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Old 10-09-2008, 11:24 AM  
Babaganoosh
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Originally Posted by 12clicks View Post
why don't you just opt out of the business then?
Email is how programs communicate with their affiliates.
IMPORTANT communications are delivered this way. you're most likely the same type who runs to the boards explaining how a program never told you about changes that affect you
How about every single affiliate email you with what they did that day? That's essentially what these "announcements" boil down to. Programs are letting us know they are doing their fucking jobs. It's assumed that programs are adding new hosted galleries and banners at regular intervals. That's their JOB. We don't need an update every time it happens.

I think we should all do the same to sponsors who don't respect the webmasters wishes. Wouldn't webmaster newsletters to the sponsor be filled with exciting and important information?

What's up {SPONSORNAME},

I'm making summer SIZZLE this week with 1.5 GB of BRAND new content JUST added to my CMS today. I've also been upgrading mysql for BLAZING fast database queries.

I've been tweaking traffic settings on {SITENAME} all week long so I can keep making us money! I'm releasing not 4 but 5 brand new blog posts for amazing conversions!!!111

Hit me up if I can do anything for you!!!
-Webmaster


Then we should send that out to every single sponsor we have ever signed up for regardless of whether we actively promote them or not. I get announcements every single day from sponsors I don't promote and haven't promoted for years. Really, some of these self-important sponsors need to chill the fuck out with their ridiculous emails. I have other shit to deal with.
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