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Discuss what's fucking going on, and which programs are best and worst. One-time "program" announcements from "established" webmasters are allowed. |
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Spam vs Marketing
When does marketing become Spam
I have been accused of being a spammer I consider what I do marketing I DO NOT send out ANY unsolicited e-mails, icq's, AIM or other I DO NOT do "Drive By spam" on Any board i Post I do not start usless threads about lame products (well except that cc thingy that was My bad) So where do you draw the line |
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The line is when you start o iritate the shit out of people with your silly schemes.
OOPS, too late for you!!! |
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OK ill take his post seriously
If you think Me or my products are LAME simple solution DONT READ MY THREADS!!! isnbt that in the consitiution we have the RIGHT NOT to read Threads???? ![]() |
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What's in your signature is Marketing... buying an advert spot is Marketing... having a link in your profile is Marketing... putting a small blurb in return correspondence emails is Marketing...
starting a whole thread about how great your product is in a forum that is NOT about how great everyone's product is, is spam. (Note the Marketing below)
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I need to get laid...
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BUT what amp said as value BUT I dont agree totally with him These boards were created to post programs and Ideas I dont just put links here or cut and paste I put out IDEAS as well as products and the response here has been HUGE compaired to the complaints about spam AND amp a company I rep IS buying ad space here because of MY suggestion so I do bring in Income for this board |
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If you approach people in the same business with a product that is relevant to them it's marketing, as any business man will tell you.
Whether it's a mail shot, phone call or some one knocking on the door it's marketing. SPAM is collecting ANY email address and just sending out an ad. We get accused of spamming, by people who have registered on our site. When we are informing them of new sets going up on the site. Do these guys just sit there and wait for passing trade? GO AHEAD MARKET AS YOU SEE FIT, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING WOTH SELLING BELIEVE ME ALL THE ACCUSATIONS IN THE WORLD WILL STILL BRING PEOPLE TO YOUR SITE. THEY WILL SEE YOU CAN PROVIDE WHAT THEY WANT AND THEY BUY. WE ALL NEED MORE EXPOSURE BAD NEWS IS BETTER THAN NO NEWS. |
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give me your email address and I will send some marketing your way
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What's your email addy....I got tons of stuff I feel like marketing right now.... |
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I would NEVER send out unsolicited e-mails out nor do I collect ANY e-mails for that purpose |
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If it's UNSOLICITED... it's spam in my book. And that means whether it's a phone call, someone knocking on my door, an email, a thread on a bbs, or whatever.... if someone isn't asking for the information... you're spamming.
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If I post a thread and you click on it you are OPTING to read it It is No longer Un solicited am I right? |
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http://gofuckyourself.com/showthread...threadid=51571
see now this is spam 2 post on the board and all the thread is is a link I DONT DO THIS I posted atleat 50x before I even brough in my First Proggie |
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We think you can tell the level of business experience is apparent from some of these replies.
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i think your a hella marketer.
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however... that is where it becomes the owner of the board's decision to determine what is allowed and what isn't. This particular BBS, has it posted clearly that they allow one time PROGRAM announcments... not repeated posts about how great something is. To my understanding, that means if you are a regular poster, you are allowed to announce a new program to make people aware of it. Now I may very well be interpreting that wrong... I'm really not the right guy to ask here about gfy's rules. But I know what I personally allow at another place. A bbs is a little different than the other methods listed as it's not like a phone that each person individually owns / payes for.... each board may have different guidelines and you can just invent your own. You gotta follow their rules. That's all I'm saying... but as far as the phone, door-to-door, email, icq, irc... etc... I see it as spam if I didn't ask for it. |
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Case in point:
I get several phone calls a day from people trying to sell me all kinds of shit.... they usually last approximately 2.7 seconds before I slam the fucking phone down without so much as a "No thanks." Maybe I'm not the business wizard that charly is... but I can tell you none of the people that have ever made unsolicited phone calls to me have ever done ANY business with me. Yep... real effective marketing there... |
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It is the people who cant say no and the lonley people the PREY on That is pure SPAM even the circulars I get in the ,mail GARBAGE I didnt ask for them |
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U SENT me the e-mail Unsolicited you can scroll Right On By my thread You KNow That I posted it by the name Dont like me or my stuff Do Not Click Here |
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Any message board would suck if it simply became a place for anyone and everyone to post "opt-in" advertisement threads. If one person is allowed to post their program all over the place, then everyone will have to be allowed to.
Then there will 100 threads a day, all "opt-in", all pushing one program or another. At that point the messageboard becomes useless. |
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Besides... shouldn't a profile be enough? If you are truly a regular poster, you obviosly will talk about your biz at one point or another in SOME conversation... people get to know you after a while.... if they really are interested in your program or wizzamahatchitcongripulator module, they'll go check out your profile or what's in you sig to see what you got. Or they'll ICQ you, or email you ASKING about it.. or they'll post a thread ASKING about it....
spam comes in many forms and it's fucking evil.... every goddamned email I get from some crackhead spamming a porn site, I turn all red, blood pressure goes up, and I swear, if I could I would rip their fucking heart out and eat it. |
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I dont agree
cuz the threads that are pointless or pure bs will not be read nor posted in there for they will just sink to the bottom those that want to read about the proggie will This is AMERICA Freedom of SPEECH |
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![]() And I don't feel like wading through 150 threads to find out which ones are interesting or entertaining, and which ones are just "TRY MY SUPER PRODUCT!" ones. |
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If you Notice MY threads stay around a while
Why??? 2 reasons 1. People Like the Idea/product 2. People dont like Me |
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well, then I guess if I send you a couple emails and ICQ's advertising my great enw site that I'm exercising free speech? excellent! I kinda like this free speech thing ;)))
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Freedom of speech and all that shit is nice and makes us all feel warm and fuzzy.... but the bottom line is you gotta either abide by what the board owner classifies as spam, or face eternal banishment... it's really that simple.
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Spamming ??
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Well, that doesn't really apply here, but it sounded good.... but expanding on that... sure.. you can do whatever you want... it's all good... until it's time to face the consequences of your actions. |
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ROFL amputate, that is hilarious!
but true, hehe ![]() i think i am going to go steal a rocket ship now, off to mars, bbl |
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dude, are you for real? this isn't America or a Democracy. it's gfy, and lensman's the dictator.
it's not spam, it's marketing lol. |
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Post 1: "I am probably marketing."
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I only read about half the thread (in a hurry), so hopefully I'm not repeating something that's already been said... but it's a legitimate point, I think...
Whether you consider a full post on a message board advertising your product spam or not, there's another thing you need to consider: If you're pissing off the very people you're trying to market to, then that's bad marketing. PR and marketing have to coincide with one another, and part of PR is tact. |
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My avg product thread gets trashed by 4 or 5 people But I get 10-15 e-mails and TONS of ICQ all Inquireing so is the Vocal ones on the board that rule or the Actual people who contact me The people i piss off would EVER by a product from me even when I give them away ![]() |
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hmm
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Why would you think YOU are allowed to "market" all over the place but everyone else has to buy an ad spot to get their product or service out? Or put it in your signature like everyone else. |
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