Yahoo has a lot to learn, I have a feeling the new MSN Search and Win campaign will gather a lot more response. If not, that’s fine, it just helps both Nathan’s odds and mine. I’ve already changed my Firefox search engine from Google to MSN…
Sure, Target puts a few red targets on their roofs and gets a little buzz. But, what if they somehow incorporated this 3D awesomeness into their stores? Who says marketing can’t be fun?
This may just be the Valentine’s Day talking but is it me or does the United States have some of the prettiest competitors in the world? It’s that ‘girl-next-door’ mixed with the ‘best-on-the-planet’ look that really struck me today… and if you’re wondering, I plan on eating ice cream and watching The Notebook alone tomorrow night.
Monday is near. I found this video and it reminded me that college isn’t so bad. You get to find some real talent. Anyway, you’ll probably enjoy the video. Deep down I, too, am a white kid with a guitar singing a collection of rap songs. Personally, I would’ve thrown some Sean Paul in…
Scoble is upset because people are talking more about Google than Microsoft. Nathan is also expressing his concern.
Guys, the reasoning behind all of this is pretty clear. Yes, MSN has a much larger user base than GMail. But, all the popular nerds with blogs, all those guys ‘buzzing’ about Google Domains: they love Google. The people who know what an MX record is don’t really want their domain on MSN Live Messenger nor MSN Live Mail. They want to use the weapon-of-choice for nerds everywhere: GMail. I’ve used both, I express the same sentiment. I’m a Live beta tester, I use the new MSN, I use the new email… I like GMail better.
Oh, and why would people have ever said ‘MSN goes after Outlook’? I’ve used a product called the “MSN Outlook Connector“. Hey, when/if Google comes out with a calendar are we going to get upset because we didn’t mention MSN has one, too?
Put simply, MSN jumped into the email game far too late. I think we all can agree on that. GMail changed the way many people do email and it will always attract the related ‘buzz’.
Okay, guys, for once somebody copied Microsoft. ;-)
Sick of getting credit offers that you never initiated? I get at least 3 credit-card offers each week. There’s an easy way to stop these:
I wouldn’t have noticed this offer was available to me if it weren’t for this new regulation requiring a statement in “12-point type – on the first page of the offer” letting me know I can stop unsolicited offers. You have the option of having your information removed for 5 years or permanently (you must mail back a form). If you’re wary of giving up your information you can read this page from the FTC.
The FTC also points to this website used for deleting yourself from direct marketing mailing lists.
So… what are you waiting for?
Seth almost tricked me. The site he’s referring to is Wikipedia (notably almost identical to MySpace). Click here for the graph.
Seth points to the 90 Days of BzzAgent blog. I’m very glad to see this. I had emailed Dave last year suggesting he harness the power of blogs (the BeeLog sucked). Heck, searching for ‘balter grapevine’ turned up BusinessBits as the first result for quite some time. In any case, this is how Dave Balter described the 90 days blog in his email to John: “It’s like a reality show.
I woke up yesterday and it was 50 degrees. This whole week’s average has has been barely more than 60. When I wake up it’s typically the coldest part of the day (around 10-20 degrees). But 50 degrees at 7:00 in the morning?! Noon rolled around and the clouds settled, wind raced down the hills… it started to get downright nasty! Clear blue sky by 2:00p. Then, I look out my window around 11:00p to find three inches of snow. The temperature is now 18. This is a typical day in Colorado…
