Hello web-friends, I have been appointed to my dream job and I need your help to make it rock. I have been selected to join the Faiths Act Fellows, a cadre of 30 young interfaith leaders in the US, UK, and Canada who will spend August 2009-June 2010 working to promote malaria eradication. This is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘marketing’
Of Advertising and Return
March 12th, 2009
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A little while ago, I caught a tweet from @davewiner pointing out that super web-guy and blog-champ @jasoncalacanis was offering Twitter $10000/month to be on the “Suggested Users” list. I retweeted it and offered Mr. Calacanis $5000/month to relentlessly promote him and his work. I wasn’t entirely serious, and I’m convinced that my response was [...]
FedEx Freebies
March 7th, 2009
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FedEx/Kinko’s will provide job seekers with 25 free copies of their resume (albeit for only one day, March 10). It’s a great example of socially-conscious marketing. The round-up is here at Microgiving. I oftentimes see companies doing things like this. My first reaction is always one of excitement and empathy. I immediately see the company [...]
Quick Responses and Warm Bodies
February 2nd, 2009
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I’m helping to organize some malaria awareness events on campus this quarter and the next, and I had the bright idea to find a real anti-malarial anti-mosquito bednet. Not having any idea where I might find such a thing, I contacted my point-person at the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, who promptly beeped someone at Malaria [...]
