Comments for MediaEnthusiast http://www.mediaenthusiast.net Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:51:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Hope from luck by Stacey http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/2010/07/08/hope-from-luck/#comment-17 Stacey Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:57:31 +0000 http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/?p=222#comment-17 <a href="#comment-16" rel="nofollow">@alaina </a> Thanks, Alaina. I have a similar rant, although it's under an hour.. ;) http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/2008/08/31/screw-not-talking/ @alaina
Thanks, Alaina. I have a similar rant, although it’s under an hour.. ;) http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/2008/08/31/screw-not-talking/

]]> Comment on Hope from luck by alaina http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/2010/07/08/hope-from-luck/#comment-16 alaina Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:30:26 +0000 http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/?p=222#comment-16 This entry sent chills down my spine and brought tears to my eyes. I strongly believe in everything happens for a reason, and I wonder how many other people haven't stopped for this guy. I could rant for hours about my disdain for those not accepting or willing to listen to others that may be "different" from themselves.. but anyway. Wow. Definitely heartwarming. This entry sent chills down my spine and brought tears to my eyes. I strongly believe in everything happens for a reason, and I wonder how many other people haven’t stopped for this guy. I could rant for hours about my disdain for those not accepting or willing to listen to others that may be “different” from themselves.. but anyway. Wow. Definitely heartwarming.

]]> Comment on Screw not talking to strangers by MediaEnthusiast » Hope from luck http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/2008/08/31/screw-not-talking/#comment-15 MediaEnthusiast » Hope from luck Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:04:08 +0000 http://mediaenthusiast.net/?p=22#comment-15 [...] the politician he was trying to get on the ballot, but of his own personal struggles.  (Please remember.. I’ve been practicing getting strangers to open their hearts to me within five minutes for a [...] [...] the politician he was trying to get on the ballot, but of his own personal struggles.  (Please remember.. I’ve been practicing getting strangers to open their hearts to me within five minutes for a [...]

]]> Comment on Living life with pain by Your Garden http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/2010/07/02/life-with-pain/#comment-14 Your Garden Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:02:38 +0000 http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/?p=204#comment-14 <strong>MediaEnthusiast » Living life with pain...</strong> I found your entry interesting do I've added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)... MediaEnthusiast » Living life with pain…

I found your entry interesting do I’ve added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)…

]]> Comment on Being A Mom Made Me A Worse Employee by MediaEnthusiast » It can’t possibly already be May http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/2010/03/19/working-mom-gone-bad/#comment-12 MediaEnthusiast » It can’t possibly already be May Tue, 25 May 2010 22:24:27 +0000 http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/?p=168#comment-12 [...] So, in the spirit of over-sharing (and perhaps posting before I have to change the title to “…June.”)  What have I been so busy with since deciding that I’m a crappy full-time employee? [...] [...] So, in the spirit of over-sharing (and perhaps posting before I have to change the title to “…June.”)  What have I been so busy with since deciding that I’m a crappy full-time employee? [...]

]]> Comment on Advertising or Fundraising? by mikersj http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/2009/09/30/advertising-or-fundraising/#comment-10 mikersj Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:40:06 +0000 http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/?p=144#comment-10 I think kids shouldn't be looked at as consumers. Kids don't have money to spend. They can only pressure their parents to spend money. Targeting kids, especially when the parents arn't around, is like splitting the family pitting the kid influenced by the ads against the parents. Which brand really wants to be seen as dividing families? Marketers that want to help schools should target the ads toward parents. The parents are the consumers that can spend the money. Parents are also the best ones to teach their kids how to be media literate. Advertising on a bus to a captive audience of non-consumers does't help anyone. It may be harder to target the parents. Parents have a higher media literacy IQ and are a less captive audiance. But the parents are the consumers on the school campus. Smart brands and agressive marketers should find creative ways to reach the parents (without using the kids as the medium). I think kids shouldn’t be looked at as consumers. Kids don’t have money to spend. They can only pressure their parents to spend money. Targeting kids, especially when the parents arn’t around, is like splitting the family pitting the kid influenced by the ads against the parents. Which brand really wants to be seen as dividing families?
Marketers that want to help schools should target the ads toward parents. The parents are the consumers that can spend the money. Parents are also the best ones to teach their kids how to be media literate. Advertising on a bus to a captive audience of non-consumers does’t help anyone.
It may be harder to target the parents. Parents have a higher media literacy IQ and are a less captive audiance. But the parents are the consumers on the school campus. Smart brands and agressive marketers should find creative ways to reach the parents (without using the kids as the medium).

]]> Comment on Layoffs Bring Out The Best by MediaEnthusiast » Being A Mom Made Me A Worse Employee http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/2009/07/06/layoffs-bring-out-the-best/#comment-9 MediaEnthusiast » Being A Mom Made Me A Worse Employee Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:12:12 +0000 http://mediaenthusiast.net/?p=91#comment-9 [...] being hit by the recession in June, I was excited by possibilities. I think it was just because I avoided reality so well for [...] [...] being hit by the recession in June, I was excited by possibilities. I think it was just because I avoided reality so well for [...]

]]> Comment on Bloggers: Brand Ambassadors With or Without Their Blogs by Twitter Trackbacks for MediaEnthusiast » Bloggers: Brand Ambassadors With or Without Their Blogs [mediaenthusiast.net] on Topsy.com http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/2009/11/10/bloggers-brand-ambassadors/#comment-6 Twitter Trackbacks for MediaEnthusiast » Bloggers: Brand Ambassadors With or Without Their Blogs [mediaenthusiast.net] on Topsy.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:28:51 +0000 http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/?p=156#comment-6 [...] MediaEnthusiast » Bloggers: Brand Ambassadors With or Without Their Blogs www.mediaenthusiast.net/2009/11/10/bloggers-brand-ambassadors – view page – cached Home > Research > Bloggers: Brand Ambassadors With or Without Their Blogs [...] [...] MediaEnthusiast » Bloggers: Brand Ambassadors With or Without Their Blogs http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/2009/11/10/bloggers-brand-ambassadors – view page – cached Home > Research > Bloggers: Brand Ambassadors With or Without Their Blogs [...]

]]> Comment on Bloggers: Brand Ambassadors With or Without Their Blogs by New Gadgets | Bloggers: Brand Ambassadors With or Without Their Blogs http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/2009/11/10/bloggers-brand-ambassadors/#comment-5 New Gadgets | Bloggers: Brand Ambassadors With or Without Their Blogs Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:00:26 +0000 http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/?p=156#comment-5 [...] Original post by MediaEnthusiast [...] [...] Original post by MediaEnthusiast [...]

]]> Comment on Advertising or Fundraising? by Colin Goodwin http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/2009/09/30/advertising-or-fundraising/#comment-4 Colin Goodwin Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:55:54 +0000 http://www.mediaenthusiast.net/?p=144#comment-4 I think that part of this ridiculous movement is also attributable to a degree of self loathing that parents have for themselves and even their own childhood. I think its obtuse for us to feel as though we can shield children from capitalism/commercialism in the Age of Information. A better goal would be to strive to build a coalition that teaches parents tactics on helping their children interpret and sort through the melee of audio and visual assaults that they're subjected to so that they feel more in control of their environment and learn how to read through a sales pitch. No matter what efforts we make, there will always be misinterpretation and misrepresentation in some form or fashion. Sheilding our children creates a naïve generation more easily duped once they are old enough that no one makes their decisions for them. When that comes about, the parents of today are going to look back and say "If I had educated my child, they could take on the world. What now?" I think that part of this ridiculous movement is also attributable to a degree of self loathing that parents have for themselves and even their own childhood. I think its obtuse for us to feel as though we can shield children from capitalism/commercialism in the Age of Information. A better goal would be to strive to build a coalition that teaches parents tactics on helping their children interpret and sort through the melee of audio and visual assaults that they’re subjected to so that they feel more in control of their environment and learn how to read through a sales pitch. No matter what efforts we make, there will always be misinterpretation and misrepresentation in some form or fashion. Sheilding our children creates a naïve generation more easily duped once they are old enough that no one makes their decisions for them. When that comes about, the parents of today are going to look back and say “If I had educated my child, they could take on the world. What now?”

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