{"id":8456,"date":"2013-04-28T23:16:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T03:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/?p=8456"},"modified":"2013-04-28T23:16:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T03:16:47","slug":"hint-i-dont-do-this-for-the-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/28\/hint-i-dont-do-this-for-the-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Hint: I don&#8217;t do this for the money &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know why getting an e-mail like this one would disturb me so much:<\/p>\n<div lang=\"x-unicode\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #666699;\">Hi Stewart,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #666699;\">Just a quick reminder message \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m currently working with <em>[REDACTED]<\/em>, a top electronics and engineering tech company, and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still interested in collaborating with you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #666699;\">We can provide bespoke content by <em>[REDACTED]<\/em>&#8216;s own tech copywriters to give you something relevant for your readers, based on a topic that you&#8217;d like us to write about. We can also offer a $25 voucher to purchase any product of that value or less from the\u00c2\u00a0<em>[REDACTED]<\/em> website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.example.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">http:\/\/www.<em>[REDACTED]<\/em>.com\/<\/span><\/a>) which you could then use and review. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #666699;\">If you&#8217;re interested, I can send over some rough content ideas for you to have a look at, and you can let us know what grabs you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #666699;\">Look forward to hearing from you! <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #666699;\">Best,<br \/>\n<em>[REDACTED]<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s not spam; I&#8217;ve had this offer before via another channel. I can&#8217;t see why anyone would want someone else&#8217;s text under their own byline. Running this blog costs me a trivial amount of money, but I&#8217;m okay with that. Monetizing, SEO, sticky eyeballs (I&#8217;m showing my age &#8230;): feh. All I ever wanted to do with this blog is write my own drivel without someone else&#8217;s noise polluting the page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know why getting an e-mail like this one would disturb me so much: Hi Stewart, Just a quick reminder message \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m currently working with [REDACTED], a top electronics and engineering tech company, and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still interested in collaborating with you! 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