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Title: Pimp My Keyboard: The Material Metaphor Giveaway
Post by: RoastPotatoes on Wed, 08 April 2015, 06:33:10
Pimp My Keyboard is doing a giveaway of The Material Metaphor Keyset in the first week of the groupbuy. I have been promoting it on my blog. But if you don't wan't to go to my blog (http://roastpotatoes.github.io/2015/04/08/pmk-the-material-metaphor/) you can still enter :). All you have to do is like PMK (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pimp-My-Keyboard/589719521065041?fref=ts) on Facebook as well as sharing the groupbuy (https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1rwqUQY&t=The+Material+Metaphor+%28dye-sub%2C+PBT%2C+DSA%29+%3E+Pimp+My+Keyboard) on Facebook.
Title: Re: Pimp My Keyboard: The Material Metaphor Giveaway
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 08 April 2015, 06:34:42
Since SP has a subforum shouldn't this be in there??
Title: Re: Pimp My Keyboard: The Material Metaphor Giveaway
Post by: jdcarpe on Wed, 08 April 2015, 06:37:51
Since SP has a subforum shouldn't this be in there??

Yes. Also, paid marketing firm accounts really need to identify themselves as such when they register here.
Title: Re: Pimp My Keyboard: The Material Metaphor Giveaway
Post by: RoastPotatoes on Wed, 08 April 2015, 06:40:47
I didn't think about that sorry.
Title: Re: Pimp My Keyboard: The Material Metaphor Giveaway
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 08 April 2015, 06:57:49
Since SP has a subforum shouldn't this be in there??

Yes. Also, paid marketing firm accounts really need to identify themselves as such when they register here.

Haha wow...what's the world coming to when you have to pay someone to sell your keysets....might as well have used massdrop  :))
Title: Re: Pimp My Keyboard: The Material Metaphor Giveaway
Post by: yomammary on Wed, 08 April 2015, 07:13:28
I didn't think about that sorry.
FWIW I love your blog ;)
Title: Re: Pimp My Keyboard: The Material Metaphor Giveaway
Post by: jdcarpe on Wed, 08 April 2015, 08:59:11
Since SP has a subforum shouldn't this be in there??

Yes. Also, paid marketing firm accounts really need to identify themselves as such when they register here.

Haha wow...what's the world coming to when you have to pay someone to sell your keysets....might as well have used massdrop  :))

I'm not saying that RoastPotatoes is or is not getting paid for doing marketing for SP/PMK. But there has been at least one account recently that is a paid marketer.

@RoastPotatoes: your blog is interesting. I've never seen it before today.
Title: Re: Pimp My Keyboard: The Material Metaphor Giveaway
Post by: Findecanor on Wed, 08 April 2015, 09:04:07
But if you don't wan't to go to my blog (http://roastpotatoes.github.io/2015/04/08/pmk-the-material-metaphor/) you can still enter :). All you have to do is like PMK (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pimp-My-Keyboard/589719521065041?fref=ts) on Facebook as well as sharing the groupbuy (https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1rwqUQY&t=The+Material+Metaphor+%28dye-sub%2C+PBT%2C+DSA%29+%3E+Pimp+My+Keyboard) on Facebook.

F**k Facebook. Really.
Title: Re: Pimp My Keyboard: The Material Metaphor Giveaway
Post by: RoastPotatoes on Wed, 08 April 2015, 13:10:48
Thanks for the feedback on my blog @jdcarpe and @yomammary. I really appreciate it. I am actually quite surprised about the reaction. /r/mk seems to be a little hostile to my posts and they seem to be getting downvoted so I was a little nervous about the reaction on geekhack.
In all honesty I replied to this post (http://deskthority.net/vendors-f52/signature-plastics-keyset-giveaway-via-pimp-my-keyboard-t10304.html) as I thought it would be a good opportunity to do something with a well established company that is known in the community. I thought it might give me some exposure and possible bring me to new heights. Although I was worried how it would be received if I was just promoting a product. However it has been an interesting experience, doing something a little more 'official' on my blog.

I really do appreciate your feedback on my blog though :)
Title: Re: Pimp My Keyboard: The Material Metaphor Giveaway
Post by: metalliqaz on Sat, 11 April 2015, 08:20:04
Cell phone interfaces care more about good looks than good usability.  It doesn't translate well to a real keyboard.  That's probably why Material Metaphor won't even tip while thousands are piling on for a similar set on MD