Comments on: flacked by chanel? http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/09/flacked-by-chanel/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Wed, 23 May 2012 20:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Willem http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/09/flacked-by-chanel/#comment-3005 Willem Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:41:32 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1065#comment-3005 Too funny indeed. Here is another thought. If Mary and Sherry are one cubicle away, how come Mary can use lots of capital letters and can spell, but Sherry can't? The messages smell the same because both are constructed to be maximally different from one another. Too funny indeed. Here is another thought. If Mary and Sherry are one cubicle away, how come Mary can use lots of capital letters and can spell, but Sherry can’t? The messages smell the same because both are constructed to be maximally different from one another.

]]> By: Andertoons http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/09/flacked-by-chanel/#comment-3004 Andertoons Mon, 13 Dec 2004 06:23:27 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1065#comment-3004 Nicole Kidman is a hottie but the ad is crap. There, I said it and I'm glad. Nicole Kidman is a hottie but the ad is crap. There, I said it and I’m glad.

]]> By: The Definite Article http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/09/flacked-by-chanel/#comment-3007 The Definite Article Sun, 12 Dec 2004 06:42:30 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1065#comment-3007 <strong>(Faked) Conversations as Advertising</strong> I posted a couple of days ago about Hugh MacLeod's website. If you mosey down to his post Flacked by Chanel?, you'll see that he's getting posts on his website that look like something that could have been written by... (Faked) Conversations as Advertising

I posted a couple of days ago about Hugh MacLeod’s website. If you mosey down to his post Flacked by Chanel?, you’ll see that he’s getting posts on his website that look like something that could have been written by…

]]> By: Watson http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/09/flacked-by-chanel/#comment-3003 Watson Sun, 12 Dec 2004 00:16:17 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1065#comment-3003 Big money is spent on national ad to sell at Walgreens is part of an equation that makes fiscal sense. The only way to sell those millions of bottles is to remind us to buy them. Blog-vertising with real conversations cuts out the ad-men and huge chunks of cash. Worth defending? You bet. But will blogging survive commercials? What I like about Blog-vertising is that 'heart' is a recognizable quality. You can't really fake it. I've gone to a few advertising links from the Void and found them pretty good. I grow to trust McLeod's judgment and taste. Reading Bloggerists exercises our bullshit meters. That process stimulates emotional and intellectual interactivity on a high level. It sticks. Less passivity. Less psychological fol-de-rol. Less crap. Less condecension. How to fight back? Throw away your television set. Damn. Got me goin', that. Big money is spent on national ad to sell at Walgreens is part of an equation that makes fiscal sense. The only way to sell those millions of bottles is to remind us to buy them.
Blog-vertising with real conversations cuts out the ad-men and huge chunks of cash.
Worth defending? You bet.
But will blogging survive commercials?
What I like about Blog-vertising is that ‘heart’ is a recognizable quality. You can’t really fake it. I’ve gone to a few advertising links from the Void and found them pretty good. I grow to trust McLeod’s judgment and taste.
Reading Bloggerists exercises our bullshit meters.
That process stimulates emotional and intellectual interactivity on a high level. It sticks.
Less passivity.
Less psychological fol-de-rol.
Less crap.
Less condecension.
How to fight back? Throw away your television set.
Damn.
Got me goin’, that.

]]> By: Max http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/09/flacked-by-chanel/#comment-3002 Max Sat, 11 Dec 2004 07:02:32 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1065#comment-3002 The Chanel ad really did suck. The Chanel ad really did suck.

]]> By: Eric http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/09/flacked-by-chanel/#comment-3001 Eric Sat, 11 Dec 2004 06:22:09 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1065#comment-3001 Oops, damnit! Just read Hugh's post on Bzz Agents. So, yeah. What he said.... =) Oops, damnit! Just read Hugh’s post on Bzz Agents. So, yeah. What he said.… =)

]]> By: Eric http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/09/flacked-by-chanel/#comment-3000 Eric Sat, 11 Dec 2004 06:14:26 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1065#comment-3000 There are in fact listings for this type of job on craigslist, usually in the "Marketing/PR" category. Often the job titles will be something along the lines of "brand ambassador" or "Promotional Marketing Reps." Most people would call them "street-teamers." Apparently there are some folks so obsessed with their favorite brands that simply buying the logo-defiled clothes and handbags is not sufficient to prove their devotion. No, they would prefer to do thankless, tireless work (like posting on weblogs and discussion forums) in the hopes of scoring some more free logo-encrusted trinkets. There are in fact listings for this type of job on craigslist, usually in the “Marketing/PR” category. Often the job titles will be something along the lines of “brand ambassador” or “Promotional Marketing Reps.” Most people would call them “street-teamers.” Apparently there are some folks so obsessed with their favorite brands that simply buying the logo-defiled clothes and handbags is not sufficient to prove their devotion. No, they would prefer to do thankless, tireless work (like posting on weblogs and discussion forums) in the hopes of scoring some more free logo-encrusted trinkets.

]]> By: Johnnie Moore's Weblog http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/09/flacked-by-chanel/#comment-3006 Johnnie Moore's Weblog Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:30:26 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1065#comment-3006 <strong>The rules have changed</strong> Hugh at gapingvoid has been on top form with his series on the Chanel No 5 movie/ad. Funniest of all are some of the comments defending the ad.... The rules have changed

Hugh at gapingvoid has been on top form with his series on the Chanel No 5 movie/ad. Funniest of all are some of the comments defending the ad.…

]]> By: AcouSvnt http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/09/flacked-by-chanel/#comment-2999 AcouSvnt Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:03:49 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1065#comment-2999 You suspect they work for Chanel? I guess that makes sense. After spending that much money on the ad itself they really have to scrape the bottom of the piggy bank to hire anyone to fight on the blogfront, and can't afford the luxury of literacy. You suspect they work for Chanel? I guess that makes sense. After spending that much money on the ad itself they really have to scrape the bottom of the piggy bank to hire anyone to fight on the blogfront, and can’t afford the luxury of literacy.

]]> By: case http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/09/flacked-by-chanel/#comment-2998 case Fri, 10 Dec 2004 03:04:46 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1065#comment-2998 Nevertheless, the key question remains unanswered: can you really take seriousy anyone who pebble dashes their comments with that many exclamation marks? They're clearly a nincompoop!!!!!! Nevertheless, the key question remains unanswered: can you really take seriousy anyone who pebble dashes their comments with that many exclamation marks? They’re clearly a nincompoop!!!!!!

]]> By: campester http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/09/flacked-by-chanel/#comment-2997 campester Fri, 10 Dec 2004 02:00:57 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1065#comment-2997 nice work if you can get it. i'd at least make up names that don't rhyme fer chrissakes. seriously - how DO paid trolls get their jobs? is in on craig's list? i'm ready for a change! finally, the job i could do from home in my bathrobe - a dream come true! i could finally earn the money i need to buy a wi-fi enabled laptop and spend all week long in my favorite coffee shop. would i ever make those baristas sick of me by the time friday rolls around... i guess i just don't have what it takes. nice work if you can get it.
i’d at least make up names that don’t rhyme fer chrissakes.
seriously — how DO paid trolls get their jobs? is in on craig’s list? i’m ready for a change! finally, the job i could do from home in my bathrobe — a dream come true! i could finally earn the money i need to buy a wi-fi enabled laptop and spend all week long in my favorite coffee shop. would i ever make those baristas sick of me by the time friday rolls around…
i guess i just don’t have what it takes.

]]> By: hugh macleod http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/09/flacked-by-chanel/#comment-2996 hugh macleod Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:25:59 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1065#comment-2996 Perhaps, Kevin. Hey, I could be wrong... ;-) I'd be less suspicious if the two writing styles weren't so similar... they kinda "smell" the same, somehow. Or is that just me? Also, I'm now #2 Google search for "Chanel No 5". I'm easy to find. Perhaps, Kevin. Hey, I could be wrong… ;-)
I’d be less suspicious if the two writing styles weren’t so similar… they kinda “smell” the same, somehow. Or is that just me?
Also, I’m now #2 Google search for “Chanel No 5″. I’m easy to find.

]]> By: Kevin http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/09/flacked-by-chanel/#comment-2995 Kevin Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:10:16 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1065#comment-2995 Here's the scenario: Mary reads your article, comments on it, forwards a link to a cow-orker Sherry in the next cubicle, who reads the article and leaves a similar comment. Being friends, it's not surprising they think alike. Because this happens in quick succession, their comments are only minutes apart. Since they are writing from the same office, behind the same firewall, they appear to have the same IP address. So it isn't *necessarily* bogus. Just playing devil's advocate. Here’s the scenario: Mary reads your article, comments on it, forwards a link to a cow-orker Sherry in the next cubicle, who reads the article and leaves a similar comment.
Being friends, it’s not surprising they think alike. Because this happens in quick succession, their comments are only minutes apart. Since they are writing from the same office, behind the same firewall, they appear to have the same IP address. So it isn’t *necessarily* bogus.
Just playing devil’s advocate.

]]> By: the other boo http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/09/flacked-by-chanel/#comment-2994 the other boo Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:03:30 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1065#comment-2994 I recall in previous posts some snooty reference to the stuff you buy in drug stores. Well, guess what? Chanel No. 5 is sold in a lot of drug stores. Maybe before they drop 18 mill on a commercial they should deal with basics like not selling your super high quality luxury product at Walgreens. I recall in previous posts some snooty reference to the stuff you buy in drug stores. Well, guess what? Chanel No. 5 is sold in a lot of drug stores. Maybe before they drop 18 mill on a commercial they should deal with basics like not selling your super high quality luxury product at Walgreens.

]]> By: hugh macleod http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/09/flacked-by-chanel/#comment-2993 hugh macleod Thu, 09 Dec 2004 23:54:11 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1065#comment-2993 Sam, duly noted. Thanks =) Sam, duly noted. Thanks =)

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