Yesterday, when I got home from work, I had a lovely box delivered by FedEx sitting on my front porch.  It contained a bunch of goodies from my new friends at Pepto-Bismol.

Everyone likes a package in the mail.

The front of the box "hinted" at the contents...

I think this is how it all started…

https://twitter.com/#!/AiXeLsyD13/status/165443560257228800
https://twitter.com/#!/Pepto/status/165447800400785408
https://twitter.com/#!/AiXeLsyD13/status/165447938103975937
https://twitter.com/#!/Pepto/status/165464897830920192
https://twitter.com/#!/Pepto/status/165478484779597824
https://twitter.com/#!/AiXeLsyD13/status/165479661265092608
https://twitter.com/#!/Pepto/status/165481965670236161

And there were some emails exchanged in there too…

From: Eric <me@my.email.address>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012
To: smhc, Ion
Subject: Twitter – AIXeLsyD13

Hello,

Sending an email as per your request on Twitter.

Thanks so much!

-Eric

.seitilibasid gninrael fo nuf ekam ot ynnuf ton yllaer s’tI

And they wrote back…

From: “smhc, Ion”
To: Eric <me@my.email.address>
Sent: Friday, February 3, 2012
Subject: RE: Twitter – AIXeLsyD13

Thanks for getting in touch, Eric.

We want to send you a surprise!  All we need now is your contact information (full name, mailing address, and phone number) so we can send it via postal mail.

Please note that we take your privacy very seriously. We will not sell your information or share it with other marketers without your consent. If you’d like to learn more about the way we handle data, please visit http://www.pg.com/privacy/english/privacy_notice.html.

 We’re glad to have you as a fan and hope to keep hearing from you on our Twitter page!

Pepto Team

So, I complied…

From: Eric <me@my.email.address>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012
To: smhc, Ion
Subject: Re: Twitter – AIXeLsyD13

Thanks again, I enjoy that you guys seem to have a playful sense of humor for the corporation.  I look forward to a surprise!

My Name

### Xxxxxxxxxxx ST.

Pittsburgh, PA  #####-###

(###) ###-####

Pepto really does have me covered!  Ha ha.

Thanks!

-Eric

.seitilibasid gninrael fo nuf ekam ot ynnuf ton yllaer s’tI

And we’re left with…

From: “smhc, Ion”
To: Eric <me@my.email.address>
Sent: Friday, February 3, 2012
Subject: RE: Twitter – AIXeLsyD13

Thanks for getting back in touch, Eric. Appreciate your kind words! 🙂

Your surprise will be on its way soon… is it OK with you if we include some Pepto in it?

Please let me know.

Thx.

 Pepto Team

Look what I got!

How cool is that?  I mean, all I did was be a goofball in two previous blog posts (here & here) and on Twitter, and Pepto enjoyed it enough to send me some gifts in appreciation. I guess I did do the Follow Friday thing for them too.

Of course, it works for them that I’m blogging about it and thus advertising… but I don’t feel like that was their ultimate motivation.  Perhaps I’m easily duped or swayed with free swag.

Speaking of free swag, check out the neat free stuff that they sent to me…

• A pink Pepto Apron
• A Post-It Pepto Notepad
• A Pepto sort-of Valentine card
• A gift-wrapped bottle of Pepto-Bismol

❤

Attention other companies; I dig free stuff and love notes.  My wife didn’t even get jealous.  She just laughed, and took my photo in my new pink apron.  I’m just sayin’.

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