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		<title>Sähköisellä suoralla asian ytimeen: &#8220;Run like a girl&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Käytän paljon netin sähköisiä palveluja; verkkokauppoja, sosiaalista mediaa, sähköpostia jne jne. Tilaan myös säännöllisesti eri toimijoiden uutiskirjeitä. Osaltaan nähdäkseni miten sähköistä suoraa käytetään, osaltaan siksi että haluan oikeasti minulle kohdennettua markkinointia geneerisen mössön sijaan. Olen jopa valmis antamaan hieman enemmän tietoa itsestäni jotta markkinointi olisi paremmin kohdennettua, ihan vain siksi että aika on kortilla. Seuraavaksi kaksi [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Käytän paljon netin sähköisiä palveluja; verkkokauppoja, sosiaalista mediaa, sähköpostia jne jne. Tilaan myös säännöllisesti eri toimijoiden <strong>uutiskirjeitä</strong>.</p>
<p>Osaltaan nähdäkseni miten sähköistä suoraa käytetään, osaltaan siksi että haluan oikeasti minulle kohdennettua markkinointia geneerisen mössön sijaan. Olen jopa valmis antamaan hieman enemmän tietoa itsestäni jotta markkinointi olisi paremmin kohdennettua, ihan vain siksi että <strong>aika on kortilla</strong>.</p>
<p>Seuraavaksi k<strong>aksi esimerkkiä</strong>, joissa homma on mennyt enemmän tai vähemmän pieleen:</p>
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<li>Runner&#8217;s World</li>
<li>Ryanair</li>
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<h2>Runner&#8217;s World</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.runnersworld.com/" rel="nofollow" >RW</a> lienee maailman tunnetuimpia <strong>juoksuaiheisia lehtiä ja verkkosivustoja</strong>. Juoksu on vienyt omasta vapaa-ajastani huomattavan suuren osan jo vuosia, joten kiinnostuksen syy lienee ilmeinen.</p>
<p><img class="alignright" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; border-width: 0px;" src="http://resources.kiosked.com/filestorage/4259849.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<div><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://widgets.kiosked.com/widget/image/co/152/id/633776.js"></script>Haksahdin tilaamaan RW:n uutiskirjeen ihastuttani päivittäisiin juoksuaiheisiin lainauksiin (&#8220;Daily Quote&#8221;) . <strong>Kipiää, eikö totta?</strong><br />
 <strong></strong> <a href="http://www.runnersworld.com/newsletter/0,7127,,00.html" rel="nofollow" >Rekisteröitymisvaiheessa</a> kysytään kiinnostuksen aiheita; en ole kovin kiinnostunut naisten juoksusta sattuneesta syystä. Muut aiheet, ok.</div>
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 <strong>Ärsytyksen aihe #1:</strong> MInulle tulee noin kerran viikossa RW:lta uutiskirje otsikolla: <strong>&#8220;Run like a girl!&#8221; </strong><br />
Miksi tämä ärsyttää?</div>
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Noh, ensinnäkin <strong>olen mies</strong>.</p>
<p>En halua juosta kuin tyttö, en ole koskaan ollut tyttö enkä oikeastaan halua ollakaan tyttö. <br />
<strong>Kun en halua en halua</strong>.</p>
<p>Sinänsä postin sisältö on ok, käsittelee naisten ja miesten eroja juoksu-urheilun suhteen. Fine.</p>
<p>Olen kertonut rekisteröitymisvaiheessa etten ole kiinnostunut naisten juoksusta.<br />
 <strong>Miksi minulle lähetetään siihen liittyvää postia?</strong></p>
<p>Peruutin juuri tilaukseni.<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://widgets.kiosked.com/widget/image/co/152/id/633776.js"></script></p>
<h2>Ryanair</h2>
<p>Lennän kohtuullisen usein Ryanairilla. En ole tähän mennessä halunnut tilata uutiskirjettä, kuukausi sitten nöyrryin viimein. <img class="alignright" src="http://resources.kiosked.com/filestorage/7683691.jpg" alt="" /><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://widgets.kiosked.com/widget/image/co/152/id/850716.js"></script><br />
Täytin kaavakkeen, jossa kysyttiin osoitetiedot maa mukaan lukien. Valitsin maaksi &#8220;<strong>Finland</strong>&#8221; (suomeksi <strong>Suomi</strong>).</p>
<p><strong>Mitä uutiskirje sisältää, mitä?</strong></p>
<p>Tarjoukset Ruotsista, Norjasta ja Tanskasta lähtevistä lennoista. <strong>Mitä helvettiä?</strong><br />
Asun Suomessa, en normaalisti lähde lennolle muista maista.</p>
<p><strong>Miksi kysyä maatietoa jos sitä ei käytä</strong>?<br />
Ja jos käyttää, miksi lähettää muiden pohjoismaiden lentotietoja? Ymmärrän toki että tanskalaiset saattaisivat jopa Ruotsiin mennäkin halpojen lentojen perässä, samaten  ruotsalaiset ja norjalaiset ristiin. Suomalainen tuskin lähtee Kööpenhaminaan lentääkseen halvalla Tukholmaan.</p>
<p>Peruutin uutiskirjeen tämän kirjoitettuani, taas.</p>
<h2>Johtopäätös?</h2>
<p><strong>Mikäli kysyt käyttäjältä tietoa, käytä sitä.</strong> Mikään ei ärsytä enempää kuin väärin tai huonosti kohdennettu sähköinen suora.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kuinka tehdään onnistunut lippu-uudistus? Sellainen, jossa uudistetaan koko hinnoittelumalli, taustalla olevat tietojärjestelmät ja kenties merkittävin myyntikanava (eli verkkokauppa)? Kannattaa aloittaa hehkuttamalla uudistusta etukäteen omassa Facebook-ryhmässä ja mediassa, herättää ihmisten kiinnostus positiivisella tapaa pitkästä aikaa. Mitä se VR nyt tekee? Mikähän se uusi hinnoittelu nyt on? VR uudistuu, mitä ihmettä? Sitten kannattaa kertoa ettei hintoja julkaista [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kuinka tehdään <strong>onnistunut lippu-uudistus</strong>?</p>
<p>Sellainen, jossa uudistetaan koko <strong>hinnoittelumalli</strong>, taustalla olevat <strong>tietojärjestelmät</strong> ja kenties merkittävin <strong>myyntikanava</strong> (eli verkkokauppa)?</p>
<p><strong>Kannattaa aloittaa hehkuttamalla</strong> uudistusta etukäteen omassa Facebook-ryhmässä ja mediassa, herättää ihmisten kiinnostus positiivisella tapaa pitkästä aikaa. Mitä se VR nyt tekee? Mikähän se uusi hinnoittelu nyt on? VR uudistuu, mitä ihmettä?<a href="http://kaikuvuo.com/ippe/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/150920111395.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-658" title="VR:n lippuautomaatti" src="http://kaikuvuo.com/ippe/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/150920111395-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>Sitten kannattaa kertoa ettei hintoja julkaista ennen kuin <strong>14.9.2011</strong>.</p>
<p>Eikä sitä uutta verkkokauppaakaan pääse tiirailemaan ennen kyseistä päivämäärää.</p>
<p>Eikä siitä uudesta mallista voi oikein kertoakaan, sitten 14.9 näette. Paitsi että se on hieman samanlainen kuin halpalentoyhtiöillä, kun ostat aiemmin saat edullisemmin.</p>
<p>Kuinka paljon edullisemmin?<br />
<strong>Ai niin, 14.9.2011.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Odotusarvo nousee</strong>.</p>
<p>Tiistaina 13.9 <strong>matkustan junalla Tampereelta Helsinkiin</strong>. Kysyn konduktööriltä uusista hinnoista: <strong>&#8220;<em>En tiedä, huomenna ne julkaistaan</em>&#8220;.</strong></p>
<p><strong>14.9.2011, suuri aamu.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Menen jännityksestä tärisevin käsin verkkokauppaan</strong>, kauppa ei vastaa ja netti on väärällään tietoa siitä että koko paska on nurin.</p>
<p>Menen rautatieasemalle. <strong>Lippuautomaatti ei toimi.</strong> Toisten lippuautomaattien päälle on teipattu a4, jossa lukee ettei automaatti toimi. Menen junaan, kysyn konduktööriltä paljonko lippu maksaa. Konnari vastaa ettei tiedä, mutta &#8220;<em>katsoo täältä laitteelta</em>&#8220;.</p>
<p>Torstaina matkustan jälleen junalla, tällä kertaa Helsingistä Tampereelle. Automaatti ei toimi eikä asemalta pystytä myymään lippuja. Isot kyltit kehottavat ostamaan lipun junasta. Menen junaan. <strong>Henkilökuntaa ei näy koko matkalla.</strong></p>
<p><strong>&#8220;Suuri kysyntä yllätti&#8221;, sanoo VR.</strong> &#8220;Epätavallisen suuri kysyntä haittasi myyntiä&#8221;, sanoo VR. Tieto ja Accenture ovat syypäitä. Media ja yksittäiset ihmiset (minä mukaanlukien) herkuttelevat aiheella:<strong> &#8220;Taas epäonnistunut IT-projekti&#8221;.</strong></p>
<p>Oliko IT-projekti epäonnistunut? <strong>Ehkä.</strong><br />
Oliko IT-infra alimitoitettu?<strong> Ehkä. En usko.</strong><br />
Oliko kysyntä aliarvioitu? <strong>Ehkä.<br />
</strong>Oliko järjestelmäkokonaisuus testattu riittävälle tasolle?<strong> Ehkä. Uskoisin.<br />
</strong></p>
<p>Olisi kiintoisaa tietää vastaus muutamaan kysymykseen &#8211; vastaukset varmaankin selventäisivät myös edellisiä:</p>
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<li>Onko se ihme että kysyntä on suuri jos uudistuksia hehkutetaan ja hehkutetaan mutta ei kerrota (oikeastaan) mitään ennen tiettyä päivämäärää? Annetaan ymmärtää mutta ei ymmärretä antaa?</li>
<li>Onko se ihme, että ihmisiä kiinnostaa uusi hinnoittelu jos kerrotaan että se &#8220;muuttuu täysin&#8221;?</li>
<li>Onko se ihme että ihmiset ovat uteliaita?</li>
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<p>Vastaan itselleni: <strong>ei ole ihme.</strong></p>
<p>IT-projekti meni miten meni, veikkaan että ihan normaaliin malliin. Epäonnistuminen? Ei ehkä kuitenkaan (ainakaan aivan täydellinen).</p>
<p><strong>Muuten?</strong><br />
Kannattaako mennä kalaan ja kauhistua kun koukkuun käykin isompi kala kun pystyy nostamaan veneeseen?</p>
<p><strong>Jälkiviisas on helppo olla:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>miksi hintojen tarkistus piti tehdä suoraan verkkokaupasta? Veikkaan että iso osa ihmisistä oli tullut ihmettelemään uusia hintoja (koska niitä ei kerrottu etukäteen). Jokainen ihmettelijä kuormitti kauppaa &#8211; jokainen hintahaku tehtiin dynaamisesti tietokantaan.</li>
<ul>
<li>Olisiko voitu tarjota esimerkiksi staattisilla väliaikaisilla sivuilla hintatiedot yleisimmistä reiteistä?</li>
</ul>
<li>onko uusi hinnoittelumalli oikeasti niin vaikea ettei sitä voinut kertoa henkilökunnalle etukäteen? Konduktööri ei tienny mitä maksaa lippu Pasilasta Tampereelle &#8211; mitä ihmettä?</li>
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<p><strong>Mitähän tähän loppuun nyt sitten sanoisi? </strong></p>
<p>Lippuautomaatti on oikeasti hyvä käyttää. Uusi hinnoittelu on oikeasti hyvä.</p>
<p>Pidän uudistuksen jälkeisestä toiminnasta, mutta en siitä miten uudistus tehtiin.</p>
<p>Ihmettelen suuresti sitä miten asia hoidettiin ennen uudistusta, sen aikana ja sen jälkeen.</p>
<p>Toivon, että VR uskaltaa käydä asian julkisesti läpi &#8211; onhan ylihuomenna kansallisen epäonnistumisen päivä.</p>
<p>Ei epäonnistuminen ole niin vakavaa kuin luulisi;)</p>
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<div class="delicious-extended">We are therefore happy to introduce a new service to the Maps API family that enables applications to determine elevation profiles. Using either the new ElevationService Maps API v3 class or the Elevation Web Service you can request the elevation in meters for one or more sets of coordinates, or you can request a specific number of elevation samples equally spaced along a path. If any sampling points are over bodies of water, the service will return the depth relative to sea level as a negative number.</div>
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<div class="delicious-extended">A WCAG1  compliant site is accessible to people with disabilities</p>
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In conclusion…</p>
<p>This is my current advice to my clients, who have their own specific set of circumstances. I will, in the near future, start recommending the use of WCAG2. However at this stage I do not believe there is enough information available to support developers in complying with WCAG2.</p></div>
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<p>The avalanche of media outlets offering their content for Apple’s mobile devices demonstrates that Flash is no longer necessary to watch video or consume any kind of web content. And the 200,000 apps on Apple’s App Store proves that Flash isn’t necessary for tens of thousands of developers to create graphically rich applications, including games.</p>
<p>New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too). Perhaps Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind.</p></div>
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		<title>Nokia (Yet Again) Chosen as &#8220;Best Web Page in Finland&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last February I wrote about Nokia&#8217;s site chosen as &#8220;Best Web Page in Finland&#8220;. I was skeptical then and I&#8217;m skeptical now as the same media, Digitoday, publishes almost the same piece of news. Except that the company who did the research is different. (Article from other source in English) At march it was Webmark [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last February<a href="http://ilkka.kaikuvuo.com/2009/03/nokias-site-chosen-as-best-in-finland/" rel="nofollow" > I wrote about Nokia&#8217;s site chosen as &#8220;Best Web Page in Finland</a>&#8220;.</p>
<p>I was <strong>skeptical </strong>then and<strong> I&#8217;m skeptical now</strong> as the same media, <a href="http://www.digitoday.fi" rel="nofollow" >Digitoday</a>, publishes <a href="http://www.digitoday.fi/bisnes/2009/08/25/tutkimus-nokian-verkkosivuilla-kelpaa-surffata/200918736/66" rel="nofollow" >almost the same piece of news.</a> Except that the company who did the research is different.<br />
(<a href="http://www.swbusiness.fi/portal/news/news_from_software_business_cluster/all_news/?id=25175&amp;area=16" rel="nofollow" >Article from other source in English</a>)</p>
<p>At march it was <a href="http://www.webmark.fi/" rel="nofollow" >Webmark </a>who did the research, now it&#8217;s <a href="http://www.bluewhitepartners.com/" rel="nofollow" >Blue White Partners</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Anyhoo.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.digitoday.fi/bisnes/2009/08/25/tutkimus-nokian-verkkosivuilla-kelpaa-surffata/200918736/66" rel="nofollow" >Article </a>(in Finnish) claims that &#8220;Blue White Partners went through over thousand Finnish corporate web sites evaluating their<strong> marketing efficiency</strong>&#8220;. Jolly good.</p>
<p><strong>Marketing efficiency? </strong><br />
<strong>Over thousand corporate web sites?</strong></p>
<p>Hmm.</p>
<p>Well, as I last time learned,<strong> our journalists can be quite busy sometimes</strong>. So off to BW Partners we go to find the press release!<br />
<a href="http://www.bluewhitepartners.com/bw_webscore_elo09.pdf" rel="nofollow" >And yes, there it is ( press release as .pdf)</a></p>
<p><strong>Whee, this is nice. </strong><br />
According to press release,  methodology of the said research is based on &#8220;<strong>an average efficiency to attract visitors and turn them into customers, based on hundreds of thousands web sites evaluated</strong>&#8220;.</p>
<p><strong>Errm, what? </strong></p>
<p>And how the hell does one measure that?<br />
And hundreds of thousands web sites evaluated?</p>
<p><strong>Hmm.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Hey, there&#8217;s even more!</strong><br />
Again the Press Release states that &#8220;the average Blue White Score for Finnish Companies&#8221; (sic!) &#8221; is  42, still below the international average of 50&#8243;. Now, <a href="http://www.nokia.fi" rel="nofollow" >Nokia</a>, the front-seat student of all Finnish web sites, scores 99,8 and release states &#8220;<strong>which means that only 0,2 % of companies worldwide have as good or better web site as Nokia</strong>&#8220;.</p>
<p><strong>Phee.</strong></p>
<p>It seems that the rating goes from 0 to 100, 0 being the lowest score and 100 the highest.<strong> </strong>100 obviously means <strong>&#8220;The Best&#8221;,</strong> there is no better and 0 that <strong>there is no worse site</strong>. (Please do correct me about the rating  if I&#8217;m wrong)<strong><br />
</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.bluewhitepartners.com/top100_aug09/" rel="nofollow" >The top-100 list for Finnish companies can be viewed at BW Partners Web site.</a> <strong>All sites, listed in order of ranking,</strong> followed by score and change since the last evaluation.<br />
(Small side note: depending on source about 8 % of (Finnish) men are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-green_color_blindness" rel="nofollow" >red-green colour blind</a>. If someone wants to indicate something, let&#8217;s take change, with colours, do use some other colours than red and green. Or better, <strong>don&#8217;t use colours alone</strong>, use something else. Like a<strong> minus-sign</strong> in front of negative changes?)</p>
<p><strong>Anyhow, forward.</strong></p>
<p>What&#8217;s nice is that <strong>I can purchase the evaluation report for only 295 eur!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Pretty cheap, isn&#8217;t it?</strong></p>
<h2>Conclusion and remarks</h2>
<p>As such the evaluation portrayed here is <strong>worthless (at least to me)</strong>. I don&#8217;t know the methodology,  I don&#8217;t know the sample and so on.</p>
<p>Perhaps they&#8217;ll tell in the 295eur-report the <strong>following facts left missing </strong>in the press release and articles:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Exact size of the sample</strong> (&#8220;over thousand&#8221; is not that exact, you know. 1001 is over thousand, isn&#8217;t it?)</li>
<li><strong>Methods of evaluation</strong> (&#8220;average efficiency to attract visitors &#8221; and so forth is not that convincing)</li>
<li><strong>Sites Sampled</strong> (&#8220;over thousand Finnish corporate web sites&#8221; doesn&#8217;t tell that much.)</li>
<li><strong>Pages Sampled from every site</strong> or <strong>the algorithm for selecting the sample</strong> (did they evaluate only the front page or what? Did they start from the root and continue to leafs?)</li>
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<p>Most likely the evaluation will be covered heavily by Finnish media, which is somehow sad.</p>
<p>Still waiting for the first proper &#8220;Best Web Site in Finland&#8221; evaluation.<br />
<strong>I&#8217;m not holding my breath, though.</strong></p>
<p>(<strong>Usual disclaimers apply</strong>; I <strong>do </strong>realize that evaluation methodology can be a trade secret, as well as other data. I <strong>also </strong>realize that business is business and everyone must make a living. )</p>
<p>[Edit 15.45,<a href="http://www.arcticstartup.com/2009/02/04/how-good-is-your-startup-visibility/" rel="nofollow" > Arctic Startup has written about the first evaluation done by BW Partners.</a> According to linked article the evaluation score is "is made by investigating content semantics, language, search engine rank and index, and presence in social media."]</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Choosing Gender (Or How I thought I Became a Female)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like running, a lot, actually. I live in Finland. My first name is Ilkka. Am I male or female? (And why the hell am I thinking about this?) Long story short; some years ago I bought iPod Nano with Nike+ -running sensor. Sensor worked fine during running but doesn&#8217;t work when I inline skate [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like <strong>running</strong>, a lot, actually.</p>
<p>I live in <strong>Finland</strong>.</p>
<p>My first name is <strong>Ilkka</strong>.</p>
<p>Am I <strong>male </strong>or <strong>female</strong>?</p>
<p>(And why the <strong>hell </strong>am I thinking about this?)</p>
<p><strong>Long story short</strong>; some years ago I bought <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipod/nike/" rel="nofollow" >iPod Nano with Nike+ -running sensor.</a> Sensor worked fine during <strong>running </strong>but doesn&#8217;t work when I <strong>inline skate</strong> (well, obviously as it is based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike%2BiPod" rel="nofollow" >step counter/acceleration, read more at Wikipedia</a>). Therefore my usage was cut short and nowadays I&#8217;m perfectly happy with my <a href="http://sportstracker.nokia.com" rel="nofollow" >Nokia Sports Tracker</a> and N82 -combination, thank you.</p>
<p>Well now, as the Sports Tracker from Nokia comes with a web site (reviewed earlier), so did the Nike+iPod, too (<a href="http://www.nikeplus.com" rel="nofollow" >www.nikeplus.com</a>). Nikeplus boasts <strong>all the same features </strong>as Nokia Sports Tracker&#8217;s site and few more (like being able to buy sneakers and music to iPod) but is basically <strong>the same site with different skin</strong> (this is my opinion, of course. All Nokia/Apple/Nike fanboys can disagree as much as they want).</p>
<p>At NikePlus one creates an user profile, fills in all the important stuff and so on. One of the things one has to tick in the registration form is <strong>gender</strong>. I&#8217;m a male, therefore I ticked &#8220;Gender &#8211; male&#8221; (screen capture below).</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-318" title="NikePlus.com, account info-tab" src="http://kaikuvuo.com/ippe/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/nikeplus_account_info.jpg" alt="NikePlus.com, account info-tab" width="380" height="253" /></p>
<p>If I understand the form correctly, I have ticked &#8220;<strong>male</strong>&#8220;.</p>
<p>Now, why the weird title and all this before making <strong>any point</strong>?</p>
<p>NikePlus has these wondeful <strong>promotional</strong>, playful <strong><del>competitions</del> </strong> <strong>challenges </strong>(like who runs the most distance at two weeks, which one of your running mates runs longest/fastest etc). There&#8217;s atm a race between men and women going on, <strong>goal to run more km than the other group</strong> (Titled simply &#8220;<strong>Men vs Women</strong> &#8211; make every run count&#8221;. See the ad below). And as some of you may know, I&#8217;m all in for a bit of competition!</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-319" title="nikeplus challenge ad: men vs women" src="http://kaikuvuo.com/ippe/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/nikeplus_men_vs_women-300x123.jpg" alt="nikeplus challenge ad: men vs women" width="300" height="123" /></p>
<p>And then we come to my <strong>first name</strong>. As it ends with <strong>A</strong>, some European (and US citizens) tend to think it&#8217;s a <strong>female name</strong>. Well,<strong> it isn&#8217;t.</strong> In Finland there&#8217;s no such rule that male names end with certain letters and/or female with certain (ok, bit harshly said, but anyway).</p>
<p><strong>Anyhoo.</strong></p>
<p>NikePlus sends me occasional<strong> e-mails</strong>. Haven&#8217;t unsubscribed<strong> as I quite like them </strong>(and Gmail swallows almost anything I can stuff there). Last week I received an e-mail about the challenge between men and women (I&#8217;ll just paste selected parts below, italics by yours truly):</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>We&#8217;re ahead on KMs, let&#8217;s keep it that way</strong></p>
<p><em>Men </em>may be ahead on total KMs – but this is no time to get complacent &#8211; there’s more than one way<em> the girls could win this rac</em>e.</p>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p>Show your<em> female friends</em> the score with the live-updating Men Vs. Women Challenge widget.</p>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p><em>Why are we the superior sex</em>? Let’s be kind and leave it at two reasons: <em>strength </em>and <em>competitiveness</em>. So give in to your animal instinct and power your way ahead. <em>She won’t see what beat her </em>(she’ll be running too slow).</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Ahem</strong>.</p>
<p>Well, yeah, we are the superior sex, aren&#8217;t we? &#8220;<em>Girls could win this race</em>&#8220;?</p>
<p>As I read the e-mail for the first time at my mobile, I thought they have gotten the gender wrong. Which e-mail letter would state <strong>men the superior sex</strong>? What letter would talk to men about <strong>girls </strong>- and about <strong>showing my female friends</strong> the challenge?</p>
<p>Apparently this one.</p>
<p><strong>Well, ahem.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I misread the letter</strong> at the first time, have to give you that. And as quite many foreigners mix my gender based on my name I thought that was the case here, too.</p>
<p>Now I&#8217;m just wondering <strong>which one is more stupid</strong>, <strong>me </strong>misreading the letter or <strong>the marketer</strong> writing it? (Well, I&#8217;m blogging about the letter, giving it free publicity and everything, so that leaves only <strong>me</strong>.)</p>
<p><strong>Any publicity is good publicity?</strong></p>
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>People can be touchy when it comes to gender based marketing.</strong> It <strong>might work</strong> better than anyone has ever expected &#8211; or then <strong>backfire </strong>and do a lot of damage.</li>
<li><strong>Challenges work</strong> (and as NikePlus -typed site is filled with runners it works perhaps really well)</li>
<li><strong>Don&#8217;t assume anything</strong> about gender based on person&#8217;s name.</li>
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