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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?
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Based on the criteria you listed, I'd have no problem labeling this as spam and reporting it to spamcop
Posted by: Edward Holtzman | March 19, 2007 at 12:47 PM
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.
Posted by: Todd Cullen | March 19, 2007 at 05:18 PM
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.
Posted by: John Whiteside | March 19, 2007 at 05:29 PM
Dude... Totally spam...
Posted by: Ryan Warren | March 19, 2007 at 08:17 PM
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.
Posted by: Jon Bogart | March 19, 2007 at 10:35 PM
I would say it was spam on many levels. I'd ring Rachel Adler and ask her how she justifies sending it to you.
Posted by: Jill Barringer | March 20, 2007 at 06:26 AM
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.
Posted by: Hazel | March 21, 2007 at 08:30 AM
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.
Posted by: Allen Fuller | April 03, 2007 at 12:32 PM
Chris,
You know this is spam every sentence you wrote just drove the nail deeper!
Jim
Posted by: Jim Symcox | September 07, 2007 at 01:46 PM
Yes, plain and simple.
Posted by: Troy Bingham | May 14, 2008 at 11:58 AM