Comments on: MWW and Nikon: BlogHer Lessons Learned

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facebook-656435206 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:20:30 +0000

Thanks for for the comment! We'd love to get your issue with the Nikon D60 figured out. Please e-mail me at ahaigh@mww.com.

-Althea

By: PunditMom_JoanneBamberger

PunditMom_JoanneBamberger — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:21:46 +0000

Wow. As someone who is constantly writing about Nikon and posting photos I've taken with my D60, I sure would have liked an invitation. Nikon — can you hear us now? The women at the Nikon booth were very nice, but were unable to answer my question about one problem I've been having with my D60.

Nikon, next time?

By: We don’t hate brands – we just love each other

We don’t hate brands – we just love each other — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:01:47 +0000

[...] what I’ve seen, both Nikon and their PR firm and the blogger who cracked the joke have handled the aftermath beautifully, and lots of bloggers [...]

By: Jeremy Pepper

Jeremy Pepper — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:14:57 +0000

Ah, the wonderful non-attending marketing bloggers, who will always find an opportunity to talk about how they "get it" and others don't. Of course, MWW and Nikon has a history of working with bloggers, etc and knowing what they are doing within social media.

Those same marketing bloggers, though, are really just selling themselves and have no real world experience beyond self promotion. Glad you wrote this post, and I had a great time talking to the Nikon people and MWW while at BlogHer (my fourth).

As for the controversy, nicely handled.

By: lauramayes

lauramayes — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:50:19 +0000

I thought the event was fantastic, and I had a great time. That said, the way everyone at Nikon and MWW (and Esther too) responded to the misguided and misplaced non-drama is even more impressive than the event was that evening (and again, it was lovely). As a result, I'm now a big fan. Well done, all around.

By: Jim Bowman

Jim Bowman — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:51:02 +0000

Althea – good explanation of a good recovery by Nikon/MWW for a situation that would have been difficult to anticipate. Those things happen. What's most discouraging, but not surprising, is the pickup and amplification by people without any knowledge of the situation. jrb

By: rockandrollmama

rockandrollmama — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:03:14 +0000

I was very impressed with the MWW organizer the night of the Nikon party, and found her to be a very sincere practitioner of her craft. I found it unfortunate that someone who worked so hard and so long on such an amazing event got crushed by third party information spread. I hear the argument of “There should have been advance notice”, but REALLY. Imagine what this would have blown up into if moms had a week's notice to talk via social media about “No Babies for Nikon” or some similar overblown statement.

I absolutely hear the original two women involved on not meaning to start this ruckus- I've jokingly used hashtags before, such as “#suckitcancer”, that I meant as a one-off to characterize a certain moment. I'm sorry that they got hijacked, but really impressed with how they, the brand, and the PR company handled it- talking together, directly, like grownups. And the women didn't even demand a new pair of shoes! Kudos to all.