Update Spam

Fred has a post on personal spam that has me thinking.  As someone who sends a lot of emails I agonize over this stuff.

Here is the comment I posted

"I find that as an entrepreneur lots of people I have come into contact with like to hear about the developments in my company every now and then. Moreover some of my best opportunities have come from very random people. But I just don’t have time to ping each person I meet and develop the relationship.  So often times I will send the people at the edge of my contacts updates.  Yet I can also understand how this might be annoying to people or put them off if they have no interest.  I find it a very tough question.  The entrepreneur in me wants to turn every stone and follow up, while the people person in me hates annoying people.  The only conclusion I have come to be as careful as I can and try to add value like you suggest."

What do you think?

Comments

[Adam DuVander]

I think you have to ping them individually. If you're looking to create any sort of relationship there, it has to be personal.

[joe g]

I generally believe RSS is overhyped - but i think this is one area where pub/sub is a great paradigm.

Zach - lunch next week?

~joe