Social Media & Internet Marketing: How NOT To Make Money Online
Anybody who is looking to make money online and wants to use social media as part of your marketing strategy…pay attention.
Facebook. Myspace. Twitter. LinkedIn. These social media services are built on one thing: relationships. Now, if you were having a social gathering and somebody just ran into your room and started pitching their product, how [...]
Twitter Spammers, Who Are They?
Those of us who use Twitter a lot know that Twitter is out of the early adopters phase. Twitter is practically becoming a standard bearer for micro-blogging (which of course is sad when you consider how often Twitter crashes).
It is only a matter of time before spammers take on new mediums and start using them [...]
Spammers = Assholes
For the last several days, I have been getting bounce emails containing gibberish. This morning, I get this in my email:
That’s right. Some asshole is out there mailing penis spam with MY email as the return address. I wouldn’t be surprised if MY email is being added to blacklists.
Chances are, one of my PCMech readers [...]
Dreamweaver CS3 Showing up in SPAM
I guess now that Dreamweaver CS3 is getting some press, the spammers think they can make a buck on it. I have been getting a LOT of spam lately advertising CS3 at ridiculously low prices. The last one? “Our price $59.95. You save $339.05″. I say - bullshit. And in the ad, they didn’t [...]
FeedBlitz’s Position on SPAM
I recently announced to my Tip of the Day mailing list that I was going to be converting the list over to FeedBlitz. I had one of my subscribers email me saying I was violating my privacy policy and that FeedBlitz is a “known spammer”. I have found nothing indicating FeedBlitz [...]
Nigerian Scam - Still Going
Being in the internet biz, I get quite a bit of email every day. Being that I use Outlook, I make use of Cloudmark to filter crap out of my inbox. But, stuff still gets through, and yesterday I got another issue of the famous Nigerian scam. It’s a classic, too. I guess I should [...]
The Prevention of SPAM on Your Website
One of the big issues with setting up any website is how to prevent SPAM. Simply put, if you directly publish your email address on your website, it is likely to be picked up by software robots and added to spam lists. These little robots act just like search engine robots. They scour the web, [...]
