B-Schools| Bad blog pitches- anyone else get these thrilling emails? |
| Wednesday, 02 September 2009 01:39 |
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I am sure I am not the only one who has been targeted by well meaning MBA spam. I"m talking about the numerous new websites, test prep, case prep, admissions prep, that have popped up on the web and the emails I received asking me to review/advertise them. These are mostly started by enterprising MBAs who clearly skipped the class on communication. Now, I will partially blame business school. We"re beaten over the head (metaphorically) until we can produce a perfect business introduction email and a perfect informational interview email, but there is a lack of understanding of social media. It wasn"t until I was doing training on social media at work this week that I was able to more clearly elucidate why these unsolicited emails piss me off. 1) You have never before commented on my blog. 2) I DO have my email on the blog, it"s just hidden, which means you haven"t actually taken the time to read my blog and are just commenting on the first entry. At least the last email I received admitted he just found me on a google search. 3) Assuming that promoting MBA websites was the sort of thing I did (it isn"t, see #2 about actually reading my blog) some of the websites SUCK. THEY ARE NOT GOOD. Why would I promote something that is not useful? Actually, an email I received recently was for a very useful service, but one that I consider morally questionable - basically helping people shortcut around case readings. I give all due credit to my new job for assisting me in properly focusing my anger. Fellow bloggers what do you think? Are you annoyed? Pleased? Ambivalent about this?  |