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Tag Archives: advertising
Suspending promises
A reader contacted me recently to ask why they are seeing ads on the blog now. It wasn’t that many posts ago I proudly proclaimed the site to be ad-free, after all. I have, so I have been told, broken … Continue reading
Facebook to boost engagement with new recursive Like feature
24 October 2015 – San Jose, CA Mark Zuckerburg announced today that Facebook will soon allow its users to “Like” another user’s “Like” on their own or another timeline. “We have been battling a lengthy and steady decline in compelling … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Rant, Tech
Tagged advertising, comedy, facebook, internet, malvertising, spyware
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Live Nude Girls!
There were many topless bars in the town where I grew up but only one fully nude dance club, and it was regionally famous. Bachelor party central. The tales told by pizza drivers of deliveries there were the stuff of … Continue reading
No ads!
Over at my IoPT blog I’ve written occasionally about how online ad networks are co-opted by cyber criminals and used to deliver malware. It is one reason why I’ve never carried ads on T-Rob.net, IoPTConsulting.com, or Ask-An-Aspie.net. But this blog … Continue reading
Spam origin experiment
One of the first things I did when I registered t-rob.net was to set up my new email address. The second thing I did was to delete the spam email that arrived a moment later. Spam is the scourge of … Continue reading
Posted in Clue train, PClouds, Rant, Social issues, Tech, VRM
Tagged advertising, email, fail, fraud, hacking, infosec, internet, life, marketing, network logins, rant, security, spam, technology, vrm
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Soverign by design
Over at moxytongue.com, Devon writes: I am challenged by questions concerning the structure of #VRM tools that are built for “Me” in a personal data context, versus the structure of #VRM tools that are built for “Us” in a market … Continue reading
Posted in PClouds, Social issues, Tech, VRM
Tagged advertising, economy, future, internet, marketing, power, quality, relationships, singularity, technology, technology advances, vrm
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Applying software’s customer interaction models to hardware
If you haven’t heard about Vendor Relationship Management, you should take a look. As a consumer, VRM gives you more power in the relationships with your vendors, even if they don’t participate. But for vendors who participate, VRM transforms the … Continue reading
Posted in Clue train, Social issues, VRM
Tagged advertising, consumer, crm, economy, fail, Ford, quality, rant, security, Sync, technology, vrm
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Advertising humor never gets old
I’m always amused by what gets through the review, edit and approval filters and becomes advertisement. Take the following from Capital One, for example: Obviously, credit card companies want you to run as much money as possible through the card. … Continue reading
Posted in Clue train, Humor, Rant
Tagged advertising, bucket, bucket list, Capital One, credit, death, fail, framing, humor, IMHO, life, persuasion, rant
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