Re: Advertising (Hopefully List Appropriate)

Bart, the ones from India, are the ones that are usually wanting my
overflow!  LOL  That and Rumania, and Russia, oh don't forget the offshore
places too.

The ones that write with specific skills are those who I can tell have
actually been to my site, and took the time to write to me.  Specifically
one I got the other day was from a graphic designer.  He doesn't actually
design sites, but does graphics for other designers, so the site designer
gets the credit...or so I saw in his portfolio.  (And this guy is good!)  He
even says in his resume html limited experience.  That right there, ment he
would be a good candidate for my needs.

I have received emails from those wanting to provide copy writing and
editing, I have received some that refer to specific programing.  I know a
generic spam when I see it, but these I know they have been to my site,
because I back track their IP, and see they were at my site, so they took
the time to email me personally.  I take the time to examine what they have
to offer.  If I like I bookmark for future reference, if not I dont'.
I do hate spam, as much as anyone.

Nancy




> >On the other hand I have been contacted by other designers, that would
like
> >to outsource specific skills.  Those are the ones I keep and bookmark.
>
> These I actually consider SPAM and get in my e-mail on a daily basis.
> They appear very generic and most of them e-mail me *more than once*
> with the same exact message template. And for some odd reason, most of
them
> are from India or some other Asian or Middle Eastern country. If I was
interested
> in hiring people, I'd either post a "We're Hiring" link at my site or post
a job
> opening at a site like headhunter.net .
>
> Refering back to telling people that their site sucks, it certainly isn't
going
> to make the original designer very happy. Personally, I've only done it
with
> companies close to the Web design industry where they could understand
> some valid points that I had to make. If it is some regular business that
I
> feel strongly about, but think their site is unprofessional, I will e-mail
them
> suggesting things that I as a user personally felt uneasy about without
throwing
> in anything about wanting to be the person to fix it. A majority of those
messages
> have come back to me with a thanks for my honesty. Some have come back as
> actual design leads (I include my company and URL in all my messages
unless
> it's to a close friend).
>
> --
> Bart Szyszka  bart(at)gigabee.com  ICQ:4982727
> GigaBee  ...is here to save the Web!
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>
>

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