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Forgive me if I am overstepping the boundaries posting this her. Im new
to Groups. I am writing to let you know of a Photography Forum I have started to help everybody from the seasoned Professional to the Amateur first picking up a camera. Covering everything from weddings to Landscapes and everything in between. I have started a forum on my website at www.photography-forum.org . It's quite basic at the moment but I feel it has all the necessary sections to help most photographers. There is a suggestions page that hopefully will let me know what people want. We currently have 1000 members and the forum has over 350 new messages per day. I started my career as have many other "pro" photographers I know at the local camera club. Then went to college and gained the qualifications I needed. I have now been a professional photographer for 8 years and I remember first starting on my journey into photography. I had loads of questions but nobody to ask them. I read as much as I could but most of the magazines used to cover the same topics over and over again. I was lucky I managed to assist a professional photographer for a couple of years before I "Took the Plunge". It's the best move I have ever made. There is no registration fee or monthly subscription I am doing this purely because business has given me and my family so much that I thought it was time to put something back in. Sounds a bit corny but it's the truth. I am trying to get as many "like minded people" into the forum so we can share our knowledge and experiences and hopefully all improve. Please have a look at the forum and maybe, if you like it recommend it to your colleagues. I hope it is of help. |
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wrote in message oups.com... Forgive me if I am overstepping the boundaries posting this her. Im new to Groups. So you are competent enough to set up a forum, but claim to be new to Groups even though you appear to have been using them regularly since 1999, mostly to try and promote your own personal interests, and you also seem to know that you might be "overstepping the boundaries posting this her" This reply from you was copied from aus.photo, when someone else there pointed out you have been posting in newsgroups since 1999. Quote Sorry i did post messages in 1999 but I promise you Im not an intentional spammer. The forumis 1 year old and everything I have said is true. please if you have time have a look - you dont have to register. Everybody there does say what a different feel the forum has. Not all about ego stroking and the Big "I AMS" /Quote So everything you say is true? Is that apart from being new to newsgroups, and not being an intentional spammer. You are a spammer, and you are lying again to promote your services, which should be enough reason for most people to avoid you, or your services, at all costs. |
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Not a bad pitch for a spammer.
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MLIDDELL wrote: Not a bad pitch for a spammer. Whilst I appreciate that I have posted this message on a few groups i would like to clarify what a spammer is. I do admit wanting as many people to visit the forum and to register as i can. But !! Surely a spammer is somebody who mass emails for personal gain ?? The forum is totally free of charge - no registration fee - no membership fee. In fact the forum costs me a pretty penny every year. Of which I recoup non !! So I wouldnt call myself a spammer I just want as many people to benefit from what is a superb FREE forum. Sorry if you feel differently. |
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"stemmy" wrote in message ups.com... So I wouldnt call myself a spammer I just want as many people to benefit from what is a superb FREE forum. I have never heard a spammer actually admit to spamming, so no surprise that you don't consider yourself one. Let me try and explain to make it clearer for you. Spammers come in many guises, one variation is the type that spams newsgroups to try and get others to visit their websites offering an innocuous service, where surprise, surprise, they have an advert at the top of the first page for their own commercial services, you know the sort of thing, a link to something like advertising wedding photography, cars, packages, framing etc. but I'm sure you wouldn't do that, would you? |
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Harry Stottle wrote: "stemmy" wrote in message ups.com... So I wouldnt call myself a spammer I just want as many people to benefit from what is a superb FREE forum. I have never heard a spammer actually admit to spamming, so no surprise that you don't consider yourself one. Let me try and explain to make it clearer for you. Spammers come in many guises, one variation is the type that spams newsgroups to try and get others to visit their websites offering an , where surprise, surprise, they have an advert at the top of the first page for their own commercial services, you know the sort of thing, a link to something like advertising wedding photography, cars, packages, framing etc. but I'm sure you wouldn't do that, would you? Yes my link is at the top but just the same way I let everybody else link their websites. To be honest in the 12 months of the forum I have given away masses more jobs than I have recieved. If I then take into account my hours spent administering the forum this has to be the worst business decision of my life. I can promise you the forum is in no way a money making machine for me - that is the truth. You call it an "innocuous service" - believe me the members dont think that it is. Never once have my services been plugged on the forum. I am sorry that you have the cynical view that everything is for a reason. I can assure you this is not. Maybe if you yourself joined and had a look around you would see that the tone of the forum is something completly different than the norm. There are probably 15 members from my local area so you would assume its not the best method of advertising a wedding photographer. The vast majority are from around the country and probably 30% are from abroad. Not the most direct advertising ? Im sure Im not going to convince you otherwise because you sound like you have had issues with spammers in the past - as have we all !! but all I can say is I posted this message in good faith and hoped it would be taken that way. |
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"stemmy" wrote in message oups.com... Im sure Im not going to convince you otherwise because you sound like you have had issues with spammers in the past - as have we all !! but all I can say is I posted this message in good faith and hoped it would be taken that way. You are not going to convince me because you started off with a blatant lie, which in my opinion was the equivalent of a double glazing salesman, standing on my doorstep with an armful of brochures, staring at a clearly displayed notice on my door stating 'No Sales' and 'No Canvassers', and telling me "don't worry I'm not selling anything". If you heard the response they get from me, you would realise that I have been very restrained in my replies to your post. |
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In article . com,
"stemmy" wrote: MLIDDELL wrote: Not a bad pitch for a spammer. Whilst I appreciate that I have posted this message on a few groups i would like to clarify what a spammer is. I do admit wanting as many people to visit the forum and to register as i can. But !! Surely a spammer is somebody who mass emails for personal gain ?? The forum is totally free of charge - no registration fee - no membership fee. In fact the forum costs me a pretty penny every year. Of which I recoup non !! So I wouldnt call myself a spammer I just want as many people to benefit from what is a superb FREE forum. Sorry if you feel differently. The fact that your replying probably makes you not a spammer, however some may not see it this way. -- Reality-Is finding that perfect picture and never looking back. www.gregblankphoto.com |
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Greg "_" wrote: In article . com, "stemmy" wrote: MLIDDELL wrote: Not a bad pitch for a spammer. Whilst I appreciate that I have posted this message on a few groups i would like to clarify what a spammer is. I do admit wanting as many people to visit the forum and to register as i can. But !! Surely a spammer is somebody who mass emails for personal gain ?? The forum is totally free of charge - no registration fee - no membership fee. In fact the forum costs me a pretty penny every year. Of which I recoup non !! So I wouldnt call myself a spammer I just want as many people to benefit from what is a superb FREE forum. Sorry if you feel differently. The fact that your replying probably makes you not a spammer, however some may not see it this way. -- Reality-Is finding that perfect picture and never looking back. www.gregblankphoto.com Thanks for your vote of confidence Greg. Some cracking shots on your website by the way !!. Martin |
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"Greg "_"" wrote in message ... In article . com, "stemmy" wrote: So I wouldnt call myself a spammer I just want as many people to benefit from what is a superb FREE forum. Sorry if you feel differently. The fact that your replying probably makes you not a spammer, however some may not see it this way. Have a look at the following link to see if you still feel the same:- http://groups.google.co.uk/groups/se...rg&qt_s=Search Scroll through some of the groups he has posted to, including rec.scuba October 11th. Check the 'Wedding Photographer' title in July 1999. Check 'The one stop Wedding Service' title in September 2002 Check the 'My Photography Forum' title in November 2005 where he has just added a new forum to his website. This is the same person that opened this thread with Quote Forgive me if I am overstepping the boundaries posting this her. Im new to Groups /Quote If he is not a spammer, then why try and hide his intentions by posting blatant lies? He might appear amiable, (until pressed), but he is still a spammer. |
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