2 posts tagged “edelman”

Dan Santow's Word Wise has a post about the best way to use subject lines in a business context. He gives a good list, about half of which I agree with out of the box. But, there are some I have a different view about. The link goes to the comments page where I posted my reply to him. Hopefully, by the time you go there, my comment will be up and in play.

Here's a question for you - what is your initial reaction whenever you see an email message with "URGENT" leading off the subject line? Mine is "SPAM!" How about you? Do you filter messages with "urgent" in the subject line?

A few items below is a bit on MS giving away laptops loaded with Vista to bloggers who are big enough, powerful enough, and willing to sell their credibility in exchange for favorable reviews of Vista (an operating system that TOTALLY screws up any computer with preexisting microslut systems on it) so they can get positive reviews.  B.L. Ochman points out, that once again, the three-ring whore master behind this caper is none other than Edelman, the folks who brought you the Wal-Mart flog.