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surf - Pat,I wonder why you are letting this company's spam into the digest. Icall it spam because it is commercial advertising in a group that doesnot usually like out-and-out advertising. Information? Yes. Butthis is an obvious ad.This was NOT just an "editorial"! It is an ad, pure and simple.An obvious clue is their posting another spam at the same time using aslightly different subject line (Message-ID:) and different poster's name.Pat, maybe you should send them a bill for letting them advertise onyour service. Add "Adv" to the beginning of the subject line so we,the readers, will know right away it's just an ad and can skip it ifwe want to skip the ads.On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:48:14 -0400, in comp.dcom.telecom message ID, auditel wrote: Telecommunications Bill Auditing, Advantage? By Greg Randolph Auditing your telecommunications invoices may sound like a scary proposition. Technology has changed and bills aren't simple to analyze. However; with the large cost of these bills and tight budgetary constraints affecting most large organizations, the benefits can far outweigh the effort. By having your telecommunication bills audited, you can gain several advantages over your competitors.OK, not a bad idea. We should all examine our bills to make sure theyare correct.But does he leave it at that?No! He wants US to pay HIM money to do the job for us. You gain Knowledge.The first clue is when he capitalizes "Knowledge" when it is not atthe beginning of a sentence. That is marketspeak. You gain Control.Another capitalized word, a clue to marketspeak. You can potentially gain MONEY!Wow! All caps! But we gain the money only if we subscribe to thiscompany's service.This group has a lot of telecom professionals and other individualswho are just interested in telecom related subjects.This company's service is really aimed at businesses and organizationsthat have a lot of phone users and lines but who do not have the timeto audit their bills properly.Do things right and put some ads in their newsletters or media thatthey will be using. If you want to market to doctors and hospitals,send them the ads or place ads in their professional publications.This is a discussion group. I would personally avoid using a companythat violates the preferences of the group. Most people in this groupdo not like spam.I have seen similar information published in our daily newspaper as ifit were interesting information for businesses. But the article wasshorter, and they definitely did not use the marketspeak this personuses. The article would mention that so-and-so offers this service for a fee and maybe give a contact number.Of course, they will then quote the publication that had the articlesas if this were something the publishers of the paper worked on. Ifan interview appears on TV, they'll tell us all "as appeared on ". Most of us know that the newspaper people or TV peoplejust picked up on the news releases the companies send in to them.disappointed in Ohio USA
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