Sales Team Follow Up
IBJoel, in the thread you locked, you had posted this:
Originally Posted by IBJoel
This is to everyone here: I have voiced my concerns and your concerns to our sales team to try and figure something out. You are being heard.
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I'm just getting confirmation that I can take it down.
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Originally Posted by IBJoel
(Post 13452679)
I'm just getting confirmation that I can take it down.
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Originally Posted by kefrank
(Post 13453151)
Does that mean there's been a policy enacted to align the paid promotions that the sales team will accept with the rules of the forum?
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Update: The documentation I was provided said that the ad was to be posted for 2 weeks, but apparently the final contract said 1 month. -_-
EDIT: Again, as I stated in the other thread: I can bring concerns to sales and management, but I cannot ultimately demand that a sales contract is voided. I am your advocate and work to make sure the site provides an enjoyable experience, but do not have final-decision-making power on other teams. The rules state you cannot discuss DVD Ripping Software. They also state that you may advertise your product. This can produce a conflict in agendas. I and our moderators can and should enforce the forum rules on users. I cannot enforce them on people that do not even have DVD Talk accounts. What I can do is be a diplomat and adviser to them, but once contracts are signed, they become legally binding. |
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So the add stays and your last comment had nothing to do with forum policies?
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Originally Posted by Noonan
(Post 13454651)
So the add stays and your last comment had nothing to do with forum policies?
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Originally Posted by IBJoel
(Post 13454646)
Update: The documentation I was provided said that the ad was to be posted for 2 weeks, but apparently the final contract said 1 month. -_-
EDIT: Again, as I stated in the other thread: I can bring concerns to sales and management, but I cannot ultimately demand that a sales contract is voided. I am your advocate and work to make sure the site provides an enjoyable experience, but do not have final-decision-making power on other teams. The rules state you cannot discuss DVD Ripping Software. They also state that you may advertise your product. This can produce a conflict in agendas. I and our moderators can and should enforce the forum rules on users. I cannot enforce them on people that do not even have DVD Talk accounts. What I can do is be a diplomat and adviser to them, but once contracts are signed, they become legally binding. And I will reiterate that if the sales team isn't going to change their policies, we should re-word the forum rules to be more accurate and make very clear that:
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Originally Posted by kefrank
(Post 13454908)
Thanks for the detailed response. I fully understand honoring a contract that's been signed. I'm mainly interested in whether you have advocated on our behalf that the sales team change their policy going forward to have standards that align with forum content rules for what contracts they will sign in the future. I get how the current situation arose, but it should be something that informs a different policy going forward.
And I will reiterate that if the sales team isn't going to change their policies, we should re-word the forum rules to be more accurate and make very clear that:
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Originally Posted by IBJoel
(Post 13455241)
I'll say they've gotten an earful and leave it at that. So hopefully, we don't have to change the forum rules. But I agree that should it happen again, there should be some re-wording on the rules page.
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Originally Posted by IBJoel
(Post 13454646)
Update: The documentation I was provided said that the ad was to be posted for 2 weeks, but apparently the final contract said 1 month. -_-
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And now the ad is on the FRONT page.
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Originally Posted by E Unit
(Post 13461421)
And now the ad is on the FRONT page.
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Originally Posted by E Unit
(Post 13461421)
And now the ad is on the FRONT page.
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Funny how when the paid time period of this software expired it moved from a thread in the forum to an add on the main fuckin page. lmao
But I'm guessing we're still at risk of being banned for any discussion about it? |
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Not hypocritical at all!
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The ad has been on the front page since November 15th. The forum post has been removed.
Shannon, I've already told sales that. I mentioned it right after posting rules objections. |
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Originally Posted by IBJoel
(Post 13462336)
The ad has been on the front page since November 15th. The forum post has been removed.
Shannon, I've already told sales that. I mentioned it right after posting rules objections. |
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Originally Posted by Noonan
(Post 13462346)
Care to speak to the fact that the 1 month paid period has expired and you "told the sales team" that we can't have products like that advertised here anymore due to their legality? Cause from our end, it certainly looks like they paid for more ad time and probably paid you even more to be on the front page rather than a forum post.
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So the contract was purely for the forum post, which is now over and the front page add is a separate contract they paid for? Because, if you haven't noticed, this is still a sticky on the site. Not only are you providing us the means, by having it as an ad, you're requesting that we click and use their service.
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Originally Posted by Noonan
(Post 13462373)
So the contract was purely for the forum post, which is now over and the front page add is a separate contract they paid for?
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DVD Talk rules state:
"YOUR MEMBERSHIP TO THE DVD TALK FORUM IS ALSO PREDICATED ON YOUR ADHERENCE TO THESE RULES. If you violate any of these rules your account will be suspended and you may be permanently banned from membership at our discretion." So it will make everyone happy, I will remove the front page article tomorrow, on my day off. |
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Yes, I forgot to bring my laptop home with the login credentials for the backend. 100% my fault. Ad is removed now, though.
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