[GLLUG] Is MS bribing bloggers?

Jason Folkens jason at acd.net
Fri Dec 29 13:57:50 EST 2006


YEAH!!!   so stop blaming microsoft for all the pain and suffering in this 
world!   or they'll start paying me to convert you guys.

:-)




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean O'Malley" <picasso at madflower.com>
To: "Clay Dowling" <clay at lazarusid.com>
Cc: "WFTL-LUG" <wftl-lug at salmar.com>; "Mark Szidik/mlc" 
<SzidikM at mlcnet.org>; "GLLUG" <linux-user at egr.msu.edu>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Is MS bribing bloggers?


> On Fri, 29 Dec 2006, Clay Dowling wrote:
>
>> The lunches and the pistons tickets, that's a different matter.
>
> so THAT is how you get Piston's tickets. =)
>
> It is nothing more then "stealth marketing".  It is the "hot"
> way to market stuff now. You generate a buzz among "cool" people and get
> them talking about your product. It is done with clothes, booze, cigs, and
> everything else especially where you want to get "in" with the trendy
> crowd.
>
> Companies PAY people to promote their products on blogs, forums, chat,
> etc.
>
> 60 minutes had something on this like 4 years ago where 12 y/o's
> were getting paid to promote a certain product on chat and in forums and
> stuff. It has been going on a lot longer then that. I have seen it on the
> net since around 95-96.. In chat rooms, and forums.. Even stuff like
> Amazon product reviews, software reviews, etc..
>
> The idea behind it is that "Word of Mouth" advertising is more effective
> then any commercial advertising.
>
> Actually there are at least a couple of companies that specialize in this
> type of marketing campaign.
>
> And really the "bloggers" might not be getting paid directly by Microsoft
> and are most likely contracted through a third party advertising company.
>
> I have also seen some people not actually getting paid but to pump up a
> product by a company they are heavily invested in either through stocks or
> training/certifications.
>
> The jist of it is, be careful whose Word you trust. :)
>
>
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