Support a student please!

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Daradon

I wonder if we'll get a visit from a 'competitor' telling us how terrible we all are.

Isn't that what we're all hoping for?

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Isn't that what we're all hoping for?

I didn't mean specifically Hah, I doubt he shows his face around here again, though probably lurking. But a peeved off third party who feels cheated getting stuck in this weird crossfire. Hah kinda did ruin the contest for all involved, lol.

[burn_this_city]

I figure we will see a new poster from the other contenders try to make us feel bad. That they spent a lot of time on their idea and we ruined it.

[killer_carlson]

I don't know about CP ruining an idea here.

This is an online vote. Clearly through this thread it has been disclosed that several other competitors are also using social media to try and increase their votes. Nenshi's facebook being a great example.

Instead, this is an interesting situation from an analytical perspective about the counter effects of social media, or the effects of a poor social media policy. The original poster had an ill concieved social media plan and is seeing the consequences of it. I'm guessing he thought that the downside would be that no one would vote for his idea. Instead, he sees the consequence as putting him further behind than had he not made the effort.

I think there are lessons to be learned here and perhaps the OP should write an essay on it for extra credit. I'm sure CP would be happy to offer quotes and comments for the paper.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

I don't know about CP ruining an idea here.

This is an online vote. Clearly through this thread it has been disclosed that several other competitors are also using social media to try and increase their votes. Nenshi's facebook being a great example.

Instead, this is an interesting situation from an analytical perspective about the counter effects of social media, or the effects of a poor social media policy. The original poster had an ill concieved social media plan and is seeing the consequences of it. I'm guessing he thought that the downside would be that no one would vote for his idea. Instead, he sees the consequence as putting him further behind than had he not made the effort.

I think there are lessons to be learned here and perhaps the OP should write an essay on it for extra credit. I'm sure CP would be happy to offer quotes and comments for the paper.

I doubt the OP will be back to ask CP for anything anytime soon...

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

I don't know about CP ruining an idea here.

This is an online vote. Clearly through this thread it has been disclosed that several other competitors are also using social media to try and increase their votes. Nenshi's facebook being a great example.

Instead, this is an interesting situation from an analytical perspective about the counter effects of social media, or the effects of a poor social media policy. The original poster had an ill concieved social media plan and is seeing the consequences of it. I'm guessing he thought that the downside would be that no one would vote for his idea. Instead, he sees the consequence as putting him further behind than had he not made the effort.

I think there are lessons to be learned here and perhaps the OP should write an essay on it for extra credit. I'm sure CP would be happy to offer quotes and comments for the paper.

I believe the response was flippant, facetious. IE, they will claim we are ruining it, but are we really? Do we really think we are? Does it really matter at the end of the day?

[Polaroid]

We are not ruining the contest, we are just voting for the idea we like the best. Now its a major coincidence that we all like the same idea.

[Kipper is King]

I want to see this thread puff up like delicious Pilsbury baking!

[killer_carlson]

I would love to see a pilsbury baking response here as well, hence the essay

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I think I might have rifled off about 15 while walking the dogs.

[CKPThunder]

Originally Posted by awildermode

anyone know what Ha's vote count is?

As of 10:45AM, Michael Ha was in 5th with 411 votes.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Puxlut

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I think I might have rifled off about 15 while walking the dogs.

Wow, second and third place are barely moving.

[troutman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGA_Championship

The first PGA Championship was held later in 1916 at Siwanoy Country Club in Eastchester, New York.[3] The winner, Jim Barnes, received $500 and a diamond-studded gold medal donated by Rodman Wanamaker. The 2011 winner, Keegan Bradley, earned $1.445 million. The champion is also awarded a replica of the Wanamaker Trophy, which was also donated by Wanamaker, to keep for one year, and a smaller-sized keeper replica Wanamaker Trophy.

[awildermode]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

We are not ruining the contest, we are just voting for the idea we like the best. Now its a major coincidence that we all like the same idea.

just following instructions:

Vote for your favorite video in any region!

1. Click on the link for a region:
2. Pick a video and click on the ‘View’ button. A new browser window will open.
3. In the new browser window, click on the link saying ‘Final video’.
4. View the video.
5. To vote for the video, return to the original browser window and click on the video’s ‘Vote’ button.

Spread the word!

If you are a tournament participant, sign in to your account to get the direct link to your video and send it to your friends to get votes!

[pylon]

Originally Posted by troutman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGA_Championship

The first PGA Championship was held later in 1916 at Siwanoy Country Club in Eastchester, New York.[3] The winner, Jim Barnes, received $500 and a diamond-studded gold medal donated by Rodman Wanamaker. The 2011 winner, Keegan Bradley, earned $1.445 million. The champion is also awarded a replica of the Wanamaker Trophy, which was also donated by Wanamaker, to keep for one year, and a smaller-sized keeper replica Wanamaker Trophy.

Photoshoppers, get to work. The campaign team needs you.

[Eric Vail]

Originally Posted by pylon

Photoshoppers, get to work. The campaign team needs you.

Do we win this trophy, or does she?

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Eric Vail

Do we win this trophy, or does she?

We are all winners.... at life.

[Ducay]

Originally Posted by Eric Vail

Do we win this trophy, or does she?

She does, if she can win the men's PGA Championship

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

I figure we will see a new poster from the other contenders try to make us feel bad. That they spent a lot of time on their idea and we ruined it.

How?

To be honest I think that if this project did indeed have marketing component, which I believe it did, then we didn't ruin it. If you look at the wording on the site itself it encouraged people to spread the word and get their friends and family to vote for it.

We've seen evidence that these people flocking out to the social media to gain votes.

So Michael Ha followed the spirit of this assignment.

Where he failed is he acted like a really terrible telemarker, its great that he picked a website (CalgaryPuck with a large mass of potential voters. But like Al Gore he completely failed to comprehend that to get votes you need to sell your idea and why you should vote for it.

Instead he posted a nondescript please vote for me. There was no FAB on why we should vote for him and support his idea.

So he got a lesson in the real world failures of a badly executed internet marketing scheme and received a lashback from a voter base that gets a little cynical when a person's first post is a cry to action, but there's no intriguing argument about why our action should support him.

If I'm his teacher I fail the lot of them based on their failures in that aspect.

Ha for failing to sell his idea or making it the primary reason for a call to action.

And Wannamaker for failing to take advantage of the negative backlash against her opponent to gain some much needed momentum to really crush him. (Plus her video is at a main level really annoying.)

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Ducay

She does, if she can win the men's PGA Championship

I'm pretty sure CP should be able to set that up for her...