Viral Campaign: Now is YOUR time to help Palm!

neville · 08:14 AM

On the heels of Palm's latest "Life moves fast. Don't miss a thing" ad campaign, I see a glaring opportunity to do the webOS family a bit of a favour (Canadian spelling).

What can I do?
GET VIRAL! The time is now to act! The goal of viral marketing is to make people research the product on their own time. No one wants to be force-fed bullet points.

So, the goal is to update your social networking (facebook, twitter, myspace) with the marketing tagline: "Life moves fast. Don't miss a thing." AND NOTHING ELSE (if using twitter, use #lifemovesfastdontmissathing to trend it). If we have strength in numbers, people will start to wonder what all the commotion is about. There are over a million webOS users out there, and now is the time to heed the call!

Why do this?
To gain mindshare. If you're like me, you see the growing potential of webOS and it pains you to think of future without it.

If we can even trend twitter or google with the catch-phrase, it will generate that much more interest in palm's products.

We're all in this together, and we all need to show Palm that we care too.

When?
Great! You've made it this far in the post and that alone deserves some credit. On the below dates, everyone who is on board will change their facebook status, tweet, update your IM status, and so on to "Life moves fast. Don't miss a thing":

March 25th, 2010
April 8th, 2010
April 15th, 2010

It's important to all target this on a specific date in order to make a ripple in the internet ocean. Strength in numbers!

Sounds good! What can I do now?
There's more you can do now to spread the cause. Let's infect the internet!

Join the following facebook group to receive updates. I will send group-wide messages on the planned dates
Get this posted on your favourite blog! Especially PreCentral *wink wink*!
Spread the word! The more people the bigger the wave!
Add a link to this post to your PreCentral forum signature:Time to get VIRAL

Strength in numbers, everyone! We need a good chunk of members to make this thing work!

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March 25th Note from Dieter - Contest!
Step 1: Follow @precentral on twitter: http://twitter.com/precentral or become a fan on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/PreCentral/302590648983

Step 2: Tweet or set your status message to "Life Moves Fast. Don't Miss a Thing."

Step 3: We pick three random followers (1 twitter, 2 facebook) to win a Touchstone.Contest ends at midnight eastern, March 25th. You must tweet or set your status to win!

(sorry for jumping into your post, neville

)
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sjsamphex · 03/15/2010, 06:12 PM

Sounds good, we just need a MASSIVE amount of people for this

For the love of pete's sake, please do not use April 1st.

-Gamah · 03/15/2010, 06:16 PM

oops, i just changed my facebook status now.

xome1983 · 03/15/2010, 06:16 PM

I'm game. I joined the group just now while reading. Let's get together and do this. We show our developers love, let's show the company they're helping to develop love too.

Cantaffordit · 03/15/2010, 06:23 PM

I love it. And I'd like to add another suggestion. Make sure you submit a user review on your carrier site, and on Amazon.com. That's REALLY important.

If you look at Verizon, The Pre is rated higher than every phone EXCEPT the Motorola Droid, and it is only 1/2 star behind...

If you read the reviews, they are mostly glowing. The few that are negative generally state things that aren't true, so it's a shame that they misinform the reader.

But, get to Verizon or Sprint and REVIEW THE PHONE - hint... it's a 5-star phone.

Then get to Amazon and do the same. Be honest in your review, but tell people how much you like WebOS. User reviews carry a lot of power!

Cantaffordit · 03/15/2010, 06:25 PM

DO NOT do this on April 1st. What are you thinking?

Palm, if you are reading this. Pay attention to the spike in sales this will produce, and then get to work solving the stuff we are asking you for... This will prove the value of your loyal customer base and the value of Pre/Central!

GodShapedHole · 03/15/2010, 06:25 PM

Seriously, April 1st might not be such a great idea...

neville · 03/15/2010, 06:28 PM

fair enough, moved from april 1st to april 15th (two week separation between each one)

xome1983 · 03/15/2010, 06:28 PM

Edit: Never mind.

StormD · 03/15/2010, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GodShapedHole

Seriously, April 1st might not be such a great idea...

influenze · 03/15/2010, 06:39 PM

count me in, support the movement

mvpsanto · 03/15/2010, 06:41 PM

I posted up that new commercial on the Facebook page btw. :-)

FutureTech · 03/15/2010, 06:48 PM

great idea! I'm up for it!

davidtm · 03/15/2010, 06:50 PM

Great idea. I've put the dates in my calendar for reminders, and posted reviews at both Sprint and Amazon.

mvpsanto · 03/15/2010, 06:54 PM

Add some pictures on their and vids too!

Pr3Lov3r · 03/15/2010, 06:55 PM

Oops, I got excited and updated my FB page and IM status line before I read it down to where the dates were specified.

I'm leaving it, BUT I will re-post the same line on the dates noted here. I love this idea!!

imex99 · 03/15/2010, 07:02 PM

follow me on twitter also...

HardBeatZ · 03/15/2010, 07:05 PM

This is a great idea. I think it's often forgotten that users can sell or discourage a device / product more than any advertising campaign can ever do.

It's good to see so many users pulling together for a great product a great OS and from this if we see a spike in sales, we know what to attribute it to

jescandalo · 03/15/2010, 07:15 PM

I am in!! Love my phone and I push Palm WebOS to Family and friends!!

piaband · 03/15/2010, 07:15 PM

Ive joined the group...as long as i remember to do this, I will on every date. good idea.

I'll put it in my calendar w/ reminders

03/15/2010, 06:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
neville Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 543 Likes Received: 79 Thanks: 31 Thanked 355 Times in 97 Posts	Viral Campaign: Now is YOUR time to help Palm! On the heels of Palm's latest "Life moves fast. Don't miss a thing" ad campaign, I see a glaring opportunity to do the webOS family a bit of a favour (Canadian spelling). What can I do? GET VIRAL! The time is now to act! The goal of viral marketing is to make people research the product on their own time. No one wants to be force-fed bullet points. So, the goal is to update your social networking (facebook, twitter, myspace) with the marketing tagline: "Life moves fast. Don't miss a thing." AND NOTHING ELSE (if using twitter, use #lifemovesfastdontmissathing to trend it). If we have strength in numbers, people will start to wonder what all the commotion is about. There are over a million webOS users out there, and now is the time to heed the call! Why do this? To gain mindshare. If you're like me, you see the growing potential of webOS and it pains you to think of future without it. If we can even trend twitter or google with the catch-phrase, it will generate that much more interest in palm's products. We're all in this together, and we all need to show Palm that we care too. When? Great! You've made it this far in the post and that alone deserves some credit. On the below dates, everyone who is on board will change their facebook status, tweet, update your IM status, and so on to "Life moves fast. Don't miss a thing": March 25th, 2010 April 8th, 2010 April 15th, 2010 It's important to all target this on a specific date in order to make a ripple in the internet ocean. Strength in numbers! Sounds good! What can I do now? There's more you can do now to spread the cause. Let's infect the internet! Join the following facebook group to receive updates. I will send group-wide messages on the planned dates Get this posted on your favourite blog! Especially PreCentral wink wink! Spread the word! The more people the bigger the wave! Add a link to this post to your PreCentral forum signature:Time to get VIRAL Strength in numbers, everyone! We need a good chunk of members to make this thing work! -------- March 25th Note from Dieter - Contest! Step 1: Follow @precentral on twitter: http://twitter.com/precentral or become a fan on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/PreCentral/302590648983 Step 2: Tweet or set your status message to "Life Moves Fast. Don't Miss a Thing." Step 3: We pick three random followers (1 twitter, 2 facebook) to win a Touchstone.Contest ends at midnight eastern, March 25th. You must tweet or set your status to win! (sorry for jumping into your post, neville ) -------- __________________ Developer of Ultimate Hockey, netSpeed, BatteryMonitor, The Ghastly Headset, netSpeed HD, St4rs and Matrix Exhibition ------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow my webOS projects on my blog and follow me on twitter Last edited by neville; 04/04/2010 at 08:14 AM.
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03/15/2010, 06:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
sjsamphex Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 305 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 36 Thanked 29 Times in 24 Posts	Sounds good, we just need a MASSIVE amount of people for this For the love of pete's sake, please do not use April 1st.
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03/15/2010, 06:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
-Gamah Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 175 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 8 Thanked 23 Times in 18 Posts	oops, i just changed my facebook status now.
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03/15/2010, 06:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
xome1983 Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tacoma, Wa Posts: 660 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 36 Thanked 94 Times in 69 Posts	I'm game. I joined the group just now while reading. Let's get together and do this. We show our developers love, let's show the company they're helping to develop love too. __________________ Follow MobiObie on Twitter for webOS app reviews and news.
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03/15/2010, 06:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Cantaffordit Moderator Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 15,150 Likes Received: 958 Thanks: 3,804 Thanked 3,911 Times in 2,777 Posts	Remember the power of user reviews I love it. And I'd like to add another suggestion. Make sure you submit a user review on your carrier site, and on Amazon.com. That's REALLY important. If you look at Verizon, The Pre is rated higher than every phone EXCEPT the Motorola Droid, and it is only 1/2 star behind... If you read the reviews, they are mostly glowing. The few that are negative generally state things that aren't true, so it's a shame that they misinform the reader. But, get to Verizon or Sprint and REVIEW THE PHONE - hint... it's a 5-star phone. Then get to Amazon and do the same. Be honest in your review, but tell people how much you like WebOS. User reviews carry a lot of power!
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03/15/2010, 06:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
Cantaffordit Moderator Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 15,150 Likes Received: 958 Thanks: 3,804 Thanked 3,911 Times in 2,777 Posts	DO NOT do this on April 1st. What are you thinking? Palm, if you are reading this. Pay attention to the spike in sales this will produce, and then get to work solving the stuff we are asking you for... This will prove the value of your loyal customer base and the value of Pre/Central!
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03/15/2010, 06:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
GodShapedHole Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,829 Likes Received: 341 Thanks: 180 Thanked 573 Times in 310 Posts	Seriously, April 1st might not be such a great idea...
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03/15/2010, 06:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
neville Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 543 Likes Received: 79 Thanks: 31 Thanked 355 Times in 97 Posts	fair enough, moved from april 1st to april 15th (two week separation between each one) __________________ Developer of Ultimate Hockey, netSpeed, BatteryMonitor, The Ghastly Headset, netSpeed HD, St4rs and Matrix Exhibition ------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow my webOS projects on my blog and follow me on twitter
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03/15/2010, 06:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
xome1983 Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tacoma, Wa Posts: 660 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 36 Thanked 94 Times in 69 Posts	Edit: Never mind. __________________ Follow MobiObie on Twitter for webOS app reviews and news.
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03/15/2010, 06:39 PM	#11 (permalink)
influenze Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 141 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 21 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	count me in, support the movement __________________
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03/15/2010, 06:41 PM	#12 (permalink)
mvpsanto Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Boston Posts: 149 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 85 Thanked 17 Times in 11 Posts	I posted up that new commercial on the Facebook page btw. :-)
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03/15/2010, 06:48 PM	#13 (permalink)
FutureTech Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 16 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	great idea! I'm up for it!
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03/15/2010, 06:50 PM	#14 (permalink)
davidtm Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 483 Likes Received: 11 Thanks: 142 Thanked 67 Times in 55 Posts	Great idea. I've put the dates in my calendar for reminders, and posted reviews at both Sprint and Amazon. __________________ "The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away" - Tom Waits
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03/15/2010, 06:54 PM	#15 (permalink)
mvpsanto Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Boston Posts: 149 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 85 Thanked 17 Times in 11 Posts	Add some pictures on their and vids too!
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03/15/2010, 06:55 PM	#16 (permalink)
Pr3Lov3r Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 260 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 97 Thanked 32 Times in 25 Posts	Oops, I got excited and updated my FB page and IM status line before I read it down to where the dates were specified. I'm leaving it, BUT I will re-post the same line on the dates noted here. I love this idea!! __________________ In love with my launch day Pre Plus! Here are my impressions thus far.
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03/15/2010, 07:02 PM	#17 (permalink)
imex99 Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 637 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 97 Thanked 63 Times in 52 Posts	follow me on twitter also... __________________ *Digg my story* http://digg.com/d31Qenl?tto help raise $$$ & awareness for webOS, Palm Pre, HP. #WebOS Internals "Telethon"#Palm Pre http://bit.ly/7q1Mc
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03/15/2010, 07:05 PM	#18 (permalink)
HardBeatZ Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,562 Likes Received: 244 Thanks: 52 Thanked 1,274 Times in 500 Posts	This is a great idea. I think it's often forgotten that users can sell or discourage a device / product more than any advertising campaign can ever do. It's good to see so many users pulling together for a great product a great OS and from this if we see a spike in sales, we know what to attribute it to __________________ HP webOS Tech Support 5Ts: Five ways to get your webOS tablet working again: http://www.hpwebos.com/5Ts 6Ts: Six ways to get your webOS phone working again: http://www.hpwebos.com/6Ts
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03/15/2010, 07:15 PM	#19 (permalink)
jescandalo Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 31 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 30 Thanked 6 Times in 3 Posts	I am in!! Love my phone and I push Palm WebOS to Family and friends!!
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03/15/2010, 07:15 PM	#20 (permalink)
piaband Banned Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 277 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 16 Thanked 50 Times in 38 Posts	Ive joined the group...as long as i remember to do this, I will on every date. good idea. I'll put it in my calendar w/ reminders
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