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Old 11-22-2009, 06:25 PM  
garce
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:stop Losing Traffic and Sales? The year so far...

This board is inundated with people bitching about their sales. Sure I don't make as much as I did ten years ago, but I'm doing pretty fucking good. Yay for me, right?

Over the past few months, I've tried contacting a number of people who have mentioned that things aren't working out that well for them. I didn't contact any annoying trolls, sig whores, or smart-asses, and I kept it to folks who have sites in niches I actively promote.
Out of 26 emails sent (Since Jan 1, 2009):

18 didn't even reply. And yes, I sent a follow-up email. Or two.

4 webmasters sent me links to their trade scripts.

2 webmasters informed me that my Page Rank was too low. The first time I read this response I actually spit beer onto my monitor. I didn't think shit like that really happened. Spit-takes, I mean.

2 webmasters told me to straight up fuck off. The most recent one today. Hence this post...
I don't know what to say. Times aren't that bad and sales aren't down that much.

I doubt many of you will read this. If you DID happen to receive a proposition from me recently and chose to reply in an inappropriate manner: Consider that email to be your "Window of Opportunity". Consider this post the sound of that window slamming shut.

And I fucking love this job.
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