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Why I’m Dropping InstantSlideup Like a Hot Potato

Why I’m Dropping InstantSlideup Like a Hot Potato

By Bob Warfield on March 15, 2012

This is one of those minor personal rants that come up from time to time.  What good is having a blog if you have to be all serious and to the point all the time? I recently had tried a little piece of software called “InstantSlideup” (not gonna link to them as I don’t want […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged bootstrapping, marketing, SEOmoz, spam

Google Says Spam a Priority, Not So Much a Problem

Google Says Spam a Priority, Not So Much a Problem

By Bob Warfield on January 23, 2011

Official response from Matt Cutts on the Google Search Spam problem.  The long and the short of it?  There is acknowledgement that there has been a “slight uptick” in recent months but that things are much better than they were 5 years ago: The short answer is that according to the evaluation metrics that we’ve […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Facebook, google, marketing, ReadWriteWeb, spam, strategy, Web 2.0 | 2 Responses

Those Who Can’t Do, Teach. The Hidden Dangers of Email.

Those Who Can’t Do, Teach. The Hidden Dangers of Email.

By Zoli Erdos on August 17, 2010

Oh, the irony.  Communispond, the Agency that excels sending the same horrendously dumb email year by year actually has the ***s to hold a webinar titled: Writing Skills: The Hidden Dangers of Email: Emails are so quick and easy to write – and it’s so simple to hit the Send button. But most of us […]

Posted in Business | Tagged communication, communispond, email campaign, spam, Webinar | 2 Responses

There's PR.   And there's Dumb PR.  And there's Even Dumber PR.  And No CRM System Can Save Them.

There’s PR. And there’s Dumb PR. And there’s Even Dumber PR. And No CRM System Can Save Them.

By Zoli Erdos on August 4, 2010

The best CRM system can’t help you if your sales / marketing team is clueless.  Here’s a ridiculous email I’ve just received.  Name removed to protect the (not-so) innocent X. Y. kindly requests a meeting Hi Zoli, In celebrating our 40th anniversary, I’ve been given the privilege to manage the relationship between your organization and […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged communispond, CRM, dumb, email campaign, pr, rant, salesforce.com, sap, spam | 3 Responses

The Care and Feeding of Industry Analysts – Take Two

The Care and Feeding of Industry Analysts – Take Two

By Zoli Erdos on May 18, 2010

Some analysts (?) spammers just won’t learn.  I ridiculed this “research report” a few months ago (quoting old post below): The Care and Feeding of Industry Analysts The Top 10 Questions The Care and Feeding of Industry Analysts Will Answer For You Include: 1. What are the ten deadly sins NOT to commit when working […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Industry analyst, research, spam

The Care and Feeding of Industry Analysts

The Care and Feeding of Industry Analysts

By Zoli Erdos on March 3, 2010

Some of my email spam is actually quite entertaining, like this offer for a “research report”: The Care and Feeding of Industry Analysts The Top 10 Questions The Care and Feeding of Industry Analysts Will Answer For You Include: 1. What are the ten deadly sins NOT to commit when working with an industry analyst […]

Posted in Business | Tagged analysts, Humor, Industry analyst, industry research, Research Report, spam | 1 Response

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