Day: February 19, 2009

Since my last missive on this subject, I have continued to receive endless brain numbing e-mail press releases for topics that have no interest to me. 

My favourite off-target pitch was for a new sun tanning salon in New York.  Seriously lads, c’mon would you.

I really don’t think this blog is a terribly effective outlet for promoting products and services, however having said that, I think we should reward good blog relations.

Today’s Gold Star goes to Morgan van Ancken from Morton PR, for his pitch on Shutterstock:

Shutterstock is a stock photography and stock footage site that uses crowdsourcing to generate its image library (they have over 6 million stock photos). This means that by outsourcing the task of taking pictures to people around the world, they are able to offer extremely high quality stock imagery and footage at a more affordable price point than traditional agencies

Morgan wrote a great pitch, demonstrated he had wasted valuable time reading this blog 🙂 and weaved that well written pitch artfully with some standard blurb.

Good job Morgan.

I won’t be publishing the URL for the Tanning salon.

Since my last missive on this subject, I have continued to receive endless brain numbing e-mail press releases for topics that have no interest to me. 

My favourite off-target pitch was for a new sun tanning salon in New York.  Seriously lads, c’mon would you.

I really don’t think this blog is a terribly effective outlet for promoting products and services, however having said that, I think we should reward good blog relations.

Today’s Gold Star goes to Morgan van Ancken from Morton PR, for his pitch on Shutterstock:

Shutterstock is a stock photography and stock footage site that uses crowdsourcing to generate its image library (they have over 6 million stock photos). This means that by outsourcing the task of taking pictures to people around the world, they are able to offer extremely high quality stock imagery and footage at a more affordable price point than traditional agencies

Morgan wrote a great pitch, demonstrated he had wasted valuable time reading this blog 🙂 and weaved that well written pitch artfully with some standard blurb.

Good job Morgan.

I won’t be publishing the URL for the Tanning salon.

Now I’m as cynical as the next person but I have to say I have been shocked surprised this week about the volume of shysters on the Internet.

With an imminent move to the US on the cards, we’ve been making preparations such as selling cars etc. After posting an ad on CarZone.ie last week myself and her indoors have been besieged with scammers, not only via e-mail but on the phone as well.

Now granted the efforts were pretty hamfisted, but I imagine if you weren’t quite as cynical as your correspondent, you might have entertained them.

At least I hope they were scammers….

Now I’m as cynical as the next person but I have to say I have been shocked surprised this week about the volume of shysters on the Internet.

With an imminent move to the US on the cards, we’ve been making preparations such as selling cars etc. After posting an ad on CarZone.ie last week myself and her indoors have been besieged with scammers, not only via e-mail but on the phone as well.

Now granted the efforts were pretty hamfisted, but I imagine if you weren’t quite as cynical as your correspondent, you might have entertained them.

At least I hope they were scammers….

I don’t know what the weather is like where you are, here it’s grey and wet. 

So here’s some light entertainment you might have seen before.

British comedian Eddie Izzard’s take on Darth Vader going to the Death Star cafeteria. Mild swearing… it put a smile on my face  (and 6,000,000 other people to date).… oh all set to motion capture lego.

I don’t know what the weather is like where you are, here it’s grey and wet. 

So here’s some light entertainment you might have seen before.

British comedian Eddie Izzard’s take on Darth Vader going to the Death Star cafeteria. Mild swearing… it put a smile on my face  (and 6,000,000 other people to date).… oh all set to motion capture lego.