<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/feed/</link> <description>Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? - Forum Topic in the Group Facebook</description> <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 02:24:04 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-11137</guid><title><![CDATA[Frederic Gonzalo replied to the forum topic Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-11137</link> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:09:25 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/fredericgonzalo/" title="Frederic Gonzalo" rel="nofollow">Frederic Gonzalo</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/" rel="nofollow">Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow">@atlantarobin</a> Wow, that was indeed quite a funny story, so to speak. A true #FAIL social media story.My personal favorite SM fail comes from Qantas airlines, known to have its fair share of social media fails. I [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-11136</guid><title><![CDATA[Jessica L. Lloyd-Rogers replied to the forum topic Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-11136</link> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:54:21 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jessica/" title="Jessica L. Lloyd-Rogers" rel="nofollow">Jessica L. Lloyd-Rogers</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/" rel="nofollow">Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> I think it would be interesting to check in and see if the BBQ restaurant's numbers went up or down.&#160;<div></div><div>Personally, I would never go there after that, but I'm not always in sync with what others think is funny or [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9869</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9869</link> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:34:00 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/" rel="nofollow">Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> Either way, I think they made it a tourist attraction. Nobody cares about the bad review retaliation. Even the girl targeted. She laughed about it. Guys will go there just to get something with the logo on it. [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9821</guid><title><![CDATA[Matthew O'Neill replied to the forum topic Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9821</link> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:59:26 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/matthewoneill/" title="Matthew O'Neill" rel="nofollow">Matthew O'Neill</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/" rel="nofollow">Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/casmccullough/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/casmccullough/' rel="nofollow">@casmccullough</a> If you can't understand someone then there is nothing a restaurant can do...and companies&#160;usually always&#160;hold the right to refuse service.</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9816</guid><title><![CDATA[Cas McCullough replied to the forum topic Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9816</link> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:36:28 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/casmccullough/" title="Cas McCullough" rel="nofollow">Cas McCullough</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/" rel="nofollow">Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/matthewoneill/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/matthewoneill/' rel="nofollow">@matthewoneill</a> If a restaurant tried to refuse service to people based on language, in this country, that would be illegal.</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9795</guid><title><![CDATA[Gabriel Marinescu replied to the forum topic Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9795</link> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:27:07 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/gabriel/" title="Gabriel Marinescu" rel="nofollow">Gabriel Marinescu</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/" rel="nofollow">Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> I do not think it was a PR stunt. It was a mistake. Social media fail, as clear as they come. If it was a PR stunt what did they win from it? A bad name? The place where you go to be offended?It was not an [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9770</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9770</link> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:58:05 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/" rel="nofollow">Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> Matthew, I think this restaurant did exactly as you descibe. Took their bad boy name, directed bad boy yet appropriately related bad boy bleeped words at a customer they knew would report it, followed up with bad [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9769</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9769</link> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:43:55 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/" rel="nofollow">Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> WHAT'S IN A NAME?I'm thinking the BBQ restaurant's name has something to do with why this went extremely viral, lol. I mean what were they thinking? And what kind of customers would consider that a "family" [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9626</guid><title><![CDATA[Andrea Vahl replied to the forum topic Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9626</link> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:00:30 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/" title="Andrea Vahl" rel="nofollow">Andrea Vahl</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire" rel="nofollow">Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/robpeck/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/robpeck/' rel="nofollow">@robpeck</a> Thanks! &#160;Grandma doesn't do autographs. &#160;:)</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9625</guid><title><![CDATA[Rob Peck replied to the forum topic Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9625</link> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:58:54 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/robpeck/" title="Rob Peck" rel="nofollow">Rob Peck</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/" rel="nofollow">Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow">@andrea-vahl</a> OMG I love your blog. Can you get me Grandma Mary's autograph?</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9604</guid><title><![CDATA[Andrea Vahl replied to the forum topic Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9604</link> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:15:46 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/" title="Andrea Vahl" rel="nofollow">Andrea Vahl</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/" rel="nofollow">Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> That was pretty bad, <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow">@atlantarobin</a> - I hadn't seen that before. &#160;The Diva Jewelry line landed themselves in hot water and were deleting comments off their Facebook Page but it wasn't nearly as bad as that. &#160;I [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9588</guid><title><![CDATA[Matthew O'Neill replied to the forum topic Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9588</link> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:43:20 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/matthewoneill/" title="Matthew O'Neill" rel="nofollow">Matthew O'Neill</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/" rel="nofollow">Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <span>Though to be fair some companies have an image like that<br /> and it is appropriate to act in that way. One example would be Philly Cheese<br /> stake joints, Pat's and Gino's. They both have an image to uphold of being [&#8230;]</span></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9565</guid><title><![CDATA[Alexandra Briggs replied to the forum topic Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9565</link> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:08:11 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/alexandrabriggs/" title="Alexandra Briggs" rel="nofollow">Alexandra Briggs</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/" rel="nofollow">Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow">@atlantarobin</a> I cannot believe the owner reacted in that way! Obviously he has never been told that a layer of legitimacy is added to reviews when not all of them are praising. A better reaction would be for him [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9522</guid><title><![CDATA[Ian Pace replied to the forum topic Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9522</link> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:14:38 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/pacey/" title="Ian Pace" rel="nofollow">Ian Pace</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/" rel="nofollow">Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> Ouch :/ but that actually made me giggle a little lol<div>They do say&#160;there is no such thing as bad publicity, do you think he would agree? ;)</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9513</guid><title><![CDATA[Soundgate Studio Inc replied to the forum topic Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire? in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/#post-9513</link> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:41:51 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/sgsrecording/" title="Soundgate Studio Inc" rel="nofollow">Soundgate Studio Inc</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/worst-social-media-campaign-ever-can-you-say-backfire/" rel="nofollow">Worst Social Media Campaign Ever!! Can you say Backfire?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> I don't know if I'd categorize at as a social media campaign lol. Although it engaged people alright lol</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>