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Sorry for the "spam"

8/27/2007

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{ wall of spam by freezelight }

We installed a groovy new “email your GMAIL/HOTMAIL/YAHOO Mail” address book application over at Mahalo today to help folks share/promote our new Mahalo Follow toolbar. So, I sent a note out to my address book like I’ve done a bunch of times before for StumbleUpon, Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo, etc. However, got a half-dozen replies back (and the requisite Valleywag “Calacanis is a spammer” blog post) and wondered how did that happen? After trading email with my pal Nick Denton it seems that:

a) a large percentage of my friends have multiple emails and those emails are, in fact, in my address book

and

b) two of my co-workers who I share the same networks with sent out “try Mahalo Follow” emails the same way today.

So, if you got 2-10 emails from us today I’m really sorry…. we’re not in the spam business, we’re in the AVOID index spam business!

Anyway, good lesson… you can never be to conservative when it comes to sending folks emails promoting yourself.

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Hello, my name is Jason. Welcome to my blog on the interwebs. You can reach me on twitter @jason and by email at jason@calacanis.com. My Skype is jasoncalacanis, and my mobile phone is 310-456-4900.

I only pick up numbers I recognize, and in terms of emailing me, the best strategy is to write short, blunt and to the point requests. I can quickly respond to short messages, and many times I simply don't have the time to read five page pitches. In terms of taking meetings, I only do that after reviewing an actual product (not a business plan). So, the best time to ping me is when you have mockups or an alpha site. I don't read business plans, and I've never written one.

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