Thursday, December 27, 2007
Thanks to Affiliate Window
I rather publicly slated Affiliate Window the other day for the timing of their "Christmas presents" promotion. I did also praise them by saying "It's a really nice idea to give Christmas presents to affiliates" but questioned the thinking behind the timing, based on what I think is a fairly good understanding of the typical family Christmas day.
I had a bit of an internal dilemma as to whether I should try at all since I had been a critic, but I had collected seven coins and curiosity got the better of me, and I managed to log on at about 4.30pm and won a Palm Z Plane from Iwoot.com.
Many thanks to Affiliate Window and their merchants (and Iwoot.com especially) for the generous promotion. Some of the prizes, such as a TV, mountain bike and an actual website, sound outstanding.
My post on the subject of the giveaway's timing seemed to raise the ire of award winning blogger, Kieron Donoghue, who interrupted his planned day off from blogging on the 25th to say:
I think if Affiliate Window had said the giveaway was at 5 o'clock in the morning, other people might have said "hang on, that's an odd time". And if you are able to accept in principle that it's not unreasonable, ungrateful or "bizarre" to hold or express an opinion about the appropriateness of the time, then there's a valid discussion about that which can follow without descending into personal digs. I don't resile from any of the points I made on the timing and am happy to use my blog to give feedback to them where I think it's called for.
My own view of the "Christmas spirit", or lack thereof, is perhaps not fashionable in increasingly secular times. But, that aside, you'd have to say it's been a successful promotion on the whole so I'm pleased to congratulate Affiliate Window on a laudable effort.
I had a bit of an internal dilemma as to whether I should try at all since I had been a critic, but I had collected seven coins and curiosity got the better of me, and I managed to log on at about 4.30pm and won a Palm Z Plane from Iwoot.com.
Many thanks to Affiliate Window and their merchants (and Iwoot.com especially) for the generous promotion. Some of the prizes, such as a TV, mountain bike and an actual website, sound outstanding.
My post on the subject of the giveaway's timing seemed to raise the ire of award winning blogger, Kieron Donoghue, who interrupted his planned day off from blogging on the 25th to say:
Affiliate Window and their merchants are giving us the opportunity to win prizes and you bloody well moan because it isn’t convenient for you?The fact that it wasn't convenient for me personally wasn't actually the issue but rather I suspected many - but clearly not all - affiliates would be, quite understandably, otherwise occupied at 3pm on Christmas day with all the normal family commitments which are associated with a day like that.
I think if Affiliate Window had said the giveaway was at 5 o'clock in the morning, other people might have said "hang on, that's an odd time". And if you are able to accept in principle that it's not unreasonable, ungrateful or "bizarre" to hold or express an opinion about the appropriateness of the time, then there's a valid discussion about that which can follow without descending into personal digs. I don't resile from any of the points I made on the timing and am happy to use my blog to give feedback to them where I think it's called for.
My own view of the "Christmas spirit", or lack thereof, is perhaps not fashionable in increasingly secular times. But, that aside, you'd have to say it's been a successful promotion on the whole so I'm pleased to congratulate Affiliate Window on a laudable effort.
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