Aweber Sent Me The Strangest Gift To Date

Are you going to put them up and away like a trophy or are you going to wear them? Nice gift!

Thanks for the info John.

I got the Aweber socks recently in the mail, too.

I'm also a fan and am profiling their service in my next book.

The CEO heard about the book and sent me socks. Quite a surprise!

There is something to say about giving people gifts that are so unexpected that they just sit and stare at them wondering what in the world it is, or what you are going to do with it, or how you could "pass it on" as a gift to another person. Nice job aweber. I signed up for aweber and this is what happened:

1) they called me and left a vm (i didn't answer it b/c I thought that it was the IRS again...they can get a little sneaky.

2) the cute sounding lady on the vm let me know that they not only thanked me but that if I needed them that they would be here for me. I might be better to have a customer service rep than a girl friend.

3) I appreciate the vid tutorials and webinars that are available so that I get things started right away.

4) I have more confidence in chow's recomendations. Besides that shoe endorsed them too.

In fact maybe chow and shoe should start "chowmoney's recomended list for money for chow" companies. This would be the premium list. ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching

Nice clean socks ..that made you write a post about them :)

Those aren't just plain socks...those are some of the best cycling socks you can buy. deFeet is known for making exceptionally good outdoor sport socks and anyone can order them with custom logos or words. I've often considered doing it for my site since it is about cycling.

My favorite is the Woolie Boollie (good cool weather sock and really soft and comfy - http://www.defeet.com/product.php?id=175

They appear small, wonder if they fit? Great way to grab your attention :)

At first I thought why socks? But then I thought if they would have sent you the regular t-shirt, hoodie, or customized pens, etc you would not have made a blog post about it. Socks are strange but there strange enough to make it a good post. Great marketing on their part, or at least I hope that's what they were going for.

i like the gift like me hehehe...

I like that gift look cute like me, hehehe....

Can you just give it to me through a contest?

Hehehe..

During the late 90's dot com boom I was given a couple of pairs of socks by network equipment maker Ascend. It was a smart move on their part because I often got comment from people when wearing them. They actually lasted longer than the company did!

I hope you enjoy your Aweber socks John!

Interesting gift. They do say it's the thought that counts!

Awesome I want some!

why just one pair? you got to steal some more from them John

Now that is some damn fine marketing. Who knows if someone would've made an additional post if they had received a duffel bag full of stuff, but no one can resist posting about something as inordinate as socks! Great move...

lol socks?

Now I have to check what Aweber is all about. But I wonder what makes that pair of socks strange? :-)

Now that's a weird gift. :|

Healthcare Aweber style ;)

Aweber is awesome , I use it and love all the functions and I am still waiting for my gift.

Now that is being creative... I'll have to check out Aweber now and see what the defeet is about... haha.

Hi John,

Wow, those got to you fast!

Thanks again for using and telling people about AWeber. Enjoy the socks!

P.S. I did hope you'd blog about 'em ;)

Watch out, John! It could be a trap... after all, you just accepted DeFeet. Ooh, yeah, I know. I'll shut up now.

Did you even read the post? I think some people just go straight to the comments section and post a bunch of shit.

That is a one in a million gift and very odd.

Greg Ellison

Original gift really...

Nice socks!!!

if you only knew about other email service providers.....

Man alive! What sort of promotion would you have to do to get a jacket?