Comments on: Why you shouldn’t trust Marketeers http://www.pedrosttau.com/why-you-shouldn%e2%80%99t-trust-marketeers/ Search Engine Optimization Thoughts, Ideas and experiments. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:18:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1-beta1 hourly 1 By: Pedro Sttau http://www.pedrosttau.com/why-you-shouldn%e2%80%99t-trust-marketeers/comment-page-1/#comment-10822 Pedro Sttau Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:37:05 +0000 http://www.pedrosttau.com/?p=254#comment-10822 No doubt in my mind they are a necessary and vital part of any business that wishes to use the web channel as a sales venue, but there is definitely a distinct line between selling something, even if not in a blatant way, and pretending you aren't making a sale in order in order to actually sell the product. Its a matter of trust really. You can get away with it once, maybe twice, but there will come a day where people will simply assume that anything you say has a commercial interest behind it. No doubt in my mind they are a necessary and vital part of any business that wishes to use the web channel as a sales venue, but there is definitely a distinct line between selling something, even if not in a blatant way, and pretending you aren’t making a sale in order in order to actually sell the product. Its a matter of trust really. You can get away with it once, maybe twice, but there will come a day where people will simply assume that anything you say has a commercial interest behind it.

]]> By: Matt Corby http://www.pedrosttau.com/why-you-shouldn%e2%80%99t-trust-marketeers/comment-page-1/#comment-10821 Matt Corby Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:23:13 +0000 http://www.pedrosttau.com/?p=254#comment-10821 But dont you consider them to be necessary for certain companies and businesses? What marketeers should do is along the lines of "the truth well told". Matt Corby Wadja.com But dont you consider them to be necessary for certain companies and businesses?
What marketeers should do is along the lines of “the truth well told”.

Matt Corby
Wadja.com

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