Why Spam Commenters Are Better At Marketing Than You
05/09/2011
Spam is annoying. The problem is, if it didn’t actually work, then no one would do it. One of the worst types of spam is blog comment spam. You put you all of your effort into writing an awesome blog post only to find that all the comments on it are spam. Nothing from a real person. What’s even worse is when you don’t realize a blog comment is spam. You might think you’ve generated a genuine comment when, in reality, it’s just an evil ploy for inbound links and clicks.
Let’s take a step back. Sometimes the most valuable lessons come from things we don’t like. As inbound marketers working to drive leads to our business, what can we learn from blog comment spam? (more…)