Comments on: Representative Thaddeus McCotter one of the few informed voices on the automaker bailout http://www.dtownie.com/2008/12/06/representative-thaddeus-mccotter-one-of-the-few-informed-voices-on-the-automaker-bailout a blog on the City of Detroit > Metro Detroit (including Windsor, Flint, Ann Arbor, and sometimes Toledo) > Southeast Michigan > Michigan > and the Great Detroit Diaspora Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:29:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Netvantage http://www.dtownie.com/2008/12/06/representative-thaddeus-mccotter-one-of-the-few-informed-voices-on-the-automaker-bailout#comment-411 Netvantage Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:30:48 +0000 http://www.dtownie.com/2008/12/06/representative-thaddeus-mccotter-one-of-the-few-informed-voices-on-the-automaker-bailout#comment-411 It's just hard to change public perception at this point, unfortunately. Having just gotten back from California for the holidays, the general consensus of people I talked to during my travels was that the Big 3 are dinosaurs. I think it's an uphill battle for a variety of reasons, but it doesn't help when these companies continue to make poor decisions. I wrote a blog a while back discussing how these companies were using the Internet...and not wisely at that. GM, in particular, was blowing quite a bit of money when every penny spent should be getting scrutinized at this point. For those with any interest, check it out: http://adamsblog.netvantagemarketing.com/more-on-the-auto-bailout-and-online-marketing/ It’s just hard to change public perception at this point, unfortunately. Having just gotten back from California for the holidays, the general consensus of people I talked to during my travels was that the Big 3 are dinosaurs.

I think it’s an uphill battle for a variety of reasons, but it doesn’t help when these companies continue to make poor decisions. I wrote a blog a while back discussing how these companies were using the Internet…and not wisely at that. GM, in particular, was blowing quite a bit of money when every penny spent should be getting scrutinized at this point. For those with any interest, check it out: http://adamsblog.netvantagemarketing.com/more-on-the-auto-bailout-and-online-marketing/

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