Should This Be You?
August 24, 2009 at 12:50 pm
I was racking my brains over the weekend about what to write about the Toyota iQ. I decided to have a little nosy over to the other bloggers to see what they’re writing about and how they’re getting on with their new motors.
- Rob’s been to Dingle and back. And very nippy he found the journey too.
- Keith has fallen in love! His insurance is being suspended and motor tax refunded. “And the IQ will indeed be the only car we use.”
- And Christine?
Christine, the 4th of the bloggers chosen to drive around in a Toyota iQ, doesn’t have a blog. She has a Twitter account, but isn’t that busy on it either. I tweeted her on 14 August to ask her for her blog url so I could link to it in a post, and she only got back to me on 19 August with a reply.
Why did Christine get selected? Is it because she’s in PR
The Toyota iQ that went to Christine could have been given to one of the many hundreds of others who applied. I’m sure they could find someone who actually has a blog.
Do you have a blog and a driving licence? Why don’t you let Toyota know that you’re ready, willing and available to take ownership of an iQ and write about it?
Please note that I’m not just picking on Christine for no reason. I just feel that it needs to be highlighted that 3 out of 4 bloggers are doing their thing about the Toyota iQ. If there is some reason that a non-blogger was selected that I’m not aware of, then please let me know.
Tags: Christine Duggan, Toyota IQ
Comments (5 responses)
Since you didn’t specify what sort of looking (don’t think I’d make the good- category) I may just do that.
Paint it purple and call it a Bubble car, I’ll tell ‘em. That should do the trick.
Aha Julian you’re on to something. There was nothing in the T&C’s about defacing the vehicle. Now where’s that red and green paint? I might customise mine to be all brightsparky.
No such thing as bad publicity, they say!
Did you hear back from Christine? Can I have a car? I’ll video myself racing it round the CUrragh till I break it
I submitted an application/entry at the time, but failed to read the rules properly and posted more than 140 characters, so fully expected it to be disqualified.
I have to admit that I was surprised by Christine’s inclusion as one of the four bloggers. I know her from SOHO Solo West Cork, and she’s a lovely girl, but as you say, she doesn’t have a blog.
The PR angle is all I can think of… but as you point out, it was supposed to be a blogger outreach exercise, do Toyota would probably been better advised to reach out to actual bloggers.
Maybe they’ll do the same thing with the new Prius, and this time I’ll get my entry right
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