I received this e-mail via the contact form on my blog yesterday:
I enjoy attending your workshops, am a regular visitor (read: fan) of your website, its always fresh, often humorous & always informative! Keep it up! Next time you visit KC, check out the “[name removed] Bar” for great food, music, service & atmosphere.
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Now really, does the person who left this but of feedback expect me to believe that they’re really someone who’s met me, even virtually? I’ll admit maybe I’m wrong (please correct me if I am) but I find that very unlikely. I will give them point for creativity though.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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2 Replies to “"Feedback" Marketing”
You mean they didn’t offer enlargement services or security services or…?
Spammers have indeed gotten more creative. Nothing like stroking the old ego to try to get you to let the comment through or let it stay.
Interestingly enough, it wasn’t posted as a comment to a post and therefore subject to moderation and/or removal. It was sent to me as an e-mail via my “contact” form.
You mean they didn’t offer enlargement services or security services or…?
Spammers have indeed gotten more creative. Nothing like stroking the old ego to try to get you to let the comment through or let it stay.
Interestingly enough, it wasn’t posted as a comment to a post and therefore subject to moderation and/or removal. It was sent to me as an e-mail via my “contact” form.