Comments on: It takes a brave man to compliment the ads on his site

By: Zack

Zack — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:59:24 +0000

That’s funny, I never noticed it until you pointed it out. Now I’m addicted to their site.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:31:10 +0000

I have to admit, I’ve watched the videos, too. I didn’t click through to the site on principle, though.

By: Chas Edwards

Chas Edwards — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:30:30 +0000

Steve (and M Gorman, John Proffitt and Swift Loris) — Chas here, FM’s publisher. It warms my heart to read this post and comments. We don’t always get it right, but we’re trying our darnedest to find marketers who want to add to the reader experience readers at sites like LR. In Sprint (and their agencies, Goodby and Mindshare), we’ve found a committed partner!

By: John Proffitt

John Proffitt — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:05:03 +0000

Hey — if it’s good, there’s nothing wrong with mentioning it. It’s all part of the ecosystem now, isn’t it? Might as well comment on it.

Now that I think about it, consider the “news” stories that run from time to time talking about particular commercials and their popularity or repulsiveness or whatever. How much print has been spilled over the GEICO cavemen and their new upcoming video series?

Smoke ‘em if ya got ‘em…

By: Swift Loris

Swift Loris — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:48:49 +0000

Those are sheer genius. (The “Turbo Parking” one worries me a little, though.)

Thing is, I would never have clicked on one if you hadn’t drawn attention to it…

By: M Gorman

M Gorman — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:23:15 +0000

Agreed. Clicked through to their site from here and I wasted a good 15 minutes going through the different clips.

Though I still can’t get the hang of speed tying my shoes.