What I'm Learning from "Do It Wrong Quickly"

A couple of weeks ago, IBM Press sent me a copy of Mike Moran's latest book Do it Wrong Quickly - How the Web Changes the Old Marketing Rules. I'm only a third of the way into it but it's really a fascinating read so far. What I long ago suspected is now true: online marketing is turning traditional marketing concepts upside down and inside out. I'm learning some new jargon along the way too. For example:

Flogs - these are blogs set up secretly by businesses for the specific purpose of criticizing their competitors or to promote their products or services while appearing impartial. Famous brands caught out flogging include Wal-Mart and Sony. Wal-Mart's "flog" involved a blog supposedly written by a couple traveling America in their recreational vehicle and camping overnight in Wal-Mart parking lots. It turned out to be a publicity stunt engineered by Wal-Mart's PR company Edelman. The blog was staged, the travelers were a Washington Post reporter and freelance writer and the entire trip was sponsored by Working Families for Wal-Mart, something not disclosed on the web site. The flog was exposed to huge outcry late last year and is a prime example of how web marketing can backfire very, very quickly. Fascinating stuff!

I'll feed you some more tidbits from Mike's book as I wade through it.

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