Aug 19
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Because things are so bad that people buy gift cards for $29.99 for a flu-shot in the Walgreens pharmacy below our office in downtown San Francisco – flu shot costs subsidized by no one.. And how much does it cost the city when someone goes to our local free clinic because they have flu sysmptoms??
Give the gift of healthcare this season!
Aug 04
Another reason why Cordarounds (a local men’s clothing vendor) continues to kill it with their Facebook ads. Simple, funny, targeted (women don’t get shown these ads).
Black belt pajamas. Now we can all kick @ss on the sofa!
Jul 07
Hopefully Purple Strategies PR doesn’t allow any more “We care about the small people” fiascos. Interestingly for a PR firm, they have given zero thought to their search engine optimization,
their meta description still has the joomla default tag and their homepage is all Flash… which begs the question -
Are government and big oil contracts so “insiders only” of an environment that they are completely immune to any desired web marketing? It’s almost like they don’t want to be found…hmmm.
One of their principal partners, Alex Castellanos, has done a lot of work for Bush/Cheney and has been called “the new media mastermind of the Republican party.” I’m not saying Bush or Republicans are good or bad, just pointing out how odd it is for a frequent guest on CNN and long-time political insider to have a website that doesn’t seem to want to be found…
A frequent guest on CNN
Pssst! Tell them you care about your customers – you know, the small people!
Jul 01
OK, President Obama didn’t say that (in exact words verbatim) but in what is to be yet another surefire advancement towards the stereotype of Asian guys loving math, this year’s “Mathletes” from the 2010 national math competition (MathCounts) were uhm… you guessed it (even if you were too politically correct to say it out loud) a bunch of Asians. Have mixed feelings about this one…
this pic is from the White House website:
1 Asian guy, 2 Asian guys, 3....
Jun 16
Taco trucks skirting the law (and local zoning codes) offering delicious Mexican and Mexican/Korean fusion (yes!) foods consistently show effective use of tweets for direct sales. Not many other verticals can say that about twitter usage.
Your truck has how many followers?
Jun 11
Quick 2 minute tour explains what the 17 of us here in San Fran have been up to for the past 10 months…
DoctorBase – Dentist & Doctor Reviews from DoctorBase on Vimeo.
Jun 09
Gawker breaks iPad security leak news.. gains massive traffic, mainstream cred, and SEO links.
Goatse strikes (again)
Jun 03
The new Tom VU of the Internet is “the Rich Jerk.” His best quote is “I’m a jerk, but I don’t care because I’m rich.” I wonder what the bigger conversion trick is – the blonde hanging on his arm or the idea that he says anyone can “make several millions dollars every year on the internet, doing almost nothing.”
That’s right, keep eating those chips while watching day-time TV – your lotto ticket is just one click away!
ripping off hopelessly dumb people all over the country...
Jun 01
I may have missed someone, but this makes us the only non-VC funded company (read: Organic) that has been selected to have their healthcare provider reviews be indexed as part of Google’s local reviews. It’s a huge honor and I’m biased of course – but our reviews are verified, accurate, and come backed by an ethical reviews policy – no doorway pages, no “astro-turfed” reviews, no b.s. And we’re glad both the public and Goog appreciate it. We promise to keep the good karma going strong.
A lot of hard work by our engineers, marketing folk, and doctors!
May 28
Oh, Montel Williams… didn’t you win an Emmy once? If you look at the interest rate on payday loans – it’s pretty much like loan sharking. Except I don’t think Montel would scare anyone if he showed up to your door..
does anyone remember me from daytime tv?
May 27
I recently booked a $24.75 car form Dollar. Upon leaving they charged me $9 for not having the receipt for the gas I filled the tank with (to avoid being charged $6 a gallon) and $15 for an “optionally required insurance charge.” Total cost for a $25 car – $50.
Hey man, I just work here!
May 25
Tronix country ads are in heavy rotation across news channels such as CNN “the most trusted name in news,” and others. They offer a “free” laptop with easy credit terms, and in small print their disclaimer says “starting at $29 per week.”
Per week? So basically I could just buy a new laptop for what I would pay Tronix Country for about 4 months. Sounds like a steal..
A quick search in the Goog shows other complaints..
May 24
OK, so I have a few mormon friends that may be offended, but I’m going to err on hopes they see the humor in this…
Banned in Salt Lake City too?? Really???
May 24
Loving hulu for archived SNL skits… this feature from hulu allows bloggers to imbed not only their imbedded video player, but allows their search & browse function as well.. try it!
May 20
“As Seen on TV” is now following me on twitter… ironic, isn’t it?
Their twitter page has all sorts of offers giving away, in this instance, “$200 of free pizza!” That and a cute girl between the pizzas and you have any geek’s dream come true -
The new short-con (give-away ____ for your private info) now lives on twitter
These ads are primarily aimed at students and the ”low-income demographic” (an insulting term used by marketers to describe “blue collar” consumers AKA “the Nascar family”). They sucker folks in with a “free” prize, and then make them continuously opt-in for multiple offers from multiple vendors to claim said prize.
How much is your personal information worth?
May 07
Brilliant example of the entertainment & marketing potential of twitter – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off on Twitter.
Ferris Bueller tweets about his day.. off
May 06
From informationisbeautiful.com - thx for the link Farid!
Interesting study during election time. Check out the article and see the actual Goog spreadsheet of stats (2005 is the fullest).
May 04
Now the cheapest parking in downtown is $13 a day. Still a bargain compared to North Beach.
The last vestiges of cheap parking now officially gone.
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