I was contacted today by a representative of AOL as they are releasing AIM Triton 1.5 Preview Edition today. It is available for free download on AIM.com.
I generally get turned off when companies contact me to promote their product, but I am actually intrigued by the features available including but not limited to:
- AIM Phoneline & Phoneline Unlimited
- AOL Video Module
- AIM Pages
- AIM Location
I am extremely intrigued by AIM Location as it will allow users of AIM Triton 1.5 to find each other on a Mapquest Map. I'd like to geographically see where my buddies are... nice use of a "mashup."
I use Trillian on my work computer as it allows me to log into multiple providers' accounts but will probably check out this new release from AOL shortly. Will let you know how it is.
"I generally get turned off when companies contact me to promote their product"
As you indicate, bloggers have some distaste for getting contacted by PR people trying to promote a product. At the same time, the PR people probably feel some unease when it comes to negotiating an unfamiliar media where the rules of PR engagement aren't clearly defined.
You say "generally" turned off ... could you offer a couple of pointers to PR people on the right way to go about doing it, as long as they're going to do it, which they will. Help set the norms of PR engagement. Obviously, starting their own blog and participating in the conversation might be the most acceptable way, but in reality, that's not always going to happen, at least over the next year or two.
Posted by: Gabe Morris | June 06, 2006 at 09:51 AM