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Does Crispin need a Twitter spammer?
Desperate times call for desperate measures. We've already seen one unemployed copywriter willing to bare all to grab attention in his quest for a job. Now, a former Publicis Vancouver copywriter is imploring Twitter users to spam Alex Bogusky in the hope of landing his dream gig at Crispin Porter + Bogusky. The idea: Chris Kahle will donate $1 to charity for the first 200 people who send Twitter messages to Bogusky urging him to hire Kahle. The message is to include a link to Kahle's site, where he's penned a "Dear Alex" (and interactive creative director Jeff Benjamin) letter that says he can't shake a recent visit to the shop's Boulder, Colo., headquarters. "Where normally I'd be playing free-association drinking games by myself and inventing new words to rhyme with smegma, now I just think of you guys." Touching. I have no doubt he'll get dozens of people to pass on his message—several already have—but I'm not sure this is going to fly. For one thing, Bogusky has already said he doesn't read his Twitter replies. More important, this effort is enthusiastic but comes up a bit short in subtlety. It's funny that ad people can see a new channel and immediately leap to the idea that the best way to use it is to bombard someone with messages. This happened to Current's Jordan Kretchmer, whose TwitteRFP led some shops to carpet-bomb him. Surely there must be more creative (and polite) ways to get someone's attention through social media. —Posted by Brian Morrissey |
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May 12, 2009 in News and Analysis | Permalink |
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Or... you could send him a direct message. It worked for me. Got a reply the next day, had an interview the following week.
Just an idea...
Bryan McCarty
Posted by: Bryan McCarty | May 12, 2009 12:33:44 PM
"Surely there must be more creative (and polite) ways to get someone's attention through social media."
Says snark blog.
The guy is raising money for charity, so I fail to see how this deserves to be written off as spam.
Posted by: Mike | May 12, 2009 1:23:06 PM
OK, he is raising money for charity.
But, his he being SINCERE in his attempt to raise money for charity? Or is he merely using this to his advantage to get the attention of CP and B to hire him?
His motives aren't to help charities. It's to get a job. And $200, yeah that will go really far.
I hope this Chris guy doesn't get a job out of this.
Posted by: Shaun Campos | May 12, 2009 2:18:30 PM
The author of this sounds like a poopy pants negative nancy that hate sthe idea Chris came up with the idea first. yeah Chris!
Posted by: Cory Grove | May 12, 2009 3:07:14 PM
"His motives aren't to help charities. It's to get a job"
Welcome to the world of advertising, and capitalism at large Shaun, I'm amazed you've gotten this far.
Posted by: Mike | May 12, 2009 3:36:09 PM
What a clown. Please don't participate in this nonsense. It will open up a can of worms and force every CEO with a legit twitter account to create an alias and go into hiding.
Clown Shoes > Size 8!
Posted by: shawn patriquin | May 12, 2009 3:42:24 PM
Cory, I mentioned that because the dude Bryan was the one who didn't seem to realize that.
So chill.
Posted by: Shaun Campos | May 12, 2009 4:44:22 PM
actually, that comment was directed towards you. this comment thread is kind of confusing.
Posted by: Shaun Campos | May 12, 2009 4:45:32 PM
Given the agency he is seeking employment did a Facebook defriending promotion for BK, it's a smart move. He knows his audience and is totally transparent in his motives. James Lee Foundation is a great cause. Go Chris.
But please keep on hating, that only fuels the fire.
Posted by: Brett T. T. Macfarlane | May 12, 2009 5:31:23 PM
But what about his book?
Posted by: GEORGE | May 13, 2009 6:22:24 PM
Crispin doesn't need Twitter spammers, but I do believe they're always on the lookout for people who understand of pop culture and know how to use it for campaigns. Which, I guess, is what Chris Kahle did. Hire the man, already.
Posted by: Suffian | May 15, 2009 2:15:20 AM
BTW, he got hired.
Posted by: Jay Chiat | May 20, 2009 6:34:35 PM
