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keep on blogging in the new year

As you may have noticed...I slipped off the face of blogging for a good bit. This wasn't deliberate, it just happened. Frankly, having been going at blogging in one way or another since the fall of 2003 and never having made a dime at it, I felt at liberty, if not the need, to let this mode of writing go for a moment while I sorted out other, more remunerative (and essential), components of my making a living in this world. (I am a small businessperson.) I do think, whatever my participation, that blogging and bloggers are essential components of the 2008 landscape and forwards...and our voices will be of increasing importance as the new year emerges. The world is hungry for change and the status quo media is simply unable to keep pace with the scale and scope of the change needed. Online writing, whether it be in the form of a local blog, a community blog-site on national politics or a website that addresses international issues and cross-border communication is more relevant th

Pitch Control PR = Spam Outfit?

Someone sold my blogging email address to an outfit called Pitch Control PR. They've been spamming me ever since, even after an unsubscribe request. Sending unsolicited email to bloggers, ie. spamming, seems like an idea so idiotic (why spam someone who could turn around and write about, well, you spamming them) that it leaves me scratching my head. Regardless, if are looking for a PR firm that sends repeated unsolicited emails...even after recipients have unsubscribed...then Pitch Control PR may well be for you.