Re: UKNM: research for a feature... :)

[mario bassett]

This is getting silly now....


I have read Jo's many requests for info - some I instantly delete, others I 

am happy to respond to.


I've seen a lot of pointless bickering on UKNM. Like Jo's mails that dont 

interest me, I delete the snipes and backchat. But I'm not going to get 

upset if people want to engage in that - if thats the price of subscribing 

to UKNM then so be it - I've learned a lot and picked up a lot of useful 

titbits so I'm still ahead.


The fact is not every mail will be of interest to everyone.


Yes, I am in a PR / Marketing function so perhaps I am biased but I would 

rather receive more information, and delete what I dont want, than perhaps 

miss an opportunity.


I am happy to continue receiving Jo's mails, but if others feel so strongly, 

then perhaps a seperate 'press enquiry' list should be set up??


'Nuff said


Mario Tilney-Bassett

Sportal UK

0171 559 3455


[Sam says: Jo and I have spoken about setting up just such a list, and I believe

there will be on springing to life very soon. For the moment though, I think we've

definitely heard enough.]


>

From: Jo Chipchase <jocan-u-hack-it [dot] com>

>

Reply-To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

>

To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

>Subject: Re: UKNM: research for a feature...  :)

>Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 10:11:02 +0100

>

>Phil Gyford wrote:

>

> >> At risk of incurring the wra

th of certain folk... heh heh heh...

> >

> >While agreeing with everything Stef said before about this, the other

> >reason I think it's amazing you keep sending these emails to a list of

> >hundreds (more?) people in the industry is that it doesn't make you look

> >very professional. Maybe it's just me, but if I saw an article written by

> >you now or in 10, 20 years time I'd be thinking "Oh there's an article by

> >that woman who just sends mails to mailing lists for research."

>

>Have you ever read any of my features?  I would argue that they are pretty

>professional in their style and content (give or take a bit of added

>silliness here and there).

>

> >I'm not saying that's all you do, but that's how it feels and personally

> >I'd want to be a little more restrained in how I appear to people.

>

>Well - that's your perogative.  Personally speaking, appearing restrained

>is not generally my intention, unless I'm wearing my corset!

>

>Does being "professional" equate to "stuffy and restrained"?  Not in my

>book.  Rather, it equates to doing a job *well* and getting it in on time.

>

>You've

> >been on here long enough that surely you could just target the people on

> >the list you think might have something relevant to say?

>

>Yes, of course I'm personally acquainted with the "hundreds" of people on

>this list, including the many lurkers and have time to email them all

>individually.

>

>Perhaps you do

> >that too, but whatever, personally I find the constant trawling of the

> >list for info annoying and tacky.

>

>Ah but the delete key is just a finger tap away... useful, isn't it?

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