I send and receive a lot of email (I've mentioned this more than once in the past).In order for an email to catch my attention it needs to be engaging at some level. It doesn't need to be an artistic masterpiece, but something clear and engaging. Yet again today I got an email which was the exact opposite of this...To start with the subject line was a disaster. Starting the … [Read more...] about Before You Hit Send
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How Not To Market – Bido Spam DNForum
Spammers annoy the life out of me.Lazy and ignorant they always seem to find some way of "explaining" their (mis)behaviourBido, who are relaunching this week, thought it would be a great idea to spam the entire membership of DNForumGrr! … [Read more...] about How Not To Market – Bido Spam DNForum
A New and Bizarre Approach To The Internet and Online Marketing
The internet is a weird and wonderful place.This evening let's look at the "weird" and possibly even "bizarre".As regulars readers probably know, I run several websites apart from my day job (I really should put "day" in inverted commas, as it's never really been 9 to 5), including IWF, which is a discussion forum for Irish internet professionals. Users of the forum discuss … [Read more...] about A New and Bizarre Approach To The Internet and Online Marketing
IE Domains For 10 Euro!!!
Sick of paying over the odds for IE domains?How about getting them for a tenner?Check out the latest Blacknight deal valid for 1 day only!! … [Read more...] about IE Domains For 10 Euro!!!
Irish Green Party Are Spamming Idiots
Image by just.Luc via FlickrI hate spam. It's a tactic used by lazy uninventive scumbags.I don't like politicians that much and consider most of them to be seriously overpaid.So when I got hit with a spam from the Irish Green Party today to my personal email address I saw red.Here's the spam itself (screenshot with personal details removed):I love the way they wanted to "be … [Read more...] about Irish Green Party Are Spamming Idiots