Spamming people doesn’t do your campaign much good

I got this spam from the American Hunters & Shooters Association today, asking me to become a member, even though I live in Australia, and even though I hate guns:

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Sucky web design for beginners

If you’ve visited here before, I guess you already know by now that I’m a bit of a critic of sucky web design. Well, I just got spammed by some bloke from a recruiting agency by the name of Techgen, proudly telling me to check out their brand new “snazzy whiz-bang” website.

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The most ridiculous captchas of all time

If you search the web for what people think of the dreaded webform captchas, you’ll see that there are plenty of us who think they largely suck because they irritate the very people they’re supposedly designed to protect.

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Don’t mislead your customers

While using a misleading keyword phrase in your adwords campaign may get your website more traffic, it’s also very likely to backfire because your potential customers won’t buy from you when they find out you lied.

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