Is This SPAM?

Honest question:  Is this SPAM?

So I've got a blog.  This is clearly a promotional item designed to get me to read this guys post and hopefully comment on it.   Well ok.....

Do I have  a prior relationship?  No
Is the sender clearly identified and does it explain why I'm getting this?  No
Is there an Unsubscribe or physical address?  No

So is this SPAM? 

Comments

[Edward Holtzman]

Based on the criteria you listed, I'd have no problem labeling this as spam and reporting it to spamcop

[Todd Cullen]

Yes, its definitely spam. Check out the company its from: http://www.cooperkatz.com/services.shtml
They're a marketing company that specializes in "Creative Business Communications", to use their language.

[John Whiteside]

It sure is.

It is possible, of course, for someone at an agency to see something and think, "Hey, Chris Baggott would be interested in that!"

The resulting email probably wouldn't start, "Hello all," and the email would probably say something about why you'd care about it.

Spam, spam, spam.

[Ryan Warren]

Dude... Totally spam...

[Jon Bogart]

No unsubscribe link makes this spam to me. How do you stop getting emails from this person? How do you say, "No thanks?" The fact that they don't give you a way to opt-out makes it cheap, and spam-like, even if it parades itself as a typical email.

[Jill Barringer]

I would say it was spam on many levels. I'd ring Rachel Adler and ask her how she justifies sending it to you.

[Hazel]

Yes, of course it's spam. I can't normally be bothered to report these things but this is blatent so I probably would in this case.

[Allen Fuller]

Roger that. It's one thing to invite people to sign up for blog posts by e-mail. But this deserves no different that an e-mail for Hoodia.

[Jim Symcox]

Chris,

You know this is spam every sentence you wrote just drove the nail deeper!

Jim