Comments for MickMel http://www.mickmel.com/blog Church marketing, SEO and social media. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Droid X + Ford SYNC = Awesome by mickmel http://www.mickmel.com/blog/201011/droid-x-ford-sync-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-2734 mickmel Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:12:00 +0000 http://www.mickmel.com/blog/?p=1298#comment-2734 Sorry to hear you're having such trouble.  The auto-playing media drove me nuts, but I never had any of those other issues.  Is sync updated in the car?  You can load new versions of it every 6-12 months with bug fixes and features. Sorry to hear you’re having such trouble.  The auto-playing media drove me nuts, but I never had any of those other issues.  Is sync updated in the car?  You can load new versions of it every 6-12 months with bug fixes and features.

]]> Comment on Droid X + Ford SYNC = Awesome by Ctaylors3 http://www.mickmel.com/blog/201011/droid-x-ford-sync-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-2733 Ctaylors3 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:38:00 +0000 http://www.mickmel.com/blog/?p=1298#comment-2733 Very disappointed in sync droid x. Hookup the usb and out won't play content because it says it it's protected content. Can't play content via bluetooth if the usb is hooked up.bluetooth is constantly dropping the connection...two times pet minute so it registers as a click or pop.can only play pandora through bluetooth which pops and clicks.when media does play through the usb, it auto plays when all I wanted to do was navigate. The stereo dings when you have new text messages which is distracting but when you try to answer the message, it won't let you telling you it its distracting. the interface is clunky and confusing.sync may keep me from buying a ford. Very disappointed in sync droid x. Hookup the usb and out won’t play content because it says it it’s protected content. Can’t play content via bluetooth if the usb is hooked up.bluetooth is constantly dropping the connection…two times pet minute so it registers as a click or pop.can only play pandora through bluetooth which pops and clicks.when media does play through the usb, it auto plays when all I wanted to do was navigate. The stereo dings when you have new text messages which is distracting but when you try to answer the message, it won’t let you telling you it its distracting. the interface is clunky and confusing.sync may keep me from buying a ford.

]]> Comment on A timeline of Louis Zamperini’s journey by Dave http://www.mickmel.com/blog/201101/a-timeline-of-louis-zamperinis-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-2732 Dave Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.mickmel.com/blog/?p=1333#comment-2732 I also just finished reading Unbroken. For the past 14 years I had the honor to work at the Idaho State Veterans home and care for many world war II survisors. I now have a better understanding of their hardships. I can now understand better the effects of PTSD. These men and women are leaving us at a very fast pace and should never be forgotten. Let all of us continue to remember. I also just finished reading Unbroken. For the past 14 years I had the honor to work at the Idaho State Veterans home and care for many world war II survisors. I now have a better understanding of their hardships. I can now understand better the effects of PTSD. These men and women are leaving us at a very fast pace and should never be forgotten. Let all of us continue to remember.

]]> Comment on Why I love Google Voice by Aaron Klapheck http://www.mickmel.com/blog/201102/why-i-love-google-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-2731 Aaron Klapheck Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:13:00 +0000 http://www.mickmel.com/blog/?p=1418#comment-2731 Love GV! Use it at work a ton. I use the "Phone to call with" option and select my work number (because I can't use the built in speaker due to old version of Flash). Love this service to keep track of my calls for me. No more trying to remember who called when. Love GV! Use it at work a ton. I use the “Phone to call with” option and select my work number (because I can’t use the built in speaker due to old version of Flash). Love this service to keep track of my calls for me. No more trying to remember who called when.

]]> Comment on Don’t run your fan club like Tim McGraw by Tracie http://www.mickmel.com/blog/201106/dont-run-your-fan-club-like-tim-mcgraw/comment-page-1/#comment-2717 Tracie Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:42:38 +0000 http://www.mickmel.com/blog/?p=1670#comment-2717 I have also been trying for two years to cancel his membership. No link on his fan site works--except the one that links you to his merchandise page (how convenient). He is a total scam. All he cares about is making money--certainly not his fans. I refuse to pay for another year after this one. I've sent emails to the only contact information I can come up with and if they don't respond this year, I will report them to a consumer protection agency for running a scam with no way out and no information on the site as to how to keep being charged for NOTHING! I have also been trying for two years to cancel his membership. No link on his fan site works–except the one that links you to his merchandise page (how convenient). He is a total scam. All he cares about is making money–certainly not his fans. I refuse to pay for another year after this one. I’ve sent emails to the only contact information I can come up with and if they don’t respond this year, I will report them to a consumer protection agency for running a scam with no way out and no information on the site as to how to keep being charged for NOTHING!

]]> Comment on James B. Nutter is in hiding, I guess by mickey http://www.mickmel.com/blog/201010/james-b-nutter-is-in-hiding-i-guess/comment-page-1/#comment-2705 mickey Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:17:28 +0000 http://www.mickmel.com/blog/?p=1255#comment-2705 I agree that human nature means that upset customers will be louder than happy ones, but companies need to be out there. In the example above, "Kelly" was just venting, but the end result was a BUNCH of people that now have a poorer opinion of Nutter. If Nutter had just spent two minutes to respond to her initial post, they'd be much better off. While I haven't posted about my mortgage company, I certainly post about companies I use that do things the right way: The Awesome Dentist http://www.mickmel.com/blog/201104/your-customer-service-starts-with-the-person-that-answers-the-phone/ Blanche Manor http://www.mickmel.com/blog/201102/content-is-still-king/ HVAC Company http://www.mickmel.com/blog/200904/how-a-simple-tweet-made-an-hvac-company-700/ StudioPress https://twitter.com/#!/mickmel/status/162939220741210113 Verizon https://plus.google.com/108896556048763968559/posts/jC5BKFbcUNz Zappos https://plus.google.com/108896556048763968559/posts/WpnXT4eZM4o GoGo https://plus.google.com/108896556048763968559/posts/dA1TbDrsQX5 All Fired Up and Studio Movie Grill https://plus.google.com/108896556048763968559/posts/JA93k7iP5vj FedEx https://plus.google.com/108896556048763968559/posts/JtZeoVoMZSY O'Charley's and Pinnacle Orthopaedics https://plus.google.com/108896556048763968559/posts/BTWRHxfwZiw I'm sure I could find others, but those are a good sampling. I agree that human nature means that upset customers will be louder than happy ones, but companies need to be out there. In the example above, “Kelly” was just venting, but the end result was a BUNCH of people that now have a poorer opinion of Nutter. If Nutter had just spent two minutes to respond to her initial post, they’d be much better off.

While I haven’t posted about my mortgage company, I certainly post about companies I use that do things the right way:

The Awesome Dentist
http://www.mickmel.com/blog/201104/your-customer-service-starts-with-the-person-that-answers-the-phone/

Blanche Manor
http://www.mickmel.com/blog/201102/content-is-still-king/

HVAC Company
http://www.mickmel.com/blog/200904/how-a-simple-tweet-made-an-hvac-company-700/

StudioPress
https://twitter.com/#!/mickmel/status/162939220741210113

Verizon
https://plus.google.com/108896556048763968559/posts/jC5BKFbcUNz

Zappos
https://plus.google.com/108896556048763968559/posts/WpnXT4eZM4o

GoGo
https://plus.google.com/108896556048763968559/posts/dA1TbDrsQX5

All Fired Up and Studio Movie Grill
https://plus.google.com/108896556048763968559/posts/JA93k7iP5vj

FedEx
https://plus.google.com/108896556048763968559/posts/JtZeoVoMZSY

O’Charley’s and Pinnacle Orthopaedics
https://plus.google.com/108896556048763968559/posts/BTWRHxfwZiw

I’m sure I could find others, but those are a good sampling.

]]> Comment on James B. Nutter is in hiding, I guess by Rondell R. http://www.mickmel.com/blog/201010/james-b-nutter-is-in-hiding-i-guess/comment-page-1/#comment-2704 Rondell R. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:02:46 +0000 http://www.mickmel.com/blog/?p=1255#comment-2704 Social media is obviously an area of focus for you, whether these sites are a hobby or your actual profession. Not every company with a small number of employees needs to be on Twitter. I see that as useless and a waste of time. Looks like there are good reviews for Nutter as well, talking about no closing costs. Human nature is, when everything is going fine, the average person will not comment. When they have a gripe, they want their voice to be heard. Twitter account or not, this wouldn't change. Mickey, have you done a post on your mortgage company and how satisfied you are? If you have, I likely didn't read it because that doesn't draw my interest. Now post something from a bitter, terminated ex-employee in ALL CAPS AND EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!!! and I'm more likely to read, but less likely to actually trust the judgment of the poster. Social media is obviously an area of focus for you, whether these sites are a hobby or your actual profession. Not every company with a small number of employees needs to be on Twitter. I see that as useless and a waste of time. Looks like there are good reviews for Nutter as well, talking about no closing costs. Human nature is, when everything is going fine, the average person will not comment. When they have a gripe, they want their voice to be heard. Twitter account or not, this wouldn’t change.

Mickey, have you done a post on your mortgage company and how satisfied you are? If you have, I likely didn’t read it because that doesn’t draw my interest. Now post something from a bitter, terminated ex-employee in ALL CAPS AND EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!!! and I’m more likely to read, but less likely to actually trust the judgment of the poster.

]]> Comment on Don’t run your fan club like Tim McGraw by jodi http://www.mickmel.com/blog/201106/dont-run-your-fan-club-like-tim-mcgraw/comment-page-1/#comment-2701 jodi Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:51:24 +0000 http://www.mickmel.com/blog/?p=1670#comment-2701 hi there i emailed mcgrawfan@musictoday.com and got them to take off me off their newsletter list...so hopefully that works! Recently you requested assistance from our email support center. Below is a summary of your request and our response. Subject fan club Discussion Thread Response Via Email (Amy) 01/24/2012 11:44 AM Greetings Jodi, We're sorry to lose you as a mcgrawfan.com subscriber. You have been successfully removed from the newsletter list. You can re-subscribe at any time by visiting the following link: https://signup.mcgrawfan.com/?module=NewsletterSignup Cheers, mcgrawfan.com Member Support hi there
i emailed mcgrawfan@musictoday.com and got them to take off me off their newsletter list…so hopefully that works!

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]]> Comment on More churches are on Twitter, but are they listening? by Taylor Burton-Edwards (@twbe) http://www.mickmel.com/blog/201011/more-churches-are-on-twitter-but-are-they-listening/comment-page-1/#comment-2699 Taylor Burton-Edwards (@twbe) Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:31:36 +0000 http://www.mickmel.com/blog/?p=1263#comment-2699 You may be presuming all pastors have Internet access if their congregations have a website. Internet access remains problematic or prohibitively expensive in a lot of rural areas of the US. Meanwhile, many judicatories will provide free hosting for congregational websites. Meanwhile, we still have places where the choices are dialup, satellite or smartphone. Of these, smartphone may be the cheapest-- but still out of reach of the pastor in terms of cost. There are still places (and we have congregations there!) where even dialup access requires long distance charges. (Yes, VOIP typically provides free long distance, but that presumes broadband and that's what goes missing!). No matter what, this is pay to play. If you don't have the pay, you can't play. Or at least you can't play much, or easily. It really may be better for congregations that cannot afford to enable at least their staff to participate fully in web-based and mobile communications not to accept free website offers. Perhaps even having a website communicates some expectation of "on demand response" that these congregations, and perhaps a good number of people in them. may not be able to afford to provide. I do realize the digital divide is not the subject of this post-- so I apologize for the degree I may be diverting from that with my responses today. But I do think there is reason for significant theological and pastoral attention by churches and our leaders to the actual costs involved, and in the process being sure not to leave folks out or leave folks behind who cannot or should not responsibly take these costs on. Perhaps access to the Internet and mobile communications has become the new "pew rent" of the 21st century. You may be presuming all pastors have Internet access if their congregations have a website. Internet access remains problematic or prohibitively expensive in a lot of rural areas of the US. Meanwhile, many judicatories will provide free hosting for congregational websites.

Meanwhile, we still have places where the choices are dialup, satellite or smartphone. Of these, smartphone may be the cheapest– but still out of reach of the pastor in terms of cost. There are still places (and we have congregations there!) where even dialup access requires long distance charges. (Yes, VOIP typically provides free long distance, but that presumes broadband and that’s what goes missing!).

No matter what, this is pay to play. If you don’t have the pay, you can’t play. Or at least you can’t play much, or easily.

It really may be better for congregations that cannot afford to enable at least their staff to participate fully in web-based and mobile communications not to accept free website offers. Perhaps even having a website communicates some expectation of “on demand response” that these congregations, and perhaps a good number of people in them. may not be able to afford to provide.

I do realize the digital divide is not the subject of this post– so I apologize for the degree I may be diverting from that with my responses today.

But I do think there is reason for significant theological and pastoral attention by churches and our leaders to the actual costs involved, and in the process being sure not to leave folks out or leave folks behind who cannot or should not responsibly take these costs on.

Perhaps access to the Internet and mobile communications has become the new “pew rent” of the 21st century.

]]> Comment on Don’t run your fan club like Tim McGraw by mickey http://www.mickmel.com/blog/201106/dont-run-your-fan-club-like-tim-mcgraw/comment-page-1/#comment-2698 mickey Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:28:06 +0000 http://www.mickmel.com/blog/?p=1670#comment-2698 Jodi -- I do the same: "mark as spam". I have very little patience for newsletters that don't have a one-click opt-out. Jodi — I do the same: “mark as spam”. I have very little patience for newsletters that don’t have a one-click opt-out.

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