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A new thread in the Adv Selling Forum over there, a member wants to make a page listing WP friends; buyers and sellers that he/she has done business with.  Remember the last thread of this type, from a few months ago, that practically turned into a brawl, because it was seen as favoritism? Â
Anyway, everyone jumps up to be included, even people who aren't yet "friends" are planning business so they can be included (any way to get your name out there - anywhere - right?).  Karen jumps in, praising the popper for "a wonderful idea," "an excellent way to promote both yourself and recommend other sellers", "a very advanced and effective way of creating a loyal and long-term customer base" and "I am very impressed by such a progressive approach
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So... why bother with marketing degrees, this is the advanced stuff right here!
It's just nauseating, isn't it? Â
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JoJo
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This is far from a "new concept" on WP therefore I find KaRay's praise quite nauseating.Â
Back in May (I think) WakeMeUp put a lot of effort into creating and progressively updating a friends page for fellow sellers. When she closed shop on WP no one picked up the slack and perpetuated the work. Today a number of sellers still have this custom page in their stores. A recent scan of some of these reveal many dead links to stores that are closed and long gone. I've found Eclectic, Style By Design, Fabulous for Less, Nancy's Stuff and other familiar names. I even found mine on a few pages and I've been gone since September.
I don't blame someone for trying to bring back the practice. There is truth in the saying 'strength in numbers'. Trouble is, the numbers keep changing rapidly.
CC1's reply is just another effort to rally the morale of the troops but I find her/his two cents posted to this thread in poor taste.Â
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True - I don't so much find fault with poppers for starting stuff like this - as I said, anything to get their names out there, since WP is doing nothing to help - but "Karen" praising this as the best method, advanced marketing, and encouraging it is just not right.
JoJo