Post: Microsoft admit using the Japanese Earthquake as a marketing technique was wrong
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03-14-2011, 06:23 PM
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Thankfully (in a sense) the tweet only ended up with 100-200 retweets and Microsoft quickly realised they had made a mistake and tweeted the following:
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It was a nice gesture to give $100k to the relief efforts but a little more care in the future is definitely needed when dealing with such sensitive topics.
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03-14-2011, 06:30 PM
#2
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Originally posted by Ropponen
Yesterday Microsoft decided to raise money for the victims of the Japanese Earthquake, which is a nice idea. However, when you turn it into a potential marketing technique to raise the awareness of a service (Bing) it somewhat ruins the original thought. The original tweet was:
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Thankfully (in a sense) the tweet only ended up with 100-200 retweets and Microsoft quickly realised they had made a mistake and tweeted the following:
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It was a nice gesture to give $100k to the relief efforts but a little more care in the future is definitely needed when dealing with such sensitive topics.
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Thankfully (in a sense) the tweet only ended up with 100-200 retweets and Microsoft quickly realised they had made a mistake and tweeted the following:
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It was a nice gesture to give $100k to the relief efforts but a little more care in the future is definitely needed when dealing with such sensitive topics.
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Tbh i don't think this is such a big deal , i mean they are donating money . They are doing a good thing but they could have been a bit more careful on how they phrased they Tweet . Good find tho
03-14-2011, 07:03 PM
#3
Soldier.
The Legend
Originally posted by Ropponen
Yesterday Microsoft decided to raise money for the victims of the Japanese Earthquake, which is a nice idea. However, when you turn it into a potential marketing technique to raise the awareness of a service (Bing) it somewhat ruins the original thought. The original tweet was:
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Thankfully (in a sense) the tweet only ended up with 100-200 retweets and Microsoft quickly realised they had made a mistake and tweeted the following:
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It was a nice gesture to give $100k to the relief efforts but a little more care in the future is definitely needed when dealing with such sensitive topics.
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Thankfully (in a sense) the tweet only ended up with 100-200 retweets and Microsoft quickly realised they had made a mistake and tweeted the following:
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It was a nice gesture to give $100k to the relief efforts but a little more care in the future is definitely needed when dealing with such sensitive topics.
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I must learn to type faster :\
I was just about to post MY version of this.... ffs.
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