So, in case you hadn't heard, the Murphy-Goode Winery was having a cool contest. They were interviewing people via youtube vids for "a really goode job". The position is for a 6 month stint as a social media coordinator for the company. Why is it a "goode" job? Housing is provided, and you get payed $10,000 a month. Also, you probably get drunk a lot. Yeah... sweet.
A somewhat well-known (to geeks) tech personality by the name Martin Sargent (twitter) got into the running. So everyone posts vids and then there was voting to (presumably) whittle down the list of candidates. Martin got the most votes by a huge, huge margin. He did not get a spot in the top 50.
Now, I could bitch and moan all day about my preferred guy not winning. But that's dumb, it happens. They can pick people by whatever method they choose. It doesn't matter that Martin Sargent had a totally funny video and is basically, awesome. That's my opinion. What IS total bullshit here, is that in order to vote, you had to provide an email address.
What is the point of voting if winning the vote by an order of magnitude doesn't even get you into the top 50? There is no point... except to harvest email addresses. Murphy-Goode just got a ton of contact info. Oh sure, I'm sure they promised not to spam people, but maybe a little reminder every now and then about the social media campaign? Yeah.
Whoever came up with this job search idea is the real "social media coodrinator". Briliant way to get everyone's email addresses. If you think this is bunk, let them know how you feel.
Friday, June 26, 2009
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Wow, I feel bad for Martin, he's been out of work for 7 months! How long does unemployment money last? Time to pick up the flipper Marty and learn the phrase "do you want fries with that?".
He's been working on a part time basis for both TWiT and Rev3. Would have been nice to see him get something like this though.
It is true, the Murphy-Goode PR scam was just that--a scam-- a ploy to get email addresses. So Martin had no chance of really winning--or it didn't matter--because they didn't even consider the FAVORITES in their decision. The probably picked somebody who MG could control. Martin--is a free spirit--he would have been great---but not the white milk and melba toast those Murphy Goode corporate types want in that spot. He should be glad he didn't get it---he's too good for that crap. Murphy Goode looked they were doing super cool thing---and it turns out to be a very calculated, sheer business move that is not cool. If you are reading this---Do not buy their wines. Let some of that bad Karma go back to them. They are not true and cool, they are coming from a bad place. It's all about the money. And it didn't have to be.
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