Whatever You Do, Don’t Do This…
December 29th, 2009 by Lior ShamirYesterday, I received a newsletter for which I didn’t opt-in to from an artist I have never heard of.
To make matters worse, he used “Vote for me, promote my stuff!” as the subject line. The message was in two languages, only one of which I can understand, and it read:
Promote my music, post links in the web, send my reverbnation ploayer to other people, you can copy the player and paste it in mails or comments on other websites like myspace. If you want to buy my musik just click the shops, or the links that I will post on myspace during the day! ; )
I accept that, as an occupational hazard, I am added to artists’ email lists without my permission on a daily basis. Not a problem. When I receive their group messages, I swiftly click on Spam or Unsubscribe, depending on my mood.
This guy, though, failed [himself] on all fronts:
1. No permission from me
2. Pompous subject line followed by a…
3. Conceited message that’s…
4. Irrelevant to me
Don’t do this.
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January 2nd, 2010 at 2:22 am
Whoa! What a DWEEB!! I (butch barnette) wouldn’t even THINK to exploit contacts like that just to shamelessly promote my music sites (like http://www.reverbnation.com/butchbarnette, or http://www.sonicbids.com/butchbarnette) or *gasp* ask THEM to actually HELP promote ME (butch barnette) by copy/pasting my links onto their pages and websites! How TACKY!! I’d start with a nice greeting first and end with a HAPPY NEW YEAR!! *snicker-snicker*