Sunday, June 03, 2012

I feel used...

Have any of you been used by a retail company to help them advertise their product via Facebook?  So there is a men's e-retail clothing company called Bonobos (http://www.bonobos.com/)  that is targeting social media to help spread its user base.  Bonobos was founded in 2007 by a few UVA grads; Bonobos has no brick and mortar stores.  Everything (until a recent deal with Nordstrom) has to be purchased online (they offer free shipping on all delivery and returns).  The other day they sent me a coupon via gmail for 30% off.  I clicked on it and it said to check my Facebook account as they discount password was sent there.  When I went to FB to retrieve the coupon, it then post to my entire network that I am fan of Bonobos and offers others the coupon as well if they want it.
Not sure if they have to pay FB for this, I do not think so... if not, seems like a good approach and better than paying Google.

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