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CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage, Olympic ad spending at record levels as streaming boom helps fuel demand, and What it means to be a real executive

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Careers, Business, Marketing

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In episode #2789, we discuss the impact of the CrowdStrike outage, how they handled the situation, and the negative press it generated. We also tackled the traits of effective executives that are explored through the insights from a book by Jay Paul Getty. Don’t forget to help us grow by subscribing and liking on YouTube! Check out more of Eric’s content (Leveling UP YT) and Neil’s videos (Neil Patel YT) TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: (00:00) CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage (03:52) Olympic ad spending at record levels as streaming boom helps fuel demand (06:35) What it means to be a real executive (12:56) That’s it for today! Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe!  Go to https://www.marketingschool.io to learn more! Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us: Single Grain << Eric’s ad agency NP Digital << Neil’s ad agency X @neilpatel X @ericosiu

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0:00.0

Crowd strike is offering $10 apology gift cards to say sorry for the outage

0:07.0

to companies that have had issues due to Crowd strike.

0:11.2

Did you see what happened to the sphere when the issue happened?

0:15.2

It was a blue screen and death on the sphere in Vegas.

0:17.3

You know that big that big circle and it was like you know the windows error

0:20.6

it's like the sad phase the blue screen.

0:22.3

Yeah, you know how like Delta sad phase, the blue screen.

0:23.0

And you know how like Delta had to cancel 6,000 flights or whatever?

0:26.0

And that's the best thing they can do, you know?

0:28.0

And like, what, tell you what, what do you guys use for security now?

0:32.0

Do you guys use CrowdStike before? And if so, are you still use crowd strike before?

0:33.4

If so, are you still going to use it?

0:35.2

I don't know what company we use for security,

0:38.0

I know it's expensive, that's crap.

0:40.0

We don't use crowd strike before. I definitely would not use Crowd strike from now on after this.

0:46.0

One, you know, all the airports were shut down and they first released him and this is only effective for Microsoft users.

0:54.0

Well, you know how many corporations are using Microsoft?

0:57.0

And two, the way they handle the situation, especially with the $10 apology gift card,

1:02.0

is just pathetic, right?

1:04.2

Look how many airports shut down and people were stranded

1:07.5

and how much money it costs all these other companies.

1:10.1

And they're like, no, no, this is an attack

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