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Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/05/pr-pitches-promise-to-trade-diggs-for.html

patrickj — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:31:30 -0000

I got a couple of these as well. Tossers ...

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/05/pr-pitches-promise-to-trade-diggs-for.html

Martin Bryant — Sun, 31 May 2009 11:00:00 -0000

I've been offered money to review something before. In the end I spent so long thinking about whether or not it was a good idea that I missed the deadline for it. My idea was, rather than spam up my regular blog feed at 14sandwiches with a sponsored post, I'd create a separate page on my blog for the (clearly marked) advertorial. That way people can read it if they like without having it forced on them. Does that seem like a good solution? I'd certainly never go down the Diggs route - very underhand.

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/05/pr-pitches-promise-to-trade-diggs-for.html

guruvan (Rob Nelson) — Sun, 31 May 2009 10:49:00 -0000

This has to be one of the lamest practices I've seen. I'm not sure which is worse, offering to pay you for a good review, of this. This seems more underhanded.

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/05/pr-pitches-promise-to-trade-diggs-for.html

Benin (@BeninB) — Sun, 31 May 2009 08:12:13 -0000

That is quite interesting, Louis. OMG, it is these types of things that give our industry such a bad wrap.

This type of behavior symbolizes the type of gold rush-something for nothing mentality that has become so common place within certain circles of the web lately. Thanks for bringing it to light.

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/05/pr-pitches-promise-to-trade-diggs-for.html

Yuvi Panda — Sun, 31 May 2009 05:16:34 -0000

I'm pretty sure that someone somewhere accepted this offer :(

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/05/pr-pitches-promise-to-trade-diggs-for.html

Soso Sazesh — Sun, 31 May 2009 00:18:55 -0000

The scary part is that not all bloggers have your mindset (or lack of commercialization), and inevitably this type of PR will become more common.

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/05/pr-pitches-promise-to-trade-diggs-for.html

adorno — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:53:30 -0000

Its begun.

I just hope you don't become as intolerable as Scoble.

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/05/pr-pitches-promise-to-trade-diggs-for.html

Brett Morrison — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:32:08 -0000

A PR person might also want to learn proper punctuation and sentence structure. Additionally, pitching without four letter works is also good form.

"If the review is great we will digg it as hell"

Sentences like this make a pitch look like it was generated from a button-mashing factory in some remote part of the world.

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/05/pr-pitches-promise-to-trade-diggs-for.html

kristen kuhns — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:29:11 -0000

I think the typo in their email is appropriate "digg it as hell" :)