I previously wrote about Nikolas Baron’s flawed (and then sleazy) attempts to get me to plug Grammarly on my blog. And he keeps trying to get me to […]
Dear Grammarly: Your PR Relies on Scammy, Clueless, Spammy Practices. Stop Trying To Get Me To Help.
(See updates at https://ideatrash.net/2013/12/dear-grammarly-your-pr-relies-on-scammy.html and https://ideatrash.net/2013/12/in-which-grammarlys-pr-continues-to-be.html) NOTE: The links for “spam” and “scam” and “sleazy” all point to the same place. This is the same tactic I took […]
Misdirection Makes You A Scammer
When you disguise your intents, when you mislead someone in order to make a sale – whether of a book or a service – makes you a slimy […]
The Threatening Figure in Advertising
Over the weekend at MARCon, I was on a panel that, at one point, discussed negative racial stereotypes in film and literature. The shorthand used to convey a […]
SEO Optimization, Your Resume, Your Book Blurb (or Sales Copy), and, Eventually, You
tl;dr: The rapid increase in trying to “optimize” and “tweak” resumes and book sales copy will first push competitors to the side in an optimization race, then implode […]
Dear OmniBuzzMedia: You Are A Bunch Of Clueless and Scammy Morons
Stay away from OmniBuzzMedia. They employ scammy SEO practices and waste client’s money pitching to irrelevant sites. This isn’t specifically directed at Adela Johnson, but more to the […]