Some of you may remember my little tirade last week against an agency that had sent me a ridiculously insulting email pitch on behalf of Anheuser-Busch.
Ever since, I've been waiting, to see if they were paying attention to the chatter they hoped to create. It would have been fairly easy to pick up the post on Technorati, and I expected some kind of reaction from them.
Well, I'm glad to say that they are indeed on the ball,. I'm not sure exactly how long they spent weighing up my words and planning a strategy to placate us, seeing as how important a blog we were to their promotional plans But obviously my criticism struck a nerve, which is why they sent me this very thoughtful and responsive reply.
Dear Webmaster,
I was just following up to see if you had any interest in being a participant in our Rolling Rock Affiliate Campaign that we are doing. I really thought your site fit this campaign perfectly and I was sorry to see that your name wasn't on the final list of participants. In case you didn't reply because you did not receive the original email I've added it below. Hopefully we will be able to work together on this!
Sincerely,
Laura, Big Interactive
Thanks, Laura. I thought it was about time we all knew who was leading the charge in Marketing 2.0.
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Dear scum whom we'd like to abuse
i was just loosing my will to live when i thought i'd share my corporate alcoholic misery with someone i have never met. your site is looked at by consumers who don't get fooled by crap tv ads so we thought we'd appeal to this minority by abusing your site. we don't think you worthy of being on the 'list' that my fellow corporate teat sucker drew up by looking at most hits per week, but seeing as you're actually visited by people we thought we'd abuse you anyway. in case you threw away our request that you sell your soul here's another copy that makes it look like i'm being generous. hopefully you scum will co-operate as i metaphorically suck your soul and brains out with my fangs.
Diabolically
Thingy, Bad Innuendo
It appears they may have fallen short of their stated limit of 150 participants.
Dear Laura,
Read your mail.
Sincerly,
Tom, Big Uninteractive