Comments on: “Amazon PR Tries to Dam the River of News; Flood Ensues” http://socialtnt.com/2007/11/15/amazon-pr-tries-to-dam-the-river-of-news-flood-ensues/ social media, marketing and PR tips, commentary and review Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:55:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Marie Williams http://socialtnt.com/2007/11/15/amazon-pr-tries-to-dam-the-river-of-news-flood-ensues/#comment-95 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:40:39 +0000 http://socialtnt.com/2007/11/15/amazon-pr-tries-to-dam-the-river-of-news-flood-ensues/#comment-95 Great post, Chris. I’m shell shocked about the first-person statement. Certainly a ballsy (and ill-advised) move on Amazon’s part. I have to agree with Mike, since taking this tactic would never, EVER have crossed my mind as an option.

I started writing a huge, long comment with my further thoughts on this issue, but then realized it would make a better blog post so I posted on Flackette instead. ;) Check it out for my additional takeaways.

]]> By: Mike http://socialtnt.com/2007/11/15/amazon-pr-tries-to-dam-the-river-of-news-flood-ensues/#comment-94 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:39:49 +0000 http://socialtnt.com/2007/11/15/amazon-pr-tries-to-dam-the-river-of-news-flood-ensues/#comment-94 Marshall’s post about this incident is fascinating. Maybe I’m just a simple guy who does his best to get by in an honest, effective manner, but this example is almost unbelievable. It’s just dumb at first, up until the point at which Amazon writes a “statement” on Marshall’s behalf. That is such a bold, arrogant, ignorant move. I can honestly say I wouldn’t ever have put that in the “bad idea” column it never would have crossed my mind in the first place. Wow.

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