Banned By Andy Sernovitz
It’s my first, I popped my blogging cherry. Andy Sernovitz has banned me from posting on his blog?site Damn! I Wish I’d Thought Of That!. Not only did he ban me but he reported me as a spammer. That’s so uncool. And simply not true. We all know what a spammer is and leaving comments that are different than your opinion is not spamming.
Sorry Andy that in my opinion I find you to be?a charlatan.
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But now you’re a coward as well.
Many people think Andy is a word of mouth genius…I find him to be more of a?smoke and mirrors, marketing gimmick kind of guy. Of course that’s just my humble opinion.
Apparently he didn’t like my opinions of him:
Andy Sernovitz Wants You To Let Him Steal Your Logo?
Marketing Gimmicks Vs Branding Strategy
Can You Build A Brand Around Gimmicks?
High Point University - Hot Tubs and Ice Cream
Andy Sernovitz Branding and Word of Mouth Marketing
Hence I’m banned from learning about how a handwritten smile on a receipt is great word of mouth 
or like his post today where putting out cookies and candy at a Fantastic Sam’s “makes the difference”.
My day is ruined, I’m banned by Andy Sernovitz.
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September 4th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
If I had the time to write more, I’m sure I’d be banned from the whole Internet. You should feel proud Scott. I kinda think that you do.
If the Sam’s cookie idea makes the difference, what the hell is the rest of the marketing budget worth? I can only infer that every marketer is a great marketer (because free cookies is the differentiation factor) so we are all on even ground. But, if one of us chooses to open a bag of cookies BAM! … SUCCESS! I can’t believe any one would be so stupid to think that.
What if t ever marketer believed this and they too offered free cookies. We’d be all back to even ground. Fantastic Sam’s would have to open a bigger bag of cookies, to the point they open a bag so big that it got them in the Guinness Book of Records. And what do we call a marketer who has the Guinness Book as an outcome? A GIMMICK MARKETER.
September 4th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
I’m honestly shocked that this guy receives the credit he does. But if cookies aren’t for you in another post he recommends free pizza.
Being banned from Andy Sernovitz is quite the compliment. It’s just too bad he’s such a wimp, I thought bloggers welcomed different opinions and views. People disagree with me all the time but I don’t take my ball and go home.
September 5th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
David wrote into Andy Sernovitz concerning this blog post. What did Andy do? Censored him. It appears any other opinion besides Andy’s is well, not such a good idea.