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Marketwhatnow?

One thing I’m absolutely wretched at is marketing.   This is a bit odd since my father’s been in advertising as nearly as long as I’ve known him, you’d think some of that might have rubbed off.  Yeah, no. So … Continue reading

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Yeah…not so much

I found Norton’s response to my letter amusing to say the least. Dear Tom, Thank you for contacting Norton support. Thanks for letting us know that you have signed up for the family newsletter. Norton Family Newsletter is to alert … Continue reading

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It’s marketing season!

This morning I found a “Service Notification” popped up from my copy of Norton Anti-virus trying to get me to sign up for some newsletter.   Aww, thanks.  I didn’t realize I was paying for a product AND to be … Continue reading

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Stupid is as Kabloom does

You would think unsubscribing via their site, sending them an angry email, tweeting about them, and posting an angry blog post would be enough.  But noooo, Kabloom, the company that doesn’t respect you, doesn’t get it.  So today they get … Continue reading

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Here’s why brick and mortar stores shouldn’t die

Everyone touts the ease of shopping via the internet.   It is easy, and the breadth of product available can hardly be beat.  But here’s the problem; in exchange for that convenience you subject yourself to the electronic equivalent to … Continue reading

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Clarification from Delphi

I heard from Jennifer Newman from Delphi about the promotion I blogged about.    Straight from them (with the unfortunate punctuation errors my php script does [...need to work on that]): Read your blog with concerns on the gift card. … Continue reading

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Marketing strikes again

So when is a gift card not a gift card?  When it’s really a mislabeled coupon of course.  Have a look at what showed up in my mail today from delphiglass.com: Gift cards are typically analogous to the gift certificate … Continue reading

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Ummm….no Staples. No it’s not.

I’m signed up to get the Staples flyer in my email every week.  It’s nice because I get a sneak peek at the coming week’s specials on the off chance I actually need something. This week, though, I saw something … Continue reading

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Unconventional marketing opportunities

I received an email from my local Chevy dealer today offering to clear up some confusion over the ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program our tax dollars are currently funding.  Honestly I’d have rathered that I just got some money to help … Continue reading

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Marketing postmortem

As you likely know, I ran a contest last week.  If it’s news to you, please…let me know because it means I have a hole in my marketing. Here’s what I did to set up the contest.   Buried on … Continue reading

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