Discussion:
Sports fans needed.
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Josh Smith
2004-02-22 10:26:02 UTC
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Sorry for the cross posting, I am trying to get as broad and as many
opinions on this as possible. If this post has bothered you, I
apologize, but there shouldn't be another one. :)


My name is Josh Smith, and I am an agent for Cognigen, a web based
company. Before you set up your spam alert and cancel out of this
post, hear what I have to say. I am not trying to sell any product
here, I am actually asking for advice, from my "target market" you,
the sports fans. I have a deal under my vendor, at <a
href="http://ld.net/dish/?&cogid=11221212&refid=ld.net/"> Dish
Networks</a> for a satellite tv deal, involving free TiVo like
receivers, and HDTV's. I am looking for honest opinions about this
deal, would you personally find much use from it? Which part of the
deal do you like the best? Is there anything about the deal that
bothers you? Finally, I would appreciate it if you would also check
out my personal sales site, at <a href="http://ld.net/?11221212">
http://ld.net/?11221212 </a> and tell me your opinion on the site
design. Does the layout of the site catch your eye? Is it informative
enough for you? Any suggestions?

I would prefer for all responses to be e-mailed to my <a
href="mailto:***@hushmail.com"> e-mail address </a>, so as
not to disturb the newsgroup, but I will be checking back infrequently
if people would rather just post a reply. I can not at this time offer
any compensation for participating in this market research besides my
own personal thanks, and a name and/or link in the credits section of
an upcoming website I am designing.

Thank you,


Josh Smith
Locutus
2004-02-22 16:44:29 UTC
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SPAM SNIPPED
Your attempts to disguise your spam were unsuccessful.
Josh Smith
2004-02-23 00:47:18 UTC
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Post by Locutus
SPAM SNIPPED
Your attempts to disguise your spam were unsuccessful.
I'm sorry if this seemed like spam to you, I am not attempting to sell
anything.I am only trying to get honest reviews of my websites from my
"target market". As an update to this post though, I have decided to
offer a contest, as more incentive for reviews of my site. I will give
$20 USD to the person with the most informative review of my satellite
site: http://ld.net/dish/?&cogid=11221212&refid=ld.net/ and an
additional $20 USD to the person to give me the most informative
review of my personal sales website: http://ld.net/?11221212 . There
is absolutely no purchase necessary for this contest, it's just
incentive to get more reviews. Additionally, all reviewers will have
credit with either their name or website address on my new up and
coming site, whether they win the contest or not. I appreciate all
entries, and hope to be hearing from at least a few of you soon.

Thank You,

Josh Smith
Joe Moore
2004-02-23 02:16:31 UTC
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Post by Josh Smith
Post by Locutus
SPAM SNIPPED
Your attempts to disguise your spam were unsuccessful.
I'm sorry if this seemed like spam to you, I am not attempting to sell
anything.I am only trying to get honest reviews of my websites from my
"target market".
I'm sorry that your spam doesn't seem like spam to you. But the fact
that your purpose in posting in these groups has absolutely nothing to
do with why people are reading these groups should make it clear even
to someone who uses phrases like "target market" that you are
spamming.

The reason newsgroups have names is so that people can find posts
about topics that interest them. It is not so that marketers can find
their "target market".

Your desire to draw people to your website has absolutely nothing to
do with tennis, rodeo, volleyball, softball, or boxing. Whether you
are selling something or not (and I think you are), your post is about
your website and your website is not about any of the topics of the
groups you posted your spam to.

So, I say again. quit spamming.

And if your reply to this post contains yet another attempt to lure
folks to your totally unrelated website, I hope enough people complain
to:
groups-***@google.com and
***@ld.net
to get your website shut down.



joemooreaterolsdotcom
Josh Smith
2004-02-23 11:10:18 UTC
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Post by Joe Moore
Post by Josh Smith
Post by Locutus
SPAM SNIPPED
Your attempts to disguise your spam were unsuccessful.
I'm sorry if this seemed like spam to you, I am not attempting to sell
anything.I am only trying to get honest reviews of my websites from my
"target market".
I'm sorry that your spam doesn't seem like spam to you. But the fact
that your purpose in posting in these groups has absolutely nothing to
do with why people are reading these groups should make it clear even
to someone who uses phrases like "target market" that you are
spamming.
The reason newsgroups have names is so that people can find posts
about topics that interest them. It is not so that marketers can find
their "target market".
Your desire to draw people to your website has absolutely nothing to
do with tennis, rodeo, volleyball, softball, or boxing. Whether you
are selling something or not (and I think you are), your post is about
your website and your website is not about any of the topics of the
groups you posted your spam to.
So, I say again. quit spamming.
And if your reply to this post contains yet another attempt to lure
folks to your totally unrelated website, I hope enough people complain
to get your website shut down.
joemooreaterolsdotcom
I see your point about this being spamming, I apologize, it was not
taken as I anticipated. All I wanted was to get honest opinions about
my websites, but I realize I brought it to the wrong newsgroup. I
assumed asking people from a group (sports fans) who I would be most
likely to get sales from, would be the best way to improve my website,
but I didn't factor in the amount of utter crap these newsgroups get
each day. Again, I apologize if I offended anyone with my posts,
you'll hear nothing more about my websites.

Sorry for the inconvenience,

Josh Smith

StarsNBarsCowgrl
2004-02-23 03:19:01 UTC
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Post by Josh Smith
I will give
$20 USD to the person with the most informative review of my satellite
site
20 whole dollars??? Just for me??? W-O-W!!!
Joe Moore
2004-02-22 23:24:59 UTC
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Post by Josh Smith
Any suggestions?
Yeah. Stop lying about spamming.
Then stop spamming.

joemooreaterolsdotcom
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