HAL9000 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm grateful to one of the participants of this > thread for directing me to a strange coincidence: > it seems that Huguenot, in real life, is an > internet marketing consultant who makes a living > out of training big business in the fine art of > spamming FaceBook and Twitter users with targeted > advertising... > > A few interesting quotes from an article in > Campaign (some from Huguenot himself): > > The World: Cashing in on social networking the > Asian way (23 October 2009) > Social media users can be bought by advertisers > for as little as nine pence each. Robin Hicks > finds out how marketers benefit. > > As in the West, traditional advertising is not the > most popular way brands are using social networks > in Asia. Advertisers are increasingly trying to > enter the content stream itself, reaching > "influencers" in blogs and friend circles. ... > > The idea was to attract foreign visitors and > encourage guests to promote the hotel as "the > perfect blend of East meets West. > > More extreme methods to get popular quickly are > now emerging ... an online marketing company ... > sells Facebook friends for 15 cents each (nine > pence) to companies interested in a particular > demographic or interest group that suits what they > sell. > > ... provided that brands do not spam their > "friends" too often with messages and links, a > relationship can be built over time. "It's not > like buying Google ad clicks, which you have to > keep on buying. A Facebook friend or Twitter > follower, if treated well, can be marketed to > indefinitely at no extra cost." A Twitter follower > could be worth ten cents a month in sales, he > says, while a Facebook friend is worth a dollar a > month. > > But the good times might not last if the letters > to his lawyers continue to arrive. He has already > received legal writs from Digg and Twitter, but, > after writing back to defend his corner, has heard > nothing since. > > ... proves that the rules are still being written > for social network marketing in Asia. "We're not > breaking any laws. We're just doing what any other > Facebook user would do if he had the knowledge or > time," he says. > > Talk about hypocrisy! I just can't let this go. Advising people on how to use the social networks is not 'Spamming', Hugenot's quotes in this article are absolutely fine and certainly not hypocritical and not part of the picture you try to paint. Hal, you really are a bit of an unpleasant maggot aren't you? Bad taste in my mouth as I have defended you in the past. YUK. Go away.