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What People Are Saying About Windows 7

Just moments ago, we launched a social media “hub” for Windows 7 on Windows.com in celebration of launch tomorrow. This hub is designed to highlight what our customers are saying about Windows 7. It does this by pulling content from all over the web (via tweets, blog posts, etc.) of people talking about Windows 7 and bringing it all to one central location so you can see what everyone is saying about Windows 7.

Note: To ensure the content and conversations we’re pulling from the web is relevant to Windows 7 (and of course appropriate), we moderate what gets put up there.

If you’re going to be tweeting (posting on Twitter) about Windows 7, I encourage you to use the following hashtags (if you don’t know what hashtags on Twitter are, click here):

#Win7: Use this in place of “Windows 7” or add to the end of any tweet about Windows 7.
#WinLive: Use this place of “Windows Live” or add to the end of any tweet about Windows Live.
#WinWin7: For our several fun giveaways we have going for our Twitter followers (US only, employees are not eligible), tweets tagged with #winwin7 relate to the contests. See Contest Rules here.
#win7tip: Use this in any tweet sharing a Windows 7 tip or trick.
#igotWin7: Use this tag to share once you get a copy of Windows 7.
#win7meetup: Use this tag when tweeting about the Launch Parties or Meetup initiatives.

We continue to look for ways to include our customers and highlight real conversations both during launch and long after GA. To learn more about how the social hub works check Marty Collins’ blog post here.

Written by Brandon LeBlanc on October 21st, 2009 with no comments.
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Win Tickets to Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show!

Yesterday, we announced a marketing collaboration with FOX that will showcase Windows 7 launching October 22^nd.

Windows 7 will be the exclusive sponsor of an upcoming TV show from Seth MacFarlane called Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show (working title) which will air Sunday November 8th at 8:30 p.m. (EST and PST). Seth is the creator of “Family Guy,” “American Dad” and “The Cleveland Show.” It with star both Seth and his “Family Guy” co-star Alex Borestein (she does the voice of “Lois” among many other characters in case you were wondering). The show will air “commercial-free” instead featuring unique Windows 7-branded programming that blends seamlessly into the show. Seth and Alex teamed up with us here at Microsoft, Universal McCann and Crispin, Porter + Bogusky to come up with Windows 7 branded integrations within the show.

To celebrate this awesome collaboration with FOX, the Windows Outreach Team will be doing a giveaway as part of their ongoing #WinWin7 Contest on Twitter for exclusive tickets to see the taping of Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show in Los Angeles this Friday starting at 3:30pm.

Watch the tweets from @MSWindows this afternoon to find out how to win. For #winwin7 contest rules, click here.

As a huge Family Guy fan, I’m stoked to see this collaboration air on TV on November 8^th. And to those who win tickets to watch the taping, I will be jealous.

Side tidbit – to fellow Star Trek fans out there: Did you know Seth McFarlane did a small stint on Star Trek: Enterprise?

On top of sponsoring Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show, we are also working together with FOX to reach out to more than 4.3 million college students on campuses across the United States. The 12 week tour will give students a chance to try Windows 7 as well as enjoy customized entertainment created by FOX Licensing and Merchandising such as customized “Family Guy” content. That’s rad ;-)

Written by Brandon LeBlanc on October 14th, 2009 with no comments.
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#WinWin7 Twitter Contest Rolls On

Since the first tweet went out on the #WinWin7 Twitter Contest, the Windows Outreach Team on Microsoft’s official Windows Twitter account @MSWindows has been busy giving away some great (and somewhat goofy) prizes to their followers. The best part, through, is that I hear that things are just heating up.

Here’s a recap of what they’ve given away in the #WinWin7 promotion so far:

7 piping hot pizzas delivered right to followers’ doors
7 pounds of candy to satisfy followers’ penchants for sugar
$7.77 in shiny Andrew Jackson dollars and pennies
7 Microsoft keyboards and mice (PC mice, not live mice, that’d get messy)
@WindowsGamer gave away some signed Warhammer art books
2 gaming keyboards from @WindowsGamer
7 sodas from the stash on Microsoft’s Redmond campus

There’s more to come and the prizes are only getting better (and somewhat goofier).

Starting today, they are making a push for 77,777 followers by Windows 7 GA (October 22nd). Starting at 42,777 followers, they will give out a copy of Windows 7 to one of their lucky followers. Starting there, they will continue to give away a copy of Windows 7 for every 2,000 followers (so, at 44,777 then 46,777 and on and on). For those good at math, the more people we get to join, the more chances you (as a follower) have of winning a copy of Windows 7. All followers of @MSWindows are eligible, so those who have been loyal followers since the beginning are still in the running. Winners will receive their copy of Windows 7 they won after the Oct. 22 launch date.

When the magical number of 77,777 is reached, the Windows Outreach Team has some great (and super-secret) prizes to hand out. If you’re not following @MSWindows on Twitter already, you should consider doing so as things look like they will get pretty interesting ;-)

For more on the Windows Outreach Team, read this blog post.

Written by Brandon LeBlanc on September 22nd, 2009 with no comments.
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Introducing The Windows Outreach Team and #WinWin7 on Twitter

If you happened to be searching for “pizza” on Twitter Search yesterday or are following the @mswindows Twitter account, chances are you witnessed the kickoff of #WinWin7. The Windows Outreach Team kicked off 7 weeks of Windows 7 by sending 7 piping-hot pizzas to 7 lucky Twitter followers.

And it won’t stop there.

Throughout the next 7 weeks, @mswindows will be giving away prizes all based on the number 7 (for Windows 7). Winners must take part in the challenges and are encouraged to invite friends to join in on the fun which all culminates on launch day - October 22nd.

Make sure you’re following @mswindows and tell them Brandon sent you. Oh and watch for the official #WinWin7 hash tag too.

Speaking of the Windows Outreach Team, how about meeting the supporting cast? You may have seen them on some of your favorite blogs and forums and didn’t really know who they were. Let’s change that.

Jeff D, Cody G and Ron S, are a savvy team tasked with reaching out to users and creating a real resource within the communities on the Web.

Along with Josh T on the @mswindows account, these team members bring a wealth of knowledge (both consumer and even a bit on the “techy” side) to the table. Anywhere from gaming to watching your media across your home network, these guys have been there and tried out the fixes and know what works and what doesn’t. You can bet on them to offer advice and an open ear, not a sales pitch and a bottom line – oddly enough, none of them wanted to be a snake oil salesman growing up.

So, keep a lookout for the team on some of your favorite blogs and forums and feel free to say “hi” or just ask a question. They’ll be sure to help get you on the track to whatever it is you need.

If you have any questions for the Windows Outreach Team, just send a tweet to @mswindows. Or leave a comment here too of course.

NOTE: The Windows Outreach Team also runs the Windows Live Twitter account @windowslive too.

Written by Brandon LeBlanc on September 4th, 2009 with no comments.
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What is Twitter to you?

It seems everyone has their own opinions of, and uses for Twitter.

Many folks see it as a way to share every interpersonal aspect of their life with those who decide to follow them, while others use it as a platform to share information. Many companies are adopting the platform as a way to server their customers, and inform them of new products, services, contests and sales.

The uses are endless.

This isn’t what I mean by “What is Twitter to you?”, however. What I mean is, how does it fit into your day? What does it mean to you, and what do you get from it?

Recently Twitter has taken on a new meaning for me, at least at work. I quit smoking just over 2 weeks ago, and while a smoker, I had very concrete “breaks” where I got up, left my desk and took my mind off of work for a few minutes while I smoked my cigarette. Now that I am not smoking, I no longer have that “break”, but I have found that using a few minutes here and there to check on TweetDeck kind of fills that void. I’ve never liked any twitter client (or any other software for that matter) slapping me in the face every 30-45 seconds with a notification, so I’ve always had notifications turned off, and I would simply check every so often to see “what’s up” with everyone, but now, I make it a set thing to do and devote a few minutes going through each category I have set up in TweetDeck, reading tweets, replying and re-tweeting interesting content from others I want to share.

As silly as this sounds, I think that has helped me curb my cravings while at work – it gave me a logical thing to do with my “microbreaks” at work to, not only break up my work day and give my brain a few minutes to “rest” (no jokes now), but also allow me an outlet to keep my mind off of lighting up.

Written by jaysonrowe on August 11th, 2009 with no comments.
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Major Retailer uses Twitter to help customers?!? (Will it work? Is it fair to Employees?)

Sorry, but I just have to weigh in here. I just saw a commercial for a major electronics retailer (which I used to work for) that is offering customers help via the Twitter social networking service.

Although I am a former employee, and current shareholder of said company, I can’t help but fear the worst. First off, I do not believe anyone can give sound advice in 140 characters or less – heck I don’t think the end-user could provide enough info in their “question” in 140 characters for the “helpers” to attempt sound advice.

Earlier this afternoon, I made the “mistake” of using Twitter to express my opinion of this new “service” and was quickly contacted by several “members” of this new “team” of “helpers”. What I discovered in a brief “Twittersation” (is that the proper term for a conversation on Twitter?!?), is that hourly employees of this said retailer are doing this, off the clock, on their own time or even worse, on the clock at other jobs.

When I asked one of these employees if they did this on or off the clock, his answer was delivered over 4 tweets, which proves you can’t help someone or even answer a simple question in 140 characters. He basically told me that although some people in some stores can do it on the clock, he can’t because his manager doesn’t approve since it doesn’t affect his store directly. Since he can’t do it on the clock, he does it from home or from his “second job”. He said he does it because he loves his job, and the company.

First, he talks about “his manager”, which tells me he, himself is NOT a manager (who are the only exempt, non-hourly employee’s in a store), so he is hourly. Although he wasn’t “asked” to work off the clock, he, is in essence still working off the clock because when he is “helping” customers on Twitter, he is representing the company – the company is getting benefit from his actions without compensating him for his efforts. It is awesome he loves his employer, but what about his “second job” where he is at helping customers of his “first” job that he can’t help because his manager doesn’t approve because it “doesn’t effect his store directly” (BTW, great job from that “Manager” – you should be focusing more on District, Market, Territory and Company numbers than just “your store”. I know your type – you just care about your bonus )

So we have this guy who has a douche manager that doesn’t care about the company as a whole and just cares about his store, and in turn his bonus. This hourly employee loves the company so much that he is working off the clock, helping customers while he is at his “second job” who is obviously paying him to do something, that he obviously isn’t doing because he is busy helping customers of “first job” on Twitter.

I see this becoming a “major fail” very quickly.