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Subject:Re: So just do it already From:Sean Wheller <sean -at- inwords -dot- co -dot- za> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:21:47 +0200
On Thursday 19 October 2006 21:50, Guy K. Haas wrote:
> But, when EVERY message from someone on a high-traffic list includes the
> same "hook," it gets tiresome.
Same goes for sill quotes. Come now really.
>
> Having that "hook" in one's SIG for regular mail is one thing. Having it
> on one's website landing page, fine. But every blasted posting?
>
> To misquote the old New Yorker cartoon:
> I say it's marketing, and I say the hell with it.
Yip it's marketing and it works, good or bad it does what it is suposed to.
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