I have a hotmail account, which of course means that I get a whole lot of crappy email. Some of it is much like staying up late and watching infomercials – its very stupid but you get a laugh because it is so. Most of the email is annoying – but occasionally I get something so ludicrous that its funny rather than annoying. Today I got an email entitled : Stop receiving junk email. Of course, sending such information in junk mail form sort of destroyed some of their credibility right off. Another good thing to include in an email where you intend to persuade someone to buy your product are spelling mistakes and grammatical errors:
Our advertising company would like to stop sending you unnecessary email by beconmming
aquanted with you and learning about your interests through the following survey.
Subscribe today, and you’ll receive targeted mailings that will notify you of products and
services that meet your interests. Subscribers to these free lists will receive occasional
e-mailed announcements of special offers relating to each topic subscribed!
Please take a few moments to answer the following questions about yourself.
This is a great example of the above. Not only have they misspelled acquainted and becoming, they want to end my junk emails by sending me emails of their own. Now – theres a plan!