http://carrotblog.disqus.com/Improving your siteenMon, 06 Jul 2009 12:09:17 -0000http://carrotblog.com/who-doesnt-like-free-stuff#comment-12200616<p>Ya know that's a good question Jim, Oscar Mayer certainly were the pioneers of the idea. Carrot did some cool stuff with them a few months ago and even got to ride around Times Square in the Wiener mobile- whistles included!</p><p>Thanks Ryan, it was a great article, I need to get my hands on that book (plagiarism or not)!</p>KaitlinMon, 06 Jul 2009 12:09:17 -0000http://carrotblog.com/who-doesnt-like-free-stuff#comment-12053559<p>Kaitlin - great comments, and I appreciated the continuity of concept provided by the Oscar Meyer Weiner Van- more than 50 years of freebies, for the pre or post-twitter set, do they still give free Oscar Meyer Weiner Whistles?<br></p>jim judgeThu, 02 Jul 2009 20:17:41 -0000http://carrotblog.com/who-doesnt-like-free-stuff#comment-12037398<p>Great post! Brands who embrace the idea that "free" is just another price point absolutely put themselves at an advantage over old school dinosaur marketers.</p><p>On the same topic, Malcolm Gladwell just wrote up a great review in the New Yorker of Anderson's new book "Free: The Future of Radical Price" that is worth the read.</p>Ryan CravenThu, 02 Jul 2009 12:28:03 -0000