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\"SolidWorksSolidWorks has a new Real Reward program<\/a>.\u00a0 This new marketing scheme is being kicked off by mailing out these USB Web Key smart buttons.\u00a0 All you need to do is plug this device into your USB port and press the button.\u00a0 It kinda reminds me of the easy button from the commercials of one of those office supply stores.\u00a0 Of course, those easy buttons pretty much solve whatever problem with which you happen to find your self.\u00a0 This smart button does one thing.\u00a0 It takes you to the SolidWorks Real Reward program website.\u00a0 Oh, and it has an LED that glows at you all day (assuming you leave it attached to your computer).\u00a0 No matter how many times I press it, it always takes me back to the Real Reward program website.<\/p>\n

Yup, it did it again.<\/p>\n

The Real Reward program allows you to give the SolidWorks Marketing Department all of your friends and family email addresses so that they may email them with an offer for a 30-day free trial of SolidWorks, along with online support and training.\u00a0 Matt Lombard’s recent post about the Walmart dollar bin <\/a>comes to mind for some reason.<\/p>\n

Once I plugged it in, I pushed it.\u00a0 It went to the Real Reward program website.\u00a0 Oh, dang, I just pushed it by accident and it opened up my web browser and did it again.\u00a0 The documentation that was included with the smart button suggested that the button was programmed with two websites, but unfortunately, both actions with the button goes to the Real Reward program website.\u00a0 It would’ve been cool if the second setting went to the main SolidWorks website or something so that I have an excuse to keep it plugged in for more than 5 minutes.\u00a0 Marketing, huh?\u00a0 Oh well.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I then started looking for ways to reprogram this dang thing to make it actually useful.\u00a0 No such luck so far.\u00a0 I’ll report if I find a method.\u00a0 In the meantime, it will light up my desk with its tiny LED reminding me to sell my friends and family’s email addresses for free to SolidWorks so they can promote a $6000 program to them.\u00a0 I’m sure my Aunt Cathy (a nurse by trade) will appreciate the offer and snap up a copy as soon as she tries it out.<\/p>\n

Oh, I didn’t mention the best part.\u00a0 See, you don’t really sell the email addresses for free.\u00a0 I was exaggerating.\u00a0 Here’s the deal, if the people you refer actually buy SolidWorks, you start collecting prizes!\u00a0\u00a0 Seriously, check it out.\u00a0 There’s some pretty cool stuff.\u00a0 Maybe we can all send in each other’s email addresses so everyone gets credit for everyone else’s purchases so we can all get the free computer!\u00a0 Oops, did I already find the MLM loop hole in this Marketing scheme?<\/p>\n

Update (12\/18\/2009)
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This program was cancelled by SolidWorks Corp as of December 2009.\u00a0 I am not able to fulfill any further submission requests for the trial version of SolidWorks.\u00a0 It is my understanding that SolidWorks still has other programs available.\u00a0 Please contact a local VAR for details.\u00a0 To find a local VAR or for information about current offers, please see the SolidWorks.com<\/a> website.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[30-trial, 30-day trial, 30 day trial, thirty-day trial, 30-trial program, 30 day trial program, 30-day trial program]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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