Spam, spam, eggs, sausage and spam (Saturated Market)

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Spam, spam, eggs, sausage and spam

Blogging I seem to have a spam problem. Okay, don't we all? But it's starting to get out of hand. I could handle the junk folders in my hotmail and gmail filling up at a staggering rate. I could handle the occasional junkmail getting through the filters. I could even handle the comment spam I've started getting on this blog. But I've started getting a new kind of spam (related to this blog) that I'm not sure how to deal with. And it's going to drive me insane.

This isn't your regular, old fashioned comment spam. Oh no. That I don't mind. All that takes is to turn on comment moderation. I figured I'd spare you from having to see it, and not give them the satisfaction of reaching anybody. But I've got something new. I have received two emails, each from a separate "company", offering to help me promote my blog. From what I can tell, they are each offering to spam other sites for me. Each email has details contained in an HTML attachment, and hid the "unsubscribe" email address in a TXT attachment.

Because I don't believe in protecting the guilty, their names are Hit-Booster and BlogBlaster. They are sent out by Promote-Biz.net. I'm sure they bother other people as well. Basically, I'd like to ask if anyone has any advice, and to offer my own two cents on what they're doing.

First off, this is not permission-based marketing. I did not opt-in to receive anything from them, and they are cluttering my inbox with daily emails, each offering an identical but different product. This is a good way to piss people off.

Second, they are offering to spam FOR me. Why anybody would make such a ludicrous offer is beyond me.

Third, who insists on putting the email address to stop receiving messages in a separate file attachment? It looks like a virus rather than a legitimate email.

Basically, these types of guys are who ruined email marketing for everyone else (or at least gave it a bad reputation). If you're thinking of promoting something, and you're new to the game, don't do this. It's just bad practice.

Until next time,