Comments on: COMMENTARY: Are Spammers Better Marketers? http://www.thirdwayblog.com/post-types/news/commentary-are-spammers-better-marketers.html Straight Talk on Advertising from the Client Side Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:01:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: seo trends http://www.thirdwayblog.com/post-types/news/commentary-are-spammers-better-marketers.html#comment-123504 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:19:28 +0000 http://www.thirdwayblog.com/post-types/news/commentary-are-spammers-better-marketers.html#comment-123504 Not exactly, only less mortals can believe those headlines. Real decision makers are far more deliberate and realists. Not exactly, only less mortals can believe those headlines. Real decision makers are far more deliberate and realists.

]]> by: REG CROWDER http://www.thirdwayblog.com/post-types/news/commentary-are-spammers-better-marketers.html#comment-111226 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:25:13 +0000 http://www.thirdwayblog.com/post-types/news/commentary-are-spammers-better-marketers.html#comment-111226 You must mean those subject lines that go something like this: YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN FROZEN DUE TO SUSPICOUS ACTIVITY - PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINE BELOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS TO HAVE THIS MATTER RESOLVED - BUT DON'T WORRY, I WILL PAY YOU 45% OF $180,000,000 USD IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME TO SEND THESE FUNDS TO YOU FROM MY BANK IN NIGERIA - BY THE WAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE SOME PICTURES OF ME HAVING SEX WITH AN ALIEN - I READ YOUR MARKETING BLOG AND IT REALLY GOT ME HOT! HOT! HOT! ************************************************************ Uh, yes. I've been finding these subject lines quite entertaining. But I don't seem to be buying anything because of them. But you make a good point. Some of these spammers are working pretty hard to come up with some good copy. I've been thinking about this myself. REG CROWDER Freelance Financial and Investment Writer (no, really, it's true) http://www.utalkmarketing.com/Blogs/UserBlogs.aspx?UserID=6304 http://www.journalistdirectory.com/journalist/TgTQ/REG-CROWDER http://www.utalkmarketing.com/Blogs/UserBlogs.aspx?UserID=6304 You must mean those subject lines that go something like this:

YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN FROZEN DUE TO SUSPICOUS ACTIVITY - PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINE BELOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS TO HAVE THIS MATTER RESOLVED - BUT DON’T WORRY, I WILL PAY YOU 45% OF $180,000,000 USD IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME TO SEND THESE FUNDS TO YOU FROM MY BANK IN NIGERIA - BY THE WAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE SOME PICTURES OF ME HAVING SEX WITH AN ALIEN - I READ YOUR MARKETING BLOG AND IT REALLY GOT ME HOT! HOT! HOT!

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Uh, yes. I’ve been finding these subject lines quite entertaining. But I don’t seem to be buying anything because of them.

But you make a good point. Some of these spammers are working pretty hard to come up with some good copy. I’ve been thinking about this myself.

REG CROWDER
Freelance Financial and Investment Writer
(no, really, it’s true)
http://www.utalkmarketing.com/Blogs/UserBlogs.aspx?UserID=6304
http://www.journalistdirectory.com/journalist/TgTQ/REG-CROWDER

http://www.utalkmarketing.com/Blogs/UserBlogs.aspx?UserID=6304

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