secret restaurant with 4000 on the waiting list!

TheKitchenEnquirer · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 4:24 am Post subject:

Hey Barbara

How did you find out it was all a hoax??

Barbara · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 5:39 am Post subject:

From Ed at Tomatom
http://www.tomatom.com/2007/09/zingara-cucina-weve-all-been-conned/
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Barbara · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 5:41 am Post subject:

and here.
http://www.tomatom.com/2008/05/bloggers-indulge-in-subculture-dining/
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nima · Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 93

Hi Barbara,

I couldn't find the content in the first blog posting. I'm curious now... What is viral marketing? What was the point of the hoax?

Judy · Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 3:42 am Post subject:

Here's the long answer for you Nima

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_marketing
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gingerpale · Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 1324

I don't know if I'll get any response, but I emailed the reporters at the Sidney Morning Herald who wrote about Zingara (in September 2007), asking if they could follow up the story now.

TheKitchenEnquirer · Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 4:53 am Post subject:

Well I must say it's a pretty clever way to get thousands and thousands of email addresses and they probably have one of those annoying tick boxes that would of been about sending them emails about other products and services!

glad I never sent an email!