{"id":330,"date":"2009-09-17T18:47:53","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T18:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/?p=330"},"modified":"2009-09-17T18:47:53","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T18:47:53","slug":"free_cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2009\/09\/free_cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE COOKIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A writer friend forwarded this along and asked if I&#8217;d ever tried the time-honored PR tactic of inflating a green couch, giving out free cookies, and making friends in Union Square. The short answer is no &#8211; no, I have not. <\/p>\n<p>I do appreciate his total commitment to the free cookies theme; he&#8217;s created a Twitter feed and a Facebook page for the promotion. The odd thing &#8211; well, the odd<i>est<\/i> thing &#8211; is that he doesn&#8217;t provide a link to listen to his music in this e mail. He&#8217;s &#8220;not pushing music on anyone with [his] free cookies.&#8221; Does he want to sell his music, make new friends, or make strangers fat? Does he think fat new friends are The Way to selling records\/concerts? <\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, do you care what the music sounds like enough to Google him?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>From: Free Cookies Nyc <br \/>Date: Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 11:43 AM<br \/>Subject: I give out FREE COOKIES on a green inflatable couch to make friends.<br \/>To: <\/p>\n<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>I have been going out a couple times a week, inflating a green couch, giving out FREE COOKIES, and making friends. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be out today (Thursday) in Union Square around 4:00-6:00pm. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>People have been following me on twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeCookiesNyc\">Twitter.com\/FreeCookiesNyc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>. . .&nbsp; And becoming fans of &#8220;free cookies&#8221; on facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/FREE-COOKIES\/246454920363?ref=nf\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/FREE-COOKIES\/246454920363?ref=nf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a few people have started writing about me:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citysnapshots.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/07\/faceshot-scott-alexander\/\">http:\/\/citysnapshots.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/07\/faceshot-scott-alexander\/ <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/segullah.org\/daily-special\/the-business-of-making-friends\/#comments\">http:\/\/segullah.org\/daily-special\/the-business-of-making-friends\/#comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m an independent musician in Brooklyn. I&#8217;m not pushing music on anyone with my free cookies. It&#8217;s sort of a reverse promotional experiment. I&#8217;m getting to know others instead of trying to throw myself at them. Also, I like making friends, and I like attention. So I hope you&#8217;ll consider writing about me.<\/p>\n<p>If you do not wish to get any more emails from me (which will not send very often). Please just let me know.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<br \/>Scott Alexander<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A writer friend forwarded this along and asked if I&#8217;d ever tried the time-honored PR tactic of inflating a green couch, giving out free cookies, and making friends in Union Square. The short answer is no &#8211; no, I have not. 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