Ombadsman
: Tom Mangan has a reverse-psychology marketing idea for newspapers: Hire a blogger to snark about your paper every day and get it talked about.
2 responses to “Ombadsman”
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Italic tag open. Gah!
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Heck, I might just do that myself for free! Not long ago, my local paper announced they were recruiting for their “Reader Board,” which supposedly is a volunteer group for the purpose of advising the paper on the wants/needs of their readers. Guess what?
They turned me down!
Nevermind nobody else in southern AZ knows more about blogs and electronic publishing. And I was willing to advise them for free. I think some papers really aren’t ready for the 21st Century, no matter what. Last year’s board worked for months and came up with — ta-da!
An entertainment column. Cutting edge, that.
Sheesh. My dad had a saying: “They don’t know enough to ache when they’re in pain.” Think that applies here.
