Comments on: This Is The Most Aggressive Sales Tactic I’ve Ever Seen

By: Mark Sierra

Mark Sierra — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:32:42 +0000

@long hair lover and SFASF
Thanks for stopping by to share your thoughts and welcome to MeAndMyDrum!

By: Spam Filters & Anti Spam Filters

Spam Filters & Anti Spam Filters — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:16:42 +0000

To say “excessive” is a bit light. That is the type of marketing that makes users scream “scam” “virus” “fraud”.

I have seen many sites like that, and by entering my email address I was stuck. The “Unsubscribe” links never worked, the contact email always gave me an autoreponse. I would hit “spam”, but mail would come from various different emails for the same web page.

I agree, sites like this show exactly how to NOT sell something. The “shove it down their throats” technique hasn’t worked in decades.

-Jolene

By: long hair lover

long hair lover — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:17:54 +0000

Nowadays everybody is a victim of this kind of spam marketing but I must say this one is too aggresive

By: Mark Sierra

Mark Sierra — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:14:57 +0000

@Olivier
You know, that’s exactly what I thought!

And thanks for commenting and welcome to MeAndMyDrum!

By: Olivier @ brainwave meditation

Olivier @ brainwave meditation — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:27:18 +0000

I agree that most salespages are either too long or too aggressive. In adition, this lawn chair looks like a classic pyramid scheme to me. Something that always make my alarm bell ring.
But to be honest, I think I’m subscribed to more than 30 mailing lists. All offering free stuff in the beginning, and now trying to sell something. Well, nobody is perfect

By: Mark Sierra

Mark Sierra — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:34:16 +0000

@SuiteJ
What can I say? Great minds think alike.

By: SuiteJ

SuiteJ — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:31:53 +0000

LOL. That’s ridiculous. Exactly the reason that I have separate mail accounts for subscriptions, especially from Internet Marketers!

Seems counter-productive to me to be pushing so agressively in people’s faces like that. Plus, even if it worked for a quick buck short term, you’re going to lose credibility for future endeavors, IMO.

Cheers on a great post!
Jay

By: Mark Sierra

Mark Sierra — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:12:57 +0000

@Jennifer
Ugh! It sounds like the sales person on the other end of the phone who doesn’t take no for an answer.

By: Jennifer R

Jennifer R — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:30:56 +0000

Wow – I think I’d unsubscribe too. That reminds me of when I tried to unsubscribe from a major retailers list. They sent me emails everyday (sometimes a couple a day) stating that they’ve received a request to remove me…but they didn’t ask me to confirm it…they just kept sending emails (isn’t that why I unsubscribed in the first place???

By: Mark Sierra

Mark Sierra — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:18:04 +0000

@Shawal
Creating interest and excitement is a top priority for internet marketers. When they become part of the noise we deal with, then it’s going to turn around and work against them.