By and large, technology has been a huge, huge, huge help to me in promoting [i]Finders Keepers[/i]. As some of you know, I send out an electronic newsletter every six weeks, I had a killer animated trailer created for the Hollywood producers, and, of course, this very Web site, where some of you have already registered, and where I’m blogging right now.
All good.
That said, there are a few down sides. Every now and then there a problems with the Web site, although they’re usually reBy and large, technology has been a huge, huge, huge help to me in promoting [i]Finders Keepers[/i]. As some of you know, I send out an electronic newsletter every six weeks, I had a killer animated trailer created for the Hollywood producers, and, of course, this very Web site, where some of you have already registered, and where I’m blogging right now.
All good.
That said, there are a few down sides. Every now and then there a problems with the Web site, although they’re usually resolvable sooner rather than later, and every once in a while my computer just goes kablooey. And then, of course, come the scammers. I’ll explain:
Because I’ve tried to make it as easy as possible to register for the [i]Finders Keepers[/i] Web site, well … it’s easy to do. For anyone. The way the site works is that anytime anyone registers, I get an email that automatically updates me, letting me know of the new registration. And because it’s public, some segments of the public I hadn’t really set the site up for, come calling. A few examples:
myviagra.net
rxrefill.com
tom@tomcat.net
You get the idea.
As part of the system, I have the final say in approving registrations. So when I see an obvious phony, like those above, I delete them from the system. I don’t want those fakes wonking around with my web address or email contacts, so I try to purge them regularly. On average I get between 5 and 10 phonies per week. It only takes a few seconds to delete them all, so it’s not a big deal. But sometimes these phony addresses make me laugh. Just yesterday I got my favorite:
WagaBongoNow
I don’t know where they come up with these names, but I gotta laugh when a good one like that comes along. WagaBongoNow. I don’t know who you are or where you came from, hardly knew ya.
