Carbonite CEO admits dropping Limbaugh hurt growth more than expected

[IGetItAlready]

two things.

first if i were advertising a product for morons, or looking to have the LCD buy my product Rush would be a great advertising asset considering he has his finger on the pulse of the LCD of america. Yes you heard me Rush is probably one of the best cable TV news and talk radio advertisers for hitting mass numbers of completely retarded people so if you have a product for the dumb ass masses Rush is your man, and Rupert murdoch companies are one of your advertising friends. Money from idiots is the same as money from smart people as Chi fil a recently found out.

The second thing is I have to wonder about the actual market and the fall off. From what I now about carbonite it is an online storage area for backup of your computer files and files you want to have access to from anywhere you can get a connection. I cannot say the falloff has a lot to do with Rush. First off their is a massive switch to how mobile computing is done in the same time as this whole controversy. There has been introductions like the Apple cloud and mobile access to date for multiple devices by smartphones and tablet makers. On top of that there has been a huge drop in mobile HD technology costs and the ability to bring your data anywhere on massive portable HDs. Things like the cloud and mobile HD technology are direct alternatives to carbonite not cost effective and available until recently. Carbonite would be pointlessly repetative to the people who now use smart phone technologies to share their data between devices. You couple that with data caps being installed HS home and business service, and the costly nature of off network downloads for wireless customers who go over their data limits and carbonite has actually become a piss poor service for doing what it does. It maes much more sense for carbonite to blame it's failings on a bad advertising campaign to strengthen confidence in it's future rather than to admit it's market failings are due to a shift in technology that it has not followed which is making it's service rather pointless and overly expensive to use.

But don't let things lie knowledge of the market viability of the product get in your way. I am sure that Rush is not just the head of the republican bullshit machine, but he also makes sales for technology despite it's rather uselessness. Don't worry about the fact that certain residential routers can now offer nationwide access to your home data through your HS network via the installing of a network available shared USB 3 HD that you can set up to access remotely for any of your machines. In other words I can do everything carbonite can do without paying another monthly fee, and i do not run the risk of the carbonite people allowing other companies to scan my data because i do not own the machinery it is stored on.

In other words, everyone with whom you disagree is "retarded".
...How utterly convincing...

In other words you cannot rebutt my flawless argument and whine lie a retard. good to know.

I don't think I've ever come across a "flawless argument" that labels all opposition as "retards" you nasty little troll.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

two things.

first if i were advertising a product for morons, or looking to have the LCD buy my product Rush would be a great advertising asset considering he has his finger on the pulse of the LCD of america. Yes you heard me Rush is probably one of the best cable TV news and talk radio advertisers for hitting mass numbers of completely retarded people so if you have a product for the dumb ass masses Rush is your man, and Rupert murdoch companies are one of your advertising friends. Money from idiots is the same as money from smart people as Chi fil a recently found out.

The second thing is I have to wonder about the actual market and the fall off. From what I now about carbonite it is an online storage area for backup of your computer files and files you want to have access to from anywhere you can get a connection. I cannot say the falloff has a lot to do with Rush. First off their is a massive switch to how mobile computing is done in the same time as this whole controversy. There has been introductions like the Apple cloud and mobile access to date for multiple devices by smartphones and tablet makers. On top of that there has been a huge drop in mobile HD technology costs and the ability to bring your data anywhere on massive portable HDs. Things like the cloud and mobile HD technology are direct alternatives to carbonite not cost effective and available until recently. Carbonite would be pointlessly repetative to the people who now use smart phone technologies to share their data between devices. You couple that with data caps being installed HS home and business service, and the costly nature of off network downloads for wireless customers who go over their data limits and carbonite has actually become a piss poor service for doing what it does. It maes much more sense for carbonite to blame it's failings on a bad advertising campaign to strengthen confidence in it's future rather than to admit it's market failings are due to a shift in technology that it has not followed which is making it's service rather pointless and overly expensive to use.

But don't let things like knowledge of the market viability of the product get in your way. I am sure that Rush is not just the head of the republican bullshit machine, but he also makes sales for technology despite it's rather uselessness. Don't worry about the fact that certain residential routers can now offer nationwide access to your home data through your HS network via the installing of a network available shared USB 3 HD that you can set up to access remotely for any of your machines. In other words I can do everything carbonite can do without paying another monthly fee, and i do not run the risk of the carbonite people allowing other companies to scan my data because i do not own the machinery it is stored on.

Yeah it was just coincidence that they fell when they stopped advertising on Rush.

Sure.

 

[tererun]

In other words, everyone with whom you disagree is "retarded".
...How utterly convincing...

In other words you cannot rebutt my flawless argument and whine lie a retard. good to know.

I don't think I've ever come across a "flawless argument" that labels all opposition as "retards" you nasty little troll.

Yes, we understand it was flawless and you cannot say anything was wrong with it. You do not need to keep repeating it, we know you are wrong, and so is Rush.

 

[tererun]

two things.

first if i were advertising a product for morons, or looking to have the LCD buy my product Rush would be a great advertising asset considering he has his finger on the pulse of the LCD of america. Yes you heard me Rush is probably one of the best cable TV news and talk radio advertisers for hitting mass numbers of completely retarded people so if you have a product for the dumb ass masses Rush is your man, and Rupert murdoch companies are one of your advertising friends. Money from idiots is the same as money from smart people as Chi fil a recently found out.

The second thing is I have to wonder about the actual market and the fall off. From what I now about carbonite it is an online storage area for backup of your computer files and files you want to have access to from anywhere you can get a connection. I cannot say the falloff has a lot to do with Rush. First off their is a massive switch to how mobile computing is done in the same time as this whole controversy. There has been introductions like the Apple cloud and mobile access to date for multiple devices by smartphones and tablet makers. On top of that there has been a huge drop in mobile HD technology costs and the ability to bring your data anywhere on massive portable HDs. Things like the cloud and mobile HD technology are direct alternatives to carbonite not cost effective and available until recently. Carbonite would be pointlessly repetative to the people who now use smart phone technologies to share their data between devices. You couple that with data caps being installed HS home and business service, and the costly nature of off network downloads for wireless customers who go over their data limits and carbonite has actually become a piss poor service for doing what it does. It maes much more sense for carbonite to blame it's failings on a bad advertising campaign to strengthen confidence in it's future rather than to admit it's market failings are due to a shift in technology that it has not followed which is making it's service rather pointless and overly expensive to use.

But don't let things like knowledge of the market viability of the product get in your way. I am sure that Rush is not just the head of the republican bullshit machine, but he also makes sales for technology despite it's rather uselessness. Don't worry about the fact that certain residential routers can now offer nationwide access to your home data through your HS network via the installing of a network available shared USB 3 HD that you can set up to access remotely for any of your machines. In other words I can do everything carbonite can do without paying another monthly fee, and i do not run the risk of the carbonite people allowing other companies to scan my data because i do not own the machinery it is stored on.

Yeah it was just coincidence that they fell when they stopped advertising on Rush.

Sure.

This is why things like science have come up with things lie scientific method to rule out coincidence. It involves the inclusion of control groups which would answer for sure if this were a coincidence related to market changes, or actually the influence of a fat drug addict known for lying.

Which seems more likely to you? A man who is a known liar and a drug addled moron who uses an outdated form of media known as AM radio has somehow influenced the world of modern technology which he knows little about, or that a technology company with an idea that was worthwhile a few years ago made some massive mistakes and failed to follow quick market changes and are now suffering for their lack of foresight?

On one hand we have a rather heavy individual, and on the other we have a very long list of fail companies who fell off the tech track. Yeah, I guess considering Rush's physical weight the balance might be a bit off.

 

[IGetItAlready]

two things.

first if i were advertising a product for morons, or looking to have the LCD buy my product Rush would be a great advertising asset considering he has his finger on the pulse of the LCD of america. Yes you heard me Rush is probably one of the best cable TV news and talk radio advertisers for hitting mass numbers of completely retarded people so if you have a product for the dumb ass masses Rush is your man, and Rupert murdoch companies are one of your advertising friends. Money from idiots is the same as money from smart people as Chi fil a recently found out.

The second thing is I have to wonder about the actual market and the fall off. From what I now about carbonite it is an online storage area for backup of your computer files and files you want to have access to from anywhere you can get a connection. I cannot say the falloff has a lot to do with Rush. First off their is a massive switch to how mobile computing is done in the same time as this whole controversy. There has been introductions like the Apple cloud and mobile access to date for multiple devices by smartphones and tablet makers. On top of that there has been a huge drop in mobile HD technology costs and the ability to bring your data anywhere on massive portable HDs. Things like the cloud and mobile HD technology are direct alternatives to carbonite not cost effective and available until recently. Carbonite would be pointlessly repetative to the people who now use smart phone technologies to share their data between devices. You couple that with data caps being installed HS home and business service, and the costly nature of off network downloads for wireless customers who go over their data limits and carbonite has actually become a piss poor service for doing what it does. It maes much more sense for carbonite to blame it's failings on a bad advertising campaign to strengthen confidence in it's future rather than to admit it's market failings are due to a shift in technology that it has not followed which is making it's service rather pointless and overly expensive to use.

But don't let things like knowledge of the market viability of the product get in your way. I am sure that Rush is not just the head of the republican bullshit machine, but he also makes sales for technology despite it's rather uselessness. Don't worry about the fact that certain residential routers can now offer nationwide access to your home data through your HS network via the installing of a network available shared USB 3 HD that you can set up to access remotely for any of your machines. In other words I can do everything carbonite can do without paying another monthly fee, and i do not run the risk of the carbonite people allowing other companies to scan my data because i do not own the machinery it is stored on.

Yeah it was just coincidence that they fell when they stopped advertising on Rush.

Sure.

This is why things like science have come up with things lie scientific method to rule out coincidence. It involves the inclusion of control groups which would answer for sure if this were a coincidence related to market changes, or actually the influence of a fat drug addict known for lying.

Which seems more likely to you? A man who is a known liar and a drug addled moron who uses an outdated form of media known as AM radio has somehow influenced the world of modern technology which he knows little about, or that a technology company with an idea that was worthwhile a few years ago made some massive mistakes and failed to follow quick market changes and are now suffering for their lack of foresight?

On one hand we have a rather heavy individual, and on the other we have a very long list of fail companies who fell off the tech track. Yeah, I guess considering Rush's physical weight the balance might be a bit off.

Look stupid, you've just referred to a daily audience of millions of listeners, an audience of more people than you'll ever know in your life btw, as "retards".
You should quit while you're behind.

 

[tererun]

Oh, and please do prove me wrong. how many companies dumped rush after that event, and how many of them are supposedly suffering from it? Considering even carbonite admits it probably made the right choice because things could be worse you have absolutely no evidence to prove me wrong.

Go for it boys, prove me wrong. I am sure if you are right and dropping advertising on Rush trashes a company there is a ton of data you can point to instead of just posting your one liners that have no proof at all.

prove it or lose it.

 

[Listening]

Fluke is still a whore.

 

[Zxereus]

I remember reading on other boards, liberals who claimed it was the end of Limbaugh, and that he would end up being forced off of radio and onto the internet.

 

[P@triot]

Remember how the left was going to destroy Limbaugh?? LOL, he is still here tormenting liberals and Carbonite? Better change their name.

Carbonite CEO admits dropping Limbaugh hurt growth more than expected

» Carbonite CEO admits dropping Limbaugh hurt growth more than expected - Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

Carbonite famously dropped Rush Limbaugh on a Saturday Night at the height of the Sandra Fluke controversy. Carbonite became the poster child for the Rush boycott movement organized by Media Matters, which coordinated the effort with so-called independent groups.

At the time I examined Carbonite’s SEC filings, and how Carbonite had built its business model based on high growth driven, in significant part, by the promotion of Carbonite by Limbaugh. I predicted that Carbonite had shot itself in the foot, and put political correctness before the interests of its shareholders.

Since that time the Stop Rush effort has imploded, with backstabbing and accusations among the participants. Limbaugh has had better numbers than ever, and the hype surrounding Mike Huckabee as a Limbaugh replacement has gone flat.

Yet what became of Carbonite?

On August 1 Carbonite released its 2d Quarter 2012 results, the first full quarter after dropping Limbaugh in March. The results shocked Wall Street, as Carbonite did not meet its growth targets, causing multiple analysts to drop the target price. The stock dropped 15% in a day. (h/t reader W)

Most important, in a conference call held on August 1, the CEO David Friend admitted that dropping Limbaugh damaged Carbonite’s growth, and is likely to do so for at least one or two more quarters.

I was just about to post this story! I love the fact that liberals are Limbaugh's prison bitch! He just OWNS them in every capacity, and everything they try to do to him just backfires and does more damage to them than it does to him...

 

[Immanuel]

BUT, he also said it would have been worse if he hadn't.

Carbonite CEO: Limbaugh Ad Pullout Hurt Company, But 'Things Would Have Been Worse Had We Not Done That'

The title of your piece appears to be a lie.

What he said according to the article is that he "thinks" things would have been worse:

But he stood firm by his choice, saying, "I'm not regretful of the decision, I think things would have been worse had we not done that."

That's sort of like saying without ANY proof that the recession would have been worse if John McCain had won the last election. No frigging way at all to prove it, but damn, he said he "thinks" so it must be true.

Immie

 

[buckeye45_73]

BUT, he also said it would have been worse if he hadn't.

Carbonite CEO: Limbaugh Ad Pullout Hurt Company, But 'Things Would Have Been Worse Had We Not Done That'

''

You are so predictable, because you are a partisan hack...of course you'd believe that.....and I'm sure if romney were to say, the economy would be better off with me in charge....you'd believe it....oh wait he's a republican....so you'll believe anything against him.....even made up stories from a liar like "Dingy" Harry Reid

 

[Sinjorri]

two things.

first if i were advertising a product for morons, or looking to have the LCD buy my product Rush would be a great advertising asset considering he has his finger on the pulse of the LCD of america. Yes you heard me Rush is probably one of the best cable TV news and talk radio advertisers for hitting mass numbers of completely retarded people so if you have a product for the dumb ass masses Rush is your man, and Rupert murdoch companies are one of your advertising friends. Money from idiots is the same as money from smart people as Chi fil a recently found out.

The second thing is I have to wonder about the actual market and the fall off. From what I now about carbonite it is an online storage area for backup of your computer files and files you want to have access to from anywhere you can get a connection. I cannot say the falloff has a lot to do with Rush. First off their is a massive switch to how mobile computing is done in the same time as this whole controversy. There has been introductions like the Apple cloud and mobile access to date for multiple devices by smartphones and tablet makers. On top of that there has been a huge drop in mobile HD technology costs and the ability to bring your data anywhere on massive portable HDs. Things like the cloud and mobile HD technology are direct alternatives to carbonite not cost effective and available until recently. Carbonite would be pointlessly repetative to the people who now use smart phone technologies to share their data between devices. You couple that with data caps being installed HS home and business service, and the costly nature of off network downloads for wireless customers who go over their data limits and carbonite has actually become a piss poor service for doing what it does. It maes much more sense for carbonite to blame it's failings on a bad advertising campaign to strengthen confidence in it's future rather than to admit it's market failings are due to a shift in technology that it has not followed which is making it's service rather pointless and overly expensive to use.

But don't let things like knowledge of the market viability of the product get in your way. I am sure that Rush is not just the head of the republican bullshit machine, but he also makes sales for technology despite it's rather uselessness. Don't worry about the fact that certain residential routers can now offer nationwide access to your home data through your HS network via the installing of a network available shared USB 3 HD that you can set up to access remotely for any of your machines. In other words I can do everything carbonite can do without paying another monthly fee, and i do not run the risk of the carbonite people allowing other companies to scan my data because i do not own the machinery it is stored on.

in other words "you have the right to ur opinion but it better agree with me"

 

[tinydancer]

I applaud the CEO for rejecting HATE.

say what?

 

[tinydancer]

Carbonite as far as I know, some one can correct me if I'm wrong, still advertises with Ed Schultz.

Man is a hypocrite and a prick to boot.

 

[auditor0007]

BUT, he also said it would have been worse if he hadn't.

Carbonite CEO: Limbaugh Ad Pullout Hurt Company, But 'Things Would Have Been Worse Had We Not Done That'

He actually said, "I think things would have been worse had we not done that."

Guess we'll never know for sure will we...

Don't you think the OP should have included that little tidbit in his post?

 

[kiwiman127]

two things.

first if i were advertising a product for morons, or looking to have the LCD buy my product Rush would be a great advertising asset considering he has his finger on the pulse of the LCD of america. Yes you heard me Rush is probably one of the best cable TV news and talk radio advertisers for hitting mass numbers of completely retarded people so if you have a product for the dumb ass masses Rush is your man, and Rupert murdoch companies are one of your advertising friends. Money from idiots is the same as money from smart people as Chi fil a recently found out.

The second thing is I have to wonder about the actual market and the fall off. From what I now about carbonite it is an online storage area for backup of your computer files and files you want to have access to from anywhere you can get a connection. I cannot say the falloff has a lot to do with Rush. First off their is a massive switch to how mobile computing is done in the same time as this whole controversy. There has been introductions like the Apple cloud and mobile access to date for multiple devices by smartphones and tablet makers. On top of that there has been a huge drop in mobile HD technology costs and the ability to bring your data anywhere on massive portable HDs. Things like the cloud and mobile HD technology are direct alternatives to carbonite not cost effective and available until recently. Carbonite would be pointlessly repetative to the people who now use smart phone technologies to share their data between devices. You couple that with data caps being installed HS home and business service, and the costly nature of off network downloads for wireless customers who go over their data limits and carbonite has actually become a piss poor service for doing what it does. It maes much more sense for carbonite to blame it's failings on a bad advertising campaign to strengthen confidence in it's future rather than to admit it's market failings are due to a shift in technology that it has not followed which is making it's service rather pointless and overly expensive to use.

But don't let things like knowledge of the market viability of the product get in your way. I am sure that Rush is not just the head of the republican bullshit machine, but he also makes sales for technology despite it's rather uselessness. Don't worry about the fact that certain residential routers can now offer nationwide access to your home data through your HS network via the installing of a network available shared USB 3 HD that you can set up to access remotely for any of your machines. In other words I can do everything carbonite can do without paying another monthly fee, and i do not run the risk of the carbonite people allowing other companies to scan my data because i do not own the machinery it is stored on.

The second paragraph is right on.

Given the demographics/size of Rush's audience and demographics/the size of Carbinites target customer base, the OP's claim couldn't be true. Rush's audience would have to be several times larger than it is and then completely mirror Carbonite's current/target customer.

 

[tererun]

Look stupid, you've just referred to a daily audience of millions of listeners, an audience of more people than you'll ever know in your life btw, as "retards".
You should quit while you're behind.

yes, I did refer to them as retards. Would you prefer idiot? Just because there is a lot of them does not mean they are smart or right.

 

[tererun]

I remember reading on other boards, liberals who claimed it was the end of Limbaugh, and that he would end up being forced off of radio and onto the internet.

I guess fox will stick by Rush. It makes sense because he does draw in the idiots. I am pretty sure he is attached to the fox news ship, and the only way to end him is to end fox news. Glen Beck was expendable, but Rush is really the king of the villiage idiots.

 

[tererun]

two things.

first if i were advertising a product for morons, or looking to have the LCD buy my product Rush would be a great advertising asset considering he has his finger on the pulse of the LCD of america. Yes you heard me Rush is probably one of the best cable TV news and talk radio advertisers for hitting mass numbers of completely retarded people so if you have a product for the dumb ass masses Rush is your man, and Rupert murdoch companies are one of your advertising friends. Money from idiots is the same as money from smart people as Chi fil a recently found out.

The second thing is I have to wonder about the actual market and the fall off. From what I now about carbonite it is an online storage area for backup of your computer files and files you want to have access to from anywhere you can get a connection. I cannot say the falloff has a lot to do with Rush. First off their is a massive switch to how mobile computing is done in the same time as this whole controversy. There has been introductions like the Apple cloud and mobile access to date for multiple devices by smartphones and tablet makers. On top of that there has been a huge drop in mobile HD technology costs and the ability to bring your data anywhere on massive portable HDs. Things like the cloud and mobile HD technology are direct alternatives to carbonite not cost effective and available until recently. Carbonite would be pointlessly repetative to the people who now use smart phone technologies to share their data between devices. You couple that with data caps being installed HS home and business service, and the costly nature of off network downloads for wireless customers who go over their data limits and carbonite has actually become a piss poor service for doing what it does. It maes much more sense for carbonite to blame it's failings on a bad advertising campaign to strengthen confidence in it's future rather than to admit it's market failings are due to a shift in technology that it has not followed which is making it's service rather pointless and overly expensive to use.

But don't let things like knowledge of the market viability of the product get in your way. I am sure that Rush is not just the head of the republican bullshit machine, but he also makes sales for technology despite it's rather uselessness. Don't worry about the fact that certain residential routers can now offer nationwide access to your home data through your HS network via the installing of a network available shared USB 3 HD that you can set up to access remotely for any of your machines. In other words I can do everything carbonite can do without paying another monthly fee, and i do not run the risk of the carbonite people allowing other companies to scan my data because i do not own the machinery it is stored on.

in other words "you have the right to ur opinion but it better agree with me"

Where did I say that? I argued my point. This is not a mutual back patting society. I was able to make a coherent argument that shows there are other reasons for carbonite to fail, and Rush really had little to do with it.

 

[tererun]

two things.

first if i were advertising a product for morons, or looking to have the LCD buy my product Rush would be a great advertising asset considering he has his finger on the pulse of the LCD of america. Yes you heard me Rush is probably one of the best cable TV news and talk radio advertisers for hitting mass numbers of completely retarded people so if you have a product for the dumb ass masses Rush is your man, and Rupert murdoch companies are one of your advertising friends. Money from idiots is the same as money from smart people as Chi fil a recently found out.

The second thing is I have to wonder about the actual market and the fall off. From what I now about carbonite it is an online storage area for backup of your computer files and files you want to have access to from anywhere you can get a connection. I cannot say the falloff has a lot to do with Rush. First off their is a massive switch to how mobile computing is done in the same time as this whole controversy. There has been introductions like the Apple cloud and mobile access to date for multiple devices by smartphones and tablet makers. On top of that there has been a huge drop in mobile HD technology costs and the ability to bring your data anywhere on massive portable HDs. Things like the cloud and mobile HD technology are direct alternatives to carbonite not cost effective and available until recently. Carbonite would be pointlessly repetative to the people who now use smart phone technologies to share their data between devices. You couple that with data caps being installed HS home and business service, and the costly nature of off network downloads for wireless customers who go over their data limits and carbonite has actually become a piss poor service for doing what it does. It maes much more sense for carbonite to blame it's failings on a bad advertising campaign to strengthen confidence in it's future rather than to admit it's market failings are due to a shift in technology that it has not followed which is making it's service rather pointless and overly expensive to use.

But don't let things like knowledge of the market viability of the product get in your way. I am sure that Rush is not just the head of the republican bullshit machine, but he also makes sales for technology despite it's rather uselessness. Don't worry about the fact that certain residential routers can now offer nationwide access to your home data through your HS network via the installing of a network available shared USB 3 HD that you can set up to access remotely for any of your machines. In other words I can do everything carbonite can do without paying another monthly fee, and i do not run the risk of the carbonite people allowing other companies to scan my data because i do not own the machinery it is stored on.

The second paragraph is right on.

Given the demographics/size of Rush's audience and demographics/the size of Carbinites target customer base, the OP's claim couldn't be true. Rush's audience would have to be several times larger than it is and then completely mirror Carbonite's current/target customer.

Given Rush's audience is old white and afraid of technology. They may have been using carbonite out of their own idiocy, and the company just made a gigantic mistake by giving them a reason to stop using the service. Rush has large numbers of idiots. Even if this is the case, and that would support the OP's claims, carbonite was doomed anyway.