Comments on: Tip the Writer!

By: admin

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:03:34 +0000

The controversy continues Steven Hodsen – http://www.winextra.com/2008/08/26/treating-ads-like-tip-jars-is-wrong/ clearly does not agree with Seth Godin’s suggestion.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:30:42 +0000

He did offer a clarification of his comments later in the day.

What would the internet be without a little controversy?

By: Kyle Lacy

Kyle Lacy — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:54:39 +0000

Seth Godin was blasted in multiple blogs the day this was submitted. Many people started talking about click fraud.

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links for 2008-08-23 | The Marketing Technology Blog — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:30:55 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:42:33 +0000

Seth Godin is nothing if not controversial. He must have received a lot of email this morning, to warrant a second post on the topic.

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/08/beating-the-sta.html

By: Lorraine Ball

Lorraine Ball — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:31:43 +0000

Click, Click, Click, – Ok so you have enough tips as a result of my last visit to buy the sugar to go in your coffee, but that will be our secret!

By: Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:04:19 +0000

Thanks Lorraine! Of course, if I ever mentioned this, it would be a violation of terms with the advertisers. As such, officially, I do not support this!

However, I do hope people keep talking about it!