5/21/2008Innovative Marketing

Todays marketing world is very competitive. Everybody trying to come up with new ideas; few succeed.

My bank recently sent me a postcard offering online bill pay. Whats so innovative about it? The whole post card is innovative; the postcard have seeds in it, if you plant it you will have nice and beautiful wildflower.

Take a look at the pictures of both sides of the postcard.


 

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Posted on: 5/21/2008 at 5:49 PM
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5/21/200811 People Burned to Death for Witchcraft

A mob in western Kenya has burned to death 11 people suspected of being witches and wizards.

Deputy police spokesman Charles Owino says the mob hunted down the eight women and three men in two villages in the western Kenya district of Kisii Central. Owino says most of the victims were between 70 and 90 years old.

Senior administrator Njoroge Ndirangu says the mob used a list Tuesday night and Wednesday morning to hunt down people they said were suspected witches and wizards.

"These people identified who is to be killed by accusing their victims of bewitching their sons and daughters," says Ndirangu. Ndirangu is the commissioner in charge of Kisii Central district.

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Posted on: 5/21/2008 at 3:27 PM
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5/21/2008Woman Gets 20 Million Dollars for Baby Stuck in Birth Canal

An Ohio jury has awarded more than $20 million to a woman whose baby was stuck in her birth canal for 13 hours.

A jury found doctors negligent Monday for trying to push Heather Grow's 9-pound baby through in 1997. The process squeezed her head. The baby was eventually delivered by Caesarean section.

Grow's attorneys argued during a medical malpractice trial that the baby suffered brain injuries. Doctors had told Grow months earlier that she had a narrow pelvic arch.

The lawyers say the now 10-year-old girl has limited use of her limbs, has vision problems and is mildly retarded.

The doctors organization Group Health Associates says Dr. Lisa Yang "did everything medically possible to facilitate a healthy delivery."

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Posted on: 5/21/2008 at 3:26 PM
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5/20/2008$175 Burger!

I would not eat a $175 burger even if I could afford it. But hey some people do.

Its creators admit it is the ultimate in decadence: a $175 hamburger. The Wall Street Burger Shoppe just raised its price from $150 to assure its designation as the costliest burger in the city as determined by Pocket Change, an online newsletter about the most expensive things in New York.

What its made of?
  • lots of Kobe beef
  • lots of black truffles
  • seared foie gras
  • aged Gruyere cheese
  • wild mushrooms
  • flecks of gold leaf on a brioche bun
  • golden truffle mayonnaise
  • Belgian-style fries
  • mixed greens and tomato salad

How many they sell?
About 20-25 per month

Availability
available only during black truffle season from December to March

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Posted on: 5/20/2008 at 10:39 AM
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5/20/2008Contest Diary - Prestart

Before we started the contest we had:

Members: 250 

Posts: 1385 

 

30 days to go. Lets see what happens.

Things I did for marketing the contest:

- Since the forum is a webmaster forum, I posted the  contest on every webmaster forum I am member of. DP, V7n to mention a few.

- I submitted the contest to quite a few contest directories. 

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Posted on: 5/20/2008 at 9:45 AM
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5/20/2008Contest Diary

 

I am running a contest on my forum webcosmoforums.com Since the forum is a relatively new one I am trying to give it a boost. 

My goals from the contest:

- Get more members

- More posts 

Prizes

Top Poster Prize:
Baby Plan from hostGator.com
Linux hosting
Disk Space 600GB, Bandwidth 6000GB, CPanel, 1 Domain, Unlimited FTP,
Site builder, Unlimited email accounts, Unlimited MySql, PHP, 99.9% Uptime guarantee and more.

Second Top Poster Prize:
Hatchling Plan from hostGator.com
Linux hosting
Disk Space 350GB, Bandwidth 3000GB, CPanel, 1 Domain, Unlimited FTP,
Site builder, Unlimited email accounts, Unlimited MySql, PHP, 99.9% Uptime guarantee and more. 

Contest duration

We are running the contest for 30 days ending on June 19, 2008. 

Rules

- All you have to do is post on the forum http://www.WebCosmoForums.com. You can make relevant posts in
any categories you like.
- This contest is open for existing and new members all. If you don't have an account, register an account.
- New threads, answering others all counts.
- Each new thread post worths 2 points. Each answers worth 1 point.
- All posts must be meaningful. Yes, no, good, bad, nice post these type
of short answers would not be counted.
- Starts May 20, 2008 12AM GMT
- Ends June 19, 2008 12PM GMT.
- Winners will be declared June 21, 2008.
- We would pay only for the hosting plans. Hosting accounts would be registered under your name. We are not responsible for any succeeding renewals.
- Minimum 150 posts (threads and posts any) during the contest period.
- One account per person.

This is sort of an experiemnt for me to maximize my contest marketing effort.

I will be writing a day by day log on this entry so you get a picture of what I did to marketize the contest and what I gained on a daily basis.

 

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Posted on: 5/20/2008 at 8:02 AM
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5/20/2008Default Donkey jailed for bad behavior

A Mexican donkey is doing jail time in southern Mexico for assault and battery

The animal was locked up at a local jail that normally holds people for public drunkenness and other disturbances after it bit and kicked two men near a ranch in Chiapas state, police said Monday.


Officer Sinar Gomez said the donkey will remain behind bars until its owner agrees to pay the men's medical bills.


"Around here, if someone commits a crime they are jailed," Gomez said — "no matter who they are."



The owner, Mauro Gutierrez, said he would try to reach a friendly arrangement to pay the men's bills, estimated at US$420 (euro270).



The victims said the donkey bit Genaro Vazquez, 63, in the chest on Sunday and then kicked 52-year-old Andres Hernandez as he tried to come to the rescue, fracturing his ankle.


"All of a sudden, the animal was on top of us like it was rabid," Hernandez said.


Police said it took a half-dozen men to control the enraged burro.
Chiapas police have thrown animals in the slammer before, including a bull that devoured corn crops and destroyed two wooden vending stands in March.


In 2006, a dog was locked up for 12 days after biting someone. His owners were fined US$18.

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Posted on: 5/20/2008 at 7:15 AM
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