MackCollier

shares

I got swatted by Sergeant Swat! Would LOVE to know your thoughts on how Willert handled this: moblogsmoproblems.blogspot.com/2008/07/swatted-by-sergeant-swat.html

23 responses to this plurk

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 03:35PM

  DebInAustin

  says

  your post reminds me that I would like to do a Plurkshop on the unlikeliest of SM candidates- cos/orgs you would look at and think

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 03:35PM

  DebInAustin

  says

  "they couldn't use social media." Like water/waste treatment plants, personal hygiene, I don't know. I think there are always oppty, but

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 03:36PM

  DebInAustin

  says

  what kind of solutions would our group come up with. Case studies would be helpful.

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 03:40PM

  MackCollier

  says

  yep there's a lot of potential if cos look at their marketing in a new way!

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 03:43PM

  DebInAustin

  says

  I'll put it out there tomorrow night. I can't do it tonight.

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 03:44PM

  amsall

  says

  I suspect these guys are still "living in the past" - Huge opportunity for Marketing Education, if only they could be persuaded!

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 03:47PM

  MackCollier

  says

  Amadou it seems that if nothing else, they aren't monitoring the blogosphere, and I wonder if they are even monitoring their website traffic

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 03:47PM

  MackCollier

  says

  MP's newsletter alone should have given the site a noticible traffic spike, I would want to know why that happened...

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 03:59PM

  AmberCadabra

  that assumes someone is watching the traffic.

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 04:11PM

  MackCollier

  says

  right Amber, but again, this all happened weeks ago. Even if they were only monitoring occasionally, they would have found it by now

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 04:12PM

  DebInAustin

  says

  I just think some companies are totally out to lunch. We have so many companies here not even in the game.

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 04:14PM

  Stinky

  says

  for awhile I helped maintain my firm's website (not my job, I was just the only person who knew how)

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 04:14PM

  Stinky

  and I mentioned checking referrers and traffic, and they were like "WOW, you can DO that?!!"

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 04:15PM

  AmberCadabra

  yeah, stinky, that's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about. I'm baffled by the # of cos that just don't have the first clue.

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 04:18PM

  Stinky

  it's just so foolish to spend money on marketing and not even check to see if it's working.

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 04:20PM

  AmberCadabra

  It is indeed, but it happens ALL the time.

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 05:05PM

  onepinktee

  hell, forget monitoring their website traffic, are they even monitoring their info email?

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 08:49PM

  Teeg	wonders if they even maintain their own site. It looks fairly generic, maybe a "we have to have a site" setup?

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 08:50PM

  Teeg	If so, there may be no thought of e-mails or tracking or anything really having to do with the web. It's *just* a place for another ad.

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 08:51PM

  DebInAustin

  says

  I am with Amber this kind of thing happens all the time.

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 09:41PM

  AbleReach

  thinks

  there is still a huge potential for education in this area. Good heads-up article, Mark.

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  Jul 01, 2008 - 09:48PM

  AbleReach

  I reviewed you on Stumble

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  Jul 05, 2008 - 09:14PM

  karenswim

  says

  I think they missed a great opportunity.