2.6 million dollars buys you this terrible waste of time...
But to make matters worse, you assume I use Internet Explorer and go here,
But instead I use firefox, and go here.
Sales Genie, you guys need help. Bad. It's time to give up the in-house pipe dream, and let the professionals get to work. At no point should you have been embarrased so badly by that ill-fated Super Bowl ad, and doubly shamed by ignoring the 70-80 million of us using firefox. For a company started with 100 bucks, you should be spending your money more wisely. Call my cell phone at 214-893-4622, and let's get you guys back on the right track.
Nice find, Paul. Way to go for it, too. I'm impressed. :)
Posted by: Cam Beck | February 06, 2007 at 07:44 PM
Wait a second; I called that number and got some nudie bar in Houston! What gives?
Amateurs...
Posted by: Tim Jackson | February 06, 2007 at 09:17 PM
Forget the quality of the ad -- I agree, it sucked.
But keep looking at your Internet Explorer and Firefox examples, and they look the same to me.
What am I missing?
Posted by: Phil Bernstein | February 06, 2007 at 09:38 PM
Got it.
Posted by: Phil Bernstein | February 06, 2007 at 10:17 PM
It's not just the little guys that are ignoring Firefox users. WalMart's new movie download service is completely f'd up. The site is located here http://mediadownloads.walmart.com and as of right now it's still looking bad. TechCrunch picked this up as well http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/06/nice-one-walmart.
Posted by: Matt Dickman | February 06, 2007 at 11:00 PM
So, my question is: Did they call, and how can I help? Call 860.673.7543.
Posted by: Lewis Green | February 07, 2007 at 12:41 PM
Excellent. Did you drop them a line to make sure they've seen this? I think it's worth it.
Posted by: CK | February 07, 2007 at 05:09 PM
Cam-That would be awesome if they'd actually come calling! I've seen them snooping around on here, so I know they're reading it!
Tim- That IS my number. My secondary job is spinning old AC/DC songs at seedy "night spots." :)
Phil- Glad you go it! Thanks!
Matt- That is AWESOME! How the hell could Walmart screw up that bad? Just incredible...
Lewis- Hopefully they'll call us both. They need some help, bad!
Ck- You're always my conscience. I will do so, for sure. :)
Posted by: Paul McEnany | February 07, 2007 at 10:02 PM
There you go Paul! Hopefully they call you. If I can help, hit me up.
Roger
Posted by: Business Consultant | February 08, 2007 at 01:35 PM
I agreed with you when I saw the ad -- thought it was horrible. Now I've gotta tip my hat to SalesGenie.
We fell into the trap of judging an ad as a piece of art. Meanwhile, the folks at SalesGenie didn't care if they made anybody's Top 10 list: they just wanted to sell subscriptions. And they sold 10,000 of them.
Posted by: Phil Bernstein | February 08, 2007 at 06:26 PM
Roger- I guessed they fixed it without calling!
Phil- I still think they cared. They put it up on their website for people to rate! I guess they really were just missing some awareness, and people are now definitely aware of Sales Genie. Hard to argue with success...
Posted by: Paul McEnany | February 08, 2007 at 09:29 PM
Hey! Dammit! I disappear for a week and I miss out on all this BUSINESS???
Call me! Call me too!
1-900-4MR-MKTG
Is it too late??????
Posted by: Sean Howard | February 10, 2007 at 05:58 PM
I agree with "Business Consultant".
It wasn't quite as entertaining as some beer ad which, by the way, probably wasn't too inexpensive either... but it sold and they made money with an inticing deal.
On the other hand, any company that is a service to a customer should do their homework and make sure that their services are readily available and as easily accessable as possible.
Posted by: Jeff Harvill | April 03, 2007 at 04:48 PM
Ignoring 70-80 million Firefox users is bad - blocking 50-60 million people in Korea is worse. The Salesgenie site is blocked to all DNS's in Korea because they had some 'trouble with hacking' from here in the past (boo-hoo). Any attempt to access it gnerates a timed out message. Is this the wave of the future - If you get hacked block the offending country? Or should they learn to deal with the problem and continue providing good content to that country like every other website in the world has had the wherewithal to do?
Posted by: Scott | October 20, 2007 at 06:46 PM