August 31, 2006
Posted by Sam Jackson
Special hello to my readers from Thunder Bay--what, didn't think to cloak your IPs? Moving on. Looks like that publicity stunt I wrote about earlier overlooked a large portion of its audience in targeting young people. What a perfect example of the risks of edgy marketing that Morgan Davis and others have been reminding me [...]
This is a follow up to a popular post I made few days ago, "Spend a Week inside my mailbox!" which offered readers the chance to see everything I got in the mail over the course of a week. There have been some budget cuts, and in this installment we can only offer one day [...]
Posted by Sam Jackson
Let me begin this post by thanking Morgan Davis of Erelevant for a very insightful comment which has once again conjured a response from me which I am reappropriating for the front page. I love the discussions I have with readers, which is why I would encourage more of you to interact a little bit! [...]
This is utterly bizarre to me, and whether it reflects a mistake on Technorati's behalf or the oddities and eccentricities of those blogging about Yale, I have no idea. I found myself looking at the Technorati tag page for the tag "Yale" and found some really weird results. To see if it was a fluke, [...]
August 30, 2006
Posted by Sam Jackson
Remeber those Cornell admissions-sponsored blogs I wrote about a few days ago? The Cornell Student Blogs are crashing and burning in public opinion, and there are a fair share of people who are more than happy to start roasting marshmallows and dance around the corpse. Strong language, but I'm seeing some strong reactions to these [...]
I'm currently a rising senior at Yale University and I've been blogging about college admissions and higher education marketing trends since I began my college application process in 2005. I now also write about my experience here at Yale. Click here to read my extended 'about' page.I'm currently a junior at Yale University and I've been blogging about college admissions and higher education marketing trends since I began my college application process in 2005. I now also write about my experience here at Yale. I just got back from studying abroad at Peking University this past Fall 2009 in Beijing, China! Click here to read my 'about' page.