Why do Ad Companies Take Liberties?
I get a lot of emails from affiliate networks and ad agencies via Blogging Tips, who want me to tell readers about the launch of their new site or announce a major update to their product or service. If the news is related to blogging then I usually cover the story as I like to tell readers about the latest blogging news.
These ad companies and agencies are really sneaky though. More than a dozen of them have signed me onto their company newsletter or press release list without my consent so I have to then go and unsubscribe. I did not even write a post about some of them, I simply emailed them saying that I didn’t think their news was relevant to blogging so I wouldn’t be covering it on the site. Clearly this was a mistake.
I absolutely despise spam. Affiliate companies have no right to sign me up to a newsletter without my consent. It really pisses me off, particularly after I did them a favour by writing about their news story.
But what can you do? I could remove the post I wrote about the site but I’d be shooting myself in the foot as I’d be removing another page for the search engines to spider. I’m not childish or scummy enough to put their email on a spam list either so all I can do is tell them to stick it next time they ask me to tell readers about their ‘important news‘.
You reap what you sow!!
David Shaw | November 13th, 2008 at 6:21 pm #
I must get so much spam from these companies, it is rather annoying!!
Rarst has cool feed | November 14th, 2008 at 12:17 am #
Most important rule to deal with spam – spam doesn’t exist. And here you are blogging about it.
Spammers are looking for reaction if you are irritated about newsletters and even know rough amount of those that means they are getting in your eyes instead of trash bin.
That means that next offer will actually get before your eyes instead of blacklist. That means they were able to produce reaction. That means signing you up for extra dosen may produce more reaction.
Spammers don’t target people that like spam, they target people that notice spam.
Money Making Ideas ~ Suzanne | November 14th, 2008 at 4:50 am #
Yikes! That would piss me off!!!!! This isn’t normal spam … where they stole your email address … this is a company who is trying to have a relationship with you … who wrongly forced you to their list by adding you without your permission! *yuCk* Suzanne
Lucian | November 14th, 2008 at 4:58 am #
Name and shame also works.
Kevin Muldoon | November 14th, 2008 at 4:15 pm #
Yes from now on I think a ‘name and shame’ campaign could be on the cards!
Money Making Ideas ~ Suzanne | November 14th, 2008 at 6:10 pm #
Oh … yeah … I think name and shame is perfect! Let us know if you get a chance to pursue this?! *SmiLes* Suzanne