Comments on: Do You Know Who I Think I Am? http://www.buzzbishop.com/blog/2008/02/06/do-you-know-who-i-am/ spread the word, ya heard? Sun, 7 Sep 2008 03:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: The Blog According to Buzz » Blog Archive » Credit Where Credit is Due http://www.buzzbishop.com/blog/2008/02/06/do-you-know-who-i-am/#comment-466 The Blog According to Buzz » Blog Archive » Credit Where Credit is Due Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:44:11 +0000 http://www.buzzbishop.com/blog/2008/02/06/do-you-know-who-i-am/#comment-466 [...] I played the “media card” and got a little bit quicker attention than the regular Joe, but when Jen and I talked about how we [...] [...] I played the “media card” and got a little bit quicker attention than the regular Joe, but when Jen and I talked about how we [...]

]]> By: Kate http://www.buzzbishop.com/blog/2008/02/06/do-you-know-who-i-am/#comment-330 Kate Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:25:32 +0000 http://www.buzzbishop.com/blog/2008/02/06/do-you-know-who-i-am/#comment-330 It's called turboing: http://www.macwhiz.com/articles/art-of-turboing.html (that's "turbo-ing" not "tur-boing") It’s called turboing: http://www.macwhiz.com/articles/art-of-turboing.html

(that’s “turbo-ing” not “tur-boing”)

]]> By: bz http://www.buzzbishop.com/blog/2008/02/06/do-you-know-who-i-am/#comment-317 bz Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:09:41 +0000 http://www.buzzbishop.com/blog/2008/02/06/do-you-know-who-i-am/#comment-317 I was being sarcastic with my advice. I lean more to what my friend had to say. My problem was easily solvable, those on the front lines aren't given the tools to solve them. I didnt want to "play the media card," I was just letting someone I know in the company of my situation to see if they could help. You know, "put a good word in for me." In my case, it worked, but it shouldnt have had to come to that. I was being sarcastic with my advice. I lean more to what my friend had to say. My problem was easily solvable, those on the front lines aren’t given the tools to solve them.

I didnt want to “play the media card,” I was just letting someone I know in the company of my situation to see if they could help. You know, “put a good word in for me.”

In my case, it worked, but it shouldnt have had to come to that.

]]> By: Ryan Cousineau http://www.buzzbishop.com/blog/2008/02/06/do-you-know-who-i-am/#comment-316 Ryan Cousineau Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:59:29 +0000 http://www.buzzbishop.com/blog/2008/02/06/do-you-know-who-i-am/#comment-316 While fully supporting your right to fix your problem this way, you may have found a solution that will only work for you (or at least a relatively small number of yous who are important enough to be on the Media Relations mailing list). The basic issue is that solving the problem for you is an easy no-brainer for the PR person. But in bulk, the goal of Future Shop is to minimize the support costs. Because of that, the solution not only won't work for people who aren't Buzz, it almost certainly won't scale without putting Future Shop out of business. While fully supporting your right to fix your problem this way, you may have found a solution that will only work for you (or at least a relatively small number of yous who are important enough to be on the Media Relations mailing list).

The basic issue is that solving the problem for you is an easy no-brainer for the PR person. But in bulk, the goal of Future Shop is to minimize the support costs. Because of that, the solution not only won’t work for people who aren’t Buzz, it almost certainly won’t scale without putting Future Shop out of business.

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