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Dismal Failure

25 August 2009 by Allison 5,029 views 89 Comments

iphone 3gsSometimes you have a massive FAIL. Recently the SWBN ran a competition for a iPod shuffle that crashed and burned big time. We knew it was going to crash as soon as the PMs started coming in saying “ScreenJelly isn’t working for me”. Bummer, a new platform fell over just when we needed it Contingency plan? What contingency plan? Who has contingency plans in times like these… well organised and on-the-ball type businesses that’s who.

So we are scrapping the old competition. It is in the circular filing cabinet, along with our high hopes for ScreenJelly.

Now to move on and try and salvage something because we did not deliver what we said we would. This is the most important part of a set back.Don’t dwell on the negative, see what positive you can create to mitigate the damage (and you are kidding yourself if you don’t think there is any damage). Too many businesses out there don’t get this right. They sweep the facts under the carpet and leave potential customers wondering what-on-earth happened, creating scenarios in their mind and knocking you down on their reputation points scale.

Back to our issue. I have thought and thought, and I can’t devise of a fair way to compensate those who did manage to get an entry in, as opposed to those who really tried but had to give up when it didn’t work. I can’t even identify with any surety who they are….

SO in fairness to ALL….

Another competition, easier than the first, with a BETTER prize!
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iPhone 3GS!!!

All you need to do is follow SWBN on Twitter and Retweet (as many times as you like) “Win an iPhone 3GS with The Secret Women’s Business Network (SWBNrocks!) http://bit.ly/1jY1D1 “

Or click on the birdy to do half the job! (don’t forget to follow too by clicking that pink thing on the side over there ->)

Win an iPhone with SWBN

Fine Print

Competition ends September 10th, 2009 midday US Pacific time
Winner will be announced on September 12th via a live webinar draw (details will be announced closer to the date)
The iPhone will be in the form of an Apple Gift Card from the USA Apple store
Winner will be drawn randomly from followers who have tweeted the correct phrase
Any changes will be announced on the blog

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