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it's a subtle and effective form of marketing. I don't have a problem with it.
by bosshog 18y ago
it's a subtle and effective form of marketing. I don't have a problem with it.
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- gruseom 18y agoI do. If you want to make your name, write or do something great. Broadcasting your own name suggests that there isn't enough substance to speak for itself. This strategy only works (if it does) until people realize you're doing it, at which point they lose respect for you. That doesn't seem like subtle or effective marketing to me.
- 9oliYQjP 18y agoYup. This reminds me of when Microsoft decided to copy Apple's "Designed by Apple in California" packaging label with an uglier kitschy copy: "Hello from Seattle". http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/10/05.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/10/05.html This unknown name broadcasting is the equivalent of having to wear off-brand clothing labels. When I was a kid and wanted Nike stuff but my parents could only afford some store brand, I'd rather not have had the label than the dumb Nike-wannabe logo that was on the shirt. Putting the off-brand label just made everything cheesy even if the shirt itself was of similar quality to the real deal.
- epi0Bauqu 18y agoIt is not subtle.