Tired of the McCain Spam
October 17, 2008 Posted by Al Castle
add a comment Categories: Marketing, Puter Stuff, Religion, Squirrels, gnash-teeth
Tags: Marketing, McCain, NOSPAM, Obama, porn, spamming
I’ve been receiving many unsolicited emails (spam) from the McCain camp spammers. First a bit of background so you can really appreciate this as much as I do.
Years ago I created NOSPAM@mydomain.org as an account that obviously was meant for spamming. I only used it once to register for a respected site. Girl on girl porn I think… In any case as a mockery the account is clearly called NOSPAM and was entered in capital letters.
- Obviously the McCain camp has purchased email addresses to spam… or “market to”. Now some of you might not think that’s a big deal. I think, like most intelligent people, that’s not an appropriate method of marketing. Certainly not for a governmental job candidate. Well here is where it gets worse.
- They’re sending spam to someone who isn’t registered to vote. It’s not like they got my name and email address from a valid voter registration list and are reminding me to vote. You still think it’s okay to send me this unsolicited email?
- They’re sending spam to someone who can not vote. That’s right, I’m not allowed to vote. (Weird rules about killing a roomful of Nuns making me a felon or some such nonsense.)
There’s only one job I’ve been at where the marketing was done this poorly. Why bother to actually know your customer base when you can use the buckshot-spaghetti method. Shoot often and see what sticks.
Well in this case it’s not sticking no matter how many emails you send me.
Note: This post wasn’t an endorsement for either presidential candidate nor does it reflect anything other than my contempt for people that fancy themselves as “marketers” and for those that hire them in the private and non-private sectors.
