Comments on: ‘Tis the Season

By: Meryl K. Evans

Meryl K. Evans — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:09:33 +0000

Nothing… my inbox has been very quiet this week. At first, it was lonesome, but after reading this — I'll take quiet over scams and spam. 🙂

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:30:07 +0000

Paula, sounds great to me. We just have to make sure that find people with lots of "expertise". Don't tell them what kind of expertise we're looking for. We have to be super secret about it. I think we'd better get cracking though, it sounds like more snow is on the way…

By: Paula

Paula — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:55:25 +0000

Um, …snow removal. I've been typing show instead of snow all day. And yes, I need to go shovel soon, too.

By: Paula

Paula — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:54:25 +0000

Wendy, I also happen to have some expertise….in the snow shoveling department. Maybe we should form a show removal company and start soliciting new employees with "Dear Friend" spam. Whaddya think?

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:02:46 +0000

I don’t know what you’re talking about. (LOL) I’ve gotten some real good ones lately. They’re from really friendly people too. They start off the email with “Dear Friend,” – you can’t get much friendlier than that, can you?

They also state that they’ve been looking for someone with my level of expertise. It doesn’t matter that they don’t even mention what “expertise” that is. It could be that I’m an excellent snow shoveler. Maybe it’s my keen ability to forget where I laid my keys or my coffee cup just minutes prior. Wait, I know, it’s my athletic grace when my puppy trips me up and I fall on my tush. Uffda, that’s got to be it.

Oh, I almost forgot… SHHH! The company is super, super secret. It’s so top secret that they don’t even mention the name in the body of the email at all. See, some of them can be really professional. (*cough*)

By: Devon Ellington

Devon Ellington — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:48:00 +0000

Well, considering that 1and1 did an upgrade that's actually a downgrade, it's hard to say. Can't maneuver much with the email.

However, I did get a contract addendum to something that published 3 years ago that earned back its advance, keeps on giving royalties, and is now expanding to additional rights, which means additional royalties.

So that's all good!

Pfft on this pay-per-1000 clicks crap. Give me actual percentage royalties of sales! ;)