragedy = failNot everybody there is AmericanEven in your hometown blogs foreigners are implying that they are Americans.that's normal behaviourWe are bombarded too with TV ads to buy Obama coins for $10 +S&H...that's what I call a domestic tragedy!RE: Social media marketing opportunism during tragedy...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-28
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- Apple???s Q3 2009: best non-holiday quarter in company history
- Apple???s Q3 2009: best non-holiday quarter in company historyOh, my.It appears that quite a few "Laptop Hunters" (maybe those who weren't paid off by Microsoft) have been hunting for non-PCs.Wow! Is it ever quiet in here! It will be interesting...to compare these results to those of the BloatFarm. Unlike...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-21
- Poisonous Personalities at Work & Play
- I picked up on this slightly superficial US 'lifestyle' post , "8 Toxic Personalities to Avoid" by Brett Blumental, on one of Yahoo!'s many consumer sub sites (Shine/Sheer Balance/Manage your Life) after seeing its popularity rising on del.icio.us. Although we like to think that the people in our lives...
- Blog posts 2009-05-27
- Sickening swine flu, social media opportunism
- Sickening swine flu, social media opportunismAnti-bacterial wipesThere is mounting evidence that too much cleanliness can leave children vulnerable to diseases they should have become immune to. When it comes to toddlers, let them eat dirt. Most people don't know how to wash their handsI'm not kidding.The purpose of hand washing...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
- News to know: Cisco; Kindle DX; MySpace; Microsoft
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Cisco's third quarter: Better than expected; Sales down; Economic recovery 'eventual' Andrew Nusca: Amazon Kindle DX: The solution to...
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- Sickening swine flu, social media opportunism
- It's times like these that make me ashamed to say I work in marketing. The noise around swine flu has quieted down a little, but that's not to say that people still shouldn't be wary. However, I'm a little peeved at the types of media pitches I...
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- Craigslist becomes political pinata
- Craigslist becomes political pinataCraigs List Last time I checked The Washington Post and the Yellow Book in this area the ads there were nothing like what is posted in the Wash DC Erotic Services section of Craigs. A photo of a naked woman on her knees giving a blow...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-06
- News to know: AOL's new CEO; Windows 7; Cloud computing
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Is Windows 7 reliable enough to release now? Brian Sommer: A U.S. Version of the Satyam Scandal? Washington D.C. IT Fraud? ...
- Blog posts 2009-03-13
- Social media and charity: philanthropy or crass opportunism?
- Social media and charity: philanthropy or crass opportunism?you tell meHow many people have heard of P&G, and how many have heard of Feed America? Exactly.It IS a win scenario for everyone, even if only 10 bucks was made for the charity. That's 10 bucks more than they had,...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-12
- Social media and charity: philanthropy or crass opportunism?
- A few months ago I wrote about some issues surrounding the Twitter response to the tragic attacks in Mumbai. The social network activity around these attacks represented, in my opinion, a new maturation point of information sharing in social media, as I wrote: On one...
- Blog posts 2009-03-12
- Weasels in the Woodwork
- Dennis Howlett makes some terrific points in comparing the new Jive Software 'Social Business Software' that refreshes the Clearspace 2.5 product line today with existing enterprise incumbents. Dennis and his cohorts in the enterprise irregulars have seen a few laps of the enterprise software game...
- Blog posts 2009-03-10
- News to know: Mumbai attacks, Microhoo, Holiday shopping, HDTVs
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jennifer Leggio: Mumbai attack coverage demonstrates good and bad maturation point of social media Social media marketing opportunism during tragedy = fail Oliver Marks: Mumbai Attacks...
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Social media marketing opportunism during tragedy = fail
- If your company is considering trying to take advantage of the brewing conversations about Mumbai on social networks to squeeze in news about your company -- don't. by Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- China connection eyed in Oak Ridge cyber attack
- China connection eyed in Oak Ridge cyber attackUnbelievable!How could this happen?such a cat and mouse game, likethe one your advertising hackers play, mutating tags to force such mindless slogans as 'the go-to place' over and over and over upon us, hoping to beat our filtering of such glop, and leave...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-10
- Barak Obama's "volunteer" should cost his campaign $39,000? I don't think so.
- Barak Obama's "volunteer" should cost his campaign $39,000? I don't think so.Difference between representation and fan siteSorry, Mitch, I disagree -- nobody "represents" anyone without a business or personal relationship.Anthony never claimed to "represent" the Obama organization. He claimed to be a fan, gathering like-minded voters.Obama's staff wanted him...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-03
- If others think poorly or well of you (personally or professionally), TheGORB.com will tell you
- If others think poorly or well of you personally or professionally, TheGORB.com will tell youopportunismI only see this site as either being abused by opportunists or either not creating any controversy at all. The goal of creating controversy already is very opportunistic and quite frankly when people's personal feelings are...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-11
- IP company sues AMD over patents
- IP company sues AMD over patentsDon't you love how AMD plays stupid?Umm, we haven;'t seen the suit so we can't say anything.Ummm, yes, they have been telling us for FOUR YEARS but our lawyers said to play stupid...If they made the allegation four years ago......they should have sued three years...
- Discussion threads 2006-11-17
- The long green
- It may not be obvious to most of us yet, but theres a green revolution on its way into our data centers and onto our desktops. Now I dont mean one based on global environmental consciousness or the latest mass media insanity - complete with the usual media intolerance...
- Blog posts 2006-10-04
- Unanswered questions: Bill Gates, programmer?
- Unanswered questions: Bill Gates, programmer?Unanswered questions.....With the way you are trying to justify your comments it sems there is a little bit of Gates envy around!! Isn't opportunism the essence of capitalism? and arent those people who make the opportunities considered to be great businessmen?Winners write historyI have no first...
- Discussion threads 2006-07-17
- Microsoft security product set for official debut
- Microsoft security product set for official debutWell done MS for releasing a product"Microsoft plans to start selling Windows OneCare Live on Thursday, three years after it announced its intent to move into the antivirus space."Oh no, seems they haven't;-)Sure - Buy All Your Fire Insurance From Arsonists!You have got to...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-30
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