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By: HipMojo.com - Main Street Meets Madison Avenue, Wall Street and Silicon Valley » Where Did Everyone Go?

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:14:23 +0000

[...] to not crossing the wall between advertising and editorial. Some of the accused agreed, some did not, a few were just [...]

By: Michael Markman

Michael Markman — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:00:13 +0000

I think you have it about right. And thanks for the insight about what seems to be an anti-Microsoft bias on Denton’s part. Still the campaign crosses a line that erodes a bloggers credibility.

In the MSM world there are usually different departments that deal with the business (advertising) and editorial (writing) side. It’s instiutionally easier to keep up the wall between them. In the blogosphere, both functions are often handled by the same individual. It takes special vigilance.

“people ready” was certainly not English-teacher-ready. Are people ready to understand that?

By: Robert McLaws: Windows Vista Edition : Since When Does Being Poor Give People Credibility?

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:51:45 +0000

[...] know, this whole debate over the Federated Media “People Ready” ad campaign really chaps my a$$. For the record, I’m not [...]

By: Steve S

Steve S — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:23:38 +0000

I think you hit the nail on the head mate, this has nothing at all to do with accepting money, it’s about the fact that bloggers are journalists and advertisers are advertisers. In order to maintain the integrity of our business, we must tread very lightly on the line between these two very different world.

By: Serdar

Serdar — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:09:50 +0000

The most advertising I figured I could run on my site was either Google AdWords or the Amazon ad block. I settled on Amazon — partly for the reasons cited above. I don’t feel quite as bad directing people to them (whatever the product) as I do directing them to a number of other folks.

By: Timothy J. McGowan

Timothy J. McGowan — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:42:52 +0000

What sort of writer would sign on for such a campaign with an obvious grammar error in the slogan?

I mean, really, “people ready”? Any writer should know that compound adjective requires a hyphen. See The Gregg Reference Manual, Tenth Edition, Section 820.

Or is this an overly subtle means of suggesting both that your business is people-ready and that your business has people ready for its clients? In the immortal word of Mike Myers’ Dr. Evil: “Ri-i-i-i-i-ight.”

By: The "people ready" blogstorm — Platform Agnostic

The "people ready" blogstorm — Platform Agnostic — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:59:31 +0000

[...] count me in the latter group with no reservations. My buddy Ed Bott (who really should be here in the Colorado mountains grooving to bluegrass with the rest of us – [...]

By: IMR: Extras: HawaiiBlog

IMR: Extras: HawaiiBlog — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:45:08 +0000

PayPerPost 2.0?…

Silicon Valley gossip blog Valleywag, which generally teeters just beyond the edge of credible reporting,……