lockjaw radio DOSE #8
Circuit City vs. Best Buy, IKEA Dream Kitchen, The Gap, inbubblewrap.com, Cingular Firefly
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In this episode we’ll discuss the following topics:
- Battle of the big box geeks
- Take your dream kitchen for a spin
- Cell phones for kids
- Tac waxes
- Blah2blah combat
- I’m in bubble wrap!
Listener Mail:
- Christopher from the BizCast hooked us up with John from the M show and Lance Heath of digitalexperiencepodcast.com
- Jeremy Hague – co-creator of WaxMail– sent us his audio introduction of WOTW.
- Tac Anderson of Blue Line Marketing in Boise Idaho sent us a WaxMail and talked about some of his future plans for podcasting. You can also visit his blog here
- Kim at www.kimbobo.com voted for Jose and Google.
- Joe Castillo saved Jose from certain defeat (right) with his vote for Google.
- Following the trend, Justin Farrey voted for Google and also sent an email regarding Cingular Firefly –a phone for kids
- James Clark with Room 214 in Boulder, CO voted for Southwest! Visit his blog
- Joseph Jaffe from Jaffe Juice and Across the Sound sent us his book: Life After the 30-Second Spot to review on an upcoming dose of lockjaw radio.
brand2brand combat: Each week, we’ll compare two brands in a no holds barred, head to head death match. We’ll look at how they excel or fail in listening and responding to their customers.
This week’s brand2brand combatants:
It’s the battle of the purveyors of the extended warranty as Thomas pits Circuit City against Jose’s pick Best Buy. Who will emerge the victor? Maybe no one this week… But, listen in and then cast your vote (who won, who tanked) in the brand2brand Combat Tally post.
Website of the Week: IKEA Dream Kitchen Builder
IKEA pushes cool kitchens and the envelope with this 360-degree website with a Matrix twist. Amazing how they can pack all that stuff in flat boxes…
Runner up: Volvo XC90 Take a tour through the countryside and learn about the new Volvo SUV in this neat Flash site. Makes you want to drive….
Ad that Rocks
Brad Eshbach from Bandwagon Radio
sent us this Spike Jonze-directed ad for the Gap. We think you’ll enjoy the mayhem.
Mentions:
- Justin Farrey’s blog
- Joseph Jaffe’s blog
- Hugh MacLeod’s blog
- Christian Hospitality Network
- Artstone Publishers Joe Castillo’s website
- Waxmail
- Bandwagon Radio
- inbubblewrap.com
- Move As One – Lexus Ad
