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Posted By: Bill Carton - the Roadie <wcarton@flash.net> In Response To: Yes, it was honest. (Steve MacLellan)
Tuesday, 28 March 2006, at 10:14 a.m.
> Diana is a recognized expert on the subject of business card marketing.
Understood. Since I'm not in that industry, I needed a few minutes with a search engine to get a profile of her background. Lots of folks come by asking questions, and it's not surprising anymore when some of them are legends only in their own mind. Legitimate expertise is often hard to come by on the 'net, where "nobody knows you're a dog."
> Whether you agree with it or not, being a recognized expert, and creating
> an award to offer others, is a smart viral marketing strategy.
Cool. I do happen to think that creating value by writing, advising, and educating people is a useful activity. And creating awards out of thin air for the sole purpose of free advertising is not. But some folks are doing it, and if it's considered "smart" in some circles, it's a free country.
> I don't recall seeing anything in her post asking for comments on her
> views or actions related to the CAN-SPAM law. Is this relevant?
I think (because of my net-cop volunteering) that getting a profile of folks you're interacting with is useful so you don't misinterpret their possible motives. It may be just me, but I think anyone who is trying to make money by writing, consulting, and advising in real life or on-line should be worried about their archived "paper" trail. Plagiarizing a CAN-SPAM comment letter from a site that specifically says to not copy and paste it, seems intellectually dishonest.
I wasn't even commenting on the content of the comment, that the CAN-SPAM law was flawed - I agree it's fatally flawed for many reasons other than the one being commented on. But I believe it's relevant to see if someone has a history of crooked or bizarre behavior (which I did not find), or ethically-marginal behavior (which I did find) when they ask questions about activity (awards and press releases) that could be either useful or a waste of bandwidth. As I usually say, your mileage may vary.
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