Category Archives: Marketing / Product Sampling
Popeyes Chicken giving away Free Gallon of Ice Tea!
I thought this was funny, a Popeyes giving away a free gallon of ice tea with your purchase of chicken. Really?
A&W fails with bad gettag.mobi site
So Microsoft thinks they can do QR Codes better with gettag.mobi, Its a pathedic ripoff of the QR model since you need their Microsoft App to scan it! Whats the point? So A&W and other places are printing these on … Continue reading
HP Touchpad is now $99!
I find it funny that when the HP Touchpad doesn’t sell, Everywhere discounts it to $99 to just get rid of them. Even walmart and Best Buy (Canada) are basically giving them away! Within seconds these were cleared out of … Continue reading
Grocery Store use of QR codes
As QR codes are hitting the US finally, its awesome to see more and more in local stores. I saw this on a Freschetta Pizza marketing display ad in the store. Great Idea to try and get customers that are … Continue reading
Impressed response time by AT&T on facebook
I was super impressed on facebook when I posted bad press (and we always do have problems) – how fast I received a response from AT&T! Great job! 23 min!
Facebook iFrame from FBML
Facebook is finally getting rid of FBML for the much improved iframe applications. The iFrames allow so much more content and rich content since it truily is a website loading within. Think of the possibility with google analytics to HTML … Continue reading
Smart Online Orders
I’m super impressed with Dominos online ordering for pizza, they actually let you track the status of your order… Great idea… they even survey their customers while they are on this screen. This is further a better idea in my … Continue reading
Email Marketing Single vs Double Opt In
Having someone “confirm” they email address – makes them much more interested in general. I have a great case study from a small market showing how the open rates are less for people who just “enter” their email address rather … Continue reading
E-mail the new currency?
So I spoke at the Madison Advertising Federation meeting on this past Monday, and realized I haven’t officially posted anything about email currency on my blog. So if you’ve read any of my articles there is a majority trend of … Continue reading
iPad Magazine subscriptions more than a hard copy?
iPad magazine subscriptions are all over the place now. Most are more than their same hard copy that you can receive through the mail. I’ve been pondering why for a while, and I think it clicked. ADs! Advertising is defiantly … Continue reading