Do Not Use My Blog as a Sales Lead Saturday, April 26, 2008

I opened up my email today and while disregarding the blatant spam, I came across the following email:

Hi,

I was reading through your blog Software is Hardwork and noticed that you are a software developer. As a developer, I assume you are familiar with bug tracking and I was wondering if you would want to review our issue/big tracking software Issue Tracking Anywhere.


I see that you’ve been developing for some time and although there are many different bug tracking products on the market, I thought you may like to try out Issue Tracking Anywhere to see what it has to offer.  Issue Tracking Anywhere is a web-based issue tracking system that we designed for issue/work item tracking, bug tracking, customer support and project management. For more information on the software, you can go to http://www.dynamsoft.com/Products/ITA_Overview.aspx.


Let me know if this is something you'd be interested in.  I would be willing to set you up with a free hosting plan of Issue Tracking Anywhere if you would be willing to write a little mention/review on your blog!


I look forward to your response.


Have a good afternoon!


Best Regards,

Darlea



Darlea Stilkowski

Marketing Manager

Dynamsoft Corporation  The leading developer of Version Control and Issue Tracking software

ph: 1.604.605.5491  toll: 1.877.605.5491  e: darlea.stilkowski@dynamsoft.com

My only though was “Wow, how about that. Solicitation for a sale via my blog – economy must be really bad...” :)