How Not To Manage Or Market An Anonymous Blog
While cruising the blogosphere, I came across an interesting post about Coco-Cola’s new promotional efforts.
They’ve launched a new blog called The Zero Movement. This move may seem normal as more and more corporations start to harness the power of blogs, but there are more than a few problems with Coke’s execution.
As noted at AdRants, the blog appears to start in June 2005 and to be written by a couple average Joe Blows, but the whois records reveal it was only registered in late November 2005 and is owned by Coco-Cola.
Take a few moments to read the blog, you may discover that the content is really nothing more than one long subliminal advertisement.
Hint: count the number of times you see the word ‘zero’ mentioned on the website. Sure, it’s a good idea to mention your website’s title or main theme every so often, but there is a limit.
March 30th, 2006 at 2:57 am
Hi Teli
Looks like CC has given up on the idea of it being “anonymous” … it’s got CC branded all over it …
Heh … I love it seeing the big corporations try to do “hip” stuff and mess it up …
Great post!
Cheers
Nick :)
April 6th, 2006 at 6:49 pm
Thanks for the head’s up Nick - hopefully more Corporations will learn from Coke’s mistakes :)
~ Teli