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Many years ago my company tried your service with little to no results. Eventually we gave up on Vendorseek because of bad leads and poor service. Since we left you have made it a point to not lose contact with Brand Identity Guru.

For years you’ve had new rep after new rep send me emails. And for years I have asked to be removed from your email list. Once I ask to be removed it now becomes spam. So for two years Vendorseek has been spamming us.

On April 21st I received another spam email from a new rep:

Hello,

I wanted to take a moment of your time to inform you that VendorSeek.com has greatly expanded our efforts in the Direct Mail Services category. Do to these changes; we have seen a significant increase in the volume of leads we are processing in this category.

I would welcome the opportunity to discuss with you in more detail about how VendorSeek.com can help grow your business through our qualified leads.

Feel free to reach me directly at

Mark Bergstrom

MarketingProfs conference June 9-10 Boston - Tackles Latest Issues facing B2B companies and marketers today.

 

MarketingProfs, a leading provider of strategic and tactical marketing know-how for marketing and business professionals worldwide has garnered David Meerman Scott and Dan Ariely as the keynotes for the upcoming MarketingProfs Business-to-Business Forum in Boston, June 9th and 10th at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel.

 

This stellar how-to conference will assemble the top B2B marketing strategists in the country and features seminars covering: B2B lead generation, conversion, retention, ROI and measurement, new technologies and much more.

 

David Meerman Scott, author of “The New Rules of Marketing and PR” and the popular blog - http://www.webinknow.com, is a highly sought after speaker and will deliver the keynote on Tuesday June 10 titled, “B2B Viral Marketing: How to Trigger Word-of-Mouse that Spreads Your Ideas for Free.” In the keynote, Scott will explore the art and science of creating B2B viral marketing initiatives as well as dozens of case examples of Web success from B2B companies large and small.

 

Dan Ariely, author of NYTimes best-selling book “Predictably Irrational” is an esteemed MIT scholar as well as marketing strategist. Dan’s keynote titled, “Unlocking Customer Behavior…How to Understand and Profit from Predictably Irrational Customers” will provide answers to understanding common behaviors, how they influence purchasing patterns and how you can successfully target those buyers.

 

“The content and knowledge imparted at MProfs B2B Forum 2007 was excellent, and from my notes, I had a list of about 15 new marketing ideas to follow up on when I got back to the office,” said Bruce Rowe, ViaSat Inc.

 

The MarketingProfs B2B Forum will be held in a one of a kind intimate setting focused on empowering marketers through lively participation in sessions, intensives, keynote addresses and the unique mealtime assemblies. And unlike other conferences this conference encompasses all levels of marketing endeavors including Web 1.0, 2.0 and traditional successes in marketing efforts offline.

 

The forum offers a myriad of sessions and topics including: B2B Email that Moves the Needle, Intelligent B2B Web Design, B2B Social Media Strategy, Achieving Closed Loop ROI, Branding is a Road Trip, and much more. For a full list of topics please go to this link - http://www.marketingprofs.com/events/4/program.

 

In addition to access to leading marketing thinkers like Scott and Ariely, all attendees will receive MarketingProfs research report on “B2B Sales Lead Generation: Integration of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 Media.” The report is valued at $279 and is free for all attendees.

 

Cost for the conference is $1145 by May 19 and $1295 thereafter. The MarketingProfs Premium member rate is $995. The cost includes two full days of sessions, exhibit hall access, free research report, networking reception, and all meals. To register, please go to this link - http://www.marketingprofs.com/events/4/conference.

 

For more information on the conference you can also reach Tara or Susanne here:

 

Tara Curran

718-938-1634

Susanne Sicilian

201-676-2582

 

Contact Information

Susanne Sicilian

http://www.marketingprofs.com

201-676-2582

 

 

Look I’m not an earthy-crunchy dude at all. And I usually never talk politics but this video Greenpeace made is some pretty powerful stuff. Not sure why they are singling out Dove but this video if it gets traction will make people think strongly about the Dove Brand.

Here’s Greenpeace’s video spoofing the Dove video below:

Here is Dove’s Video:

Dove is trying to build its brand by suggesting the beauty industry is bad while Greenpeace is suggesting that Dove is causing the planet to die…yikes, good stuff.

More from the Greenpeace release:

Washington, United States— A month before world leaders gather in Bali to decide next steps to combat global warming, Greenpeace today released a report detailing the role played by growing demand for palm oil in Indonesian peat forest destruction and global warming. Many companies, including ADM, Unilever, Cargill, Procter & Gamble, Dove soap, Nestlé, Kraft and Burger King, are driving the demand for palm oil used in food and cosmetics products such as Pringles, KitKat candy, Oreo cookies, and Philadelphia Cream Cheese. The Indonesian peatlands, unique tropical forests whose dense soil can be burned to produce energy and are being destroyed to make way for palm oil plantations, are some of the world’s great carbon sinks and their destruction already accounts for four percent of annual global emissions.

 Dowload the full story here:

http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press-center/releases2/greenpeace-report-details-how

Hey Dove, this could hurt your branding effort…

 

Five years ago, when Wal-Mart Stores Inc. issued a startling mandate that its suppliers must adopt radio frequency identification technology, Daisy Brand Inc. quickly volunteered to be first out of the gate.

In keeping with my series “When Naming Goes Bad” I give you “When logos Go Bad” (genius huh). You have to wonder what putz (pardon the pun) actually approved this logo without looking at. It’s a bit racy so be prepared:

Is he a computer doctor or a urologist? Can’t make this stuff up folks…

Following on from the last post Don’t Let The Host Go Down On Me, where I sorted out a hosting problem that shouldn’t happen to nice webmasters like me… erm, well now I’d like to talk about bananas. Yes, that’s right seriously - bananas. I can see the startled look on your face as you read on [...]

In today’s economy even the banks need to find creative ways to fund business loans!

Just like the ripoff they did with the Microsoft logo.  I just received my spam email from President Brian Reiff (breiff@directhitsolutions.com) that just makes my blood boil. First off if you’re a Search Engine Optimization company you should know the spam rules, shame on you.

But here’s the subject title of this piece of spam, non-viral piece of crapola: “An SEO Company That Has Lost Their Minds! Funny Video!”

I watched the video. It’s ah, er, horrible. What’s worse is that they made it part of their homepage. It’s just keeps looping on and on. Crap over crap.

They’ve completely violated at least 6 copyright laws by taking the Microsoft, Yahoo and Google logos (maybe they could slip under through parody but it’s not funny). Even still they couldn’t afford the lawsuits by all three of them. Then they ripped off a few songs that I highly doubt they got the licensing for. More lawsuits.

All to get some backlinks to their miserable website. I’m not going to give them the link credit but if you want to view this “video” just go here: http://www/. directhitsolutions.com (broken link on purpose).

They have one page on “brand web design” which is a complete joke as they obviously know nothing of branding. If I were a client I would question a few things:

1. SEO companies that spam are easily persuaded to conduct black hat SEO tactics. Not saying they do, but I’d bet a paycheck on it.

2. Branding is much more than web design (marketing 101).

My thoughts, these guys are amateurs, avoid them. What say you?

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