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The Strange World of Educational Viral Marketing (part 2)

A couple of months ago I wrote about my bemusement concerning the e-mails I receive on an increasingly regular basis about the various websites I edit. These thoughts came back to me yesterday after a presentation by Emma Head on mummmy blogging and particularly the way in which the most popular mummy bloggers have been able to monetize their activity. I was taken aback by how brazen the whole thing seemed to be, with the bloggers actively soliciting free stuff and companies actively crafting affiliate schemes. Given how intrigued I was by this trend yesterday, it was an amusing time for me to receive this e-mail:

Hi!

My name is Jenna Brown and I am a freelance seo writer, I am sending you this email to see if you accepted and seo based posts on markcarrigan.net.

What I would be interested in working with you one would be highly relevant and original articles relating to your site that include 1 equally related link within or in a byline. For your time editing and publishing I would be able to pay you per post, you also can edit/reject anything I send so no worries!

Let me know if we might be able to collaborate on some posts and work together!

Thanks,
Jenna

I briefly considered responding out of sheer curiosity but then thought better of it. I’d love to know what these ‘highly relevant and original articles relating to [my] site’ would look like though.

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