Cellphone9 » Ambassador Program http://www.everyjoe.com/cellphone9 Mobile Phones - Wireless Life - Cellular Phones Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:13:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 S60 shuts down Amassador program http://www.everyjoe.com/cellphone9/s60-shuts-down-amassador-program/ http://www.everyjoe.com/cellphone9/s60-shuts-down-amassador-program/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:59:04 +0000 Jayvee Fernandez http://www.everyjoe.com/cellphone9/?p=2222 Post from: Cellphone9

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Sad news. This June ‘09, S60 is shutting down their word of mouth campaign, the Ambassador Program.

It’s been hardly a year since the Ambassador site launched – and what a journey it has been! Over 21 thousand Ambassadors signed up, we ran 9 campaigns, and heard from you all via nearly 6000 personal accounts you’ve submitted. Such colorful reports they have been too! We can’t thank you enough for all that passion, effort and enthusiasm you have bestowed upon us. Rest assured that every one of those reports have been personally read and responded to by one of us here on the Ambassador team. The insights gained from them have been valuable and they will continue to be used as valuable input in our ongoing product and service development efforts. [more here]

A few weeks back, S60 reported of ambassadors who were proven to have crafted false or plagiarized stories from other community members. Although I’m sure that this isn’t the primary reason for closing down such a good program, the effort needed to maintain such a campaign might be too draining. Which brings me to ask — once 21,000 people start talking about your product, what are the next steps?

[Screencaps c/o S60 Blogs]

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]]> http://www.everyjoe.com/cellphone9/s60-shuts-down-amassador-program/feed/ 0 Plagiarism within the S60 Ambassador Ranks http://www.everyjoe.com/cellphone9/plagiarism-within-the-s60-ambassador-ranks/ http://www.everyjoe.com/cellphone9/plagiarism-within-the-s60-ambassador-ranks/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:24:41 +0000 Jayvee Fernandez http://www.cellphone9.com/?p=2063 Post from: Cellphone9

]]> Nip it in the bud is the best thing a corporation can do. Nip it in the bud and blog about it. Nokia’s Ambassador Program is making a lot of waves with good feedback. But amidst this are half baked ambassador experiences that were made just to earn reward points.

The Bad news: We’ve found an instance of plagiarism in the reports. One of our Ambassadors pointed it out to us in an e-mail message. We looked into it with the legal team, and we’re sorry to say that we’ve confirmed that one Ambassador has copied another’s text and submitted the report. Our policy for something like this is ZERO TOLERANCE. The offending Ambassador will be kicked out of the program and his snail mail address black-listed. Needless to say he/she will not be eligible for any rewards in any campaigns. [source]

The Ambassador Program is a word of mouth initiative that takes in S60 enthusiasts and brings them together to experience everything about the S60 platform. Participants earn points when they submit meaningful experiences which allow them access to exclusive perks from the S60 development team.

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