Ezine Publisher Alert! Now, here's a new one. I recently received an email which began, "If you publish news releases ..." This seemed like an interesting line since very few ezine publishers DO publish "news releases." Maybe it was designed to make ezine publishers think they SHOULD print news releases - Gee, what if everyone else was doing it?

What followed was not only interesting - it was hysterical. I was being presented with a "news release" for an online product! The darn thing looked like one of those solo ads - URL and all!

This little missive wasn't even close to a news release! No news here - only self promotion. Nothing newsworthy whatsoever. Wouldn't have made it past a wadded up ball of paper in the newsroom.

I'll give the sender one thing. This "news release" came in personalized to me as the publisher of MONDAY MEMO! Unfortunately, the former publisher of MONDAY MEMO! also received the same message.

Nice try - but no matter what you call it - publishers, online or off - charge money for ads. Trying to slip it by as a "news release" could have been downright insulting. I almost had to admire the audacity of it though.

Please note. An ad by any other name is still - an AD! Buy 'em or swap 'em. But, don't try to run them by me as a "news release!" Good Grief!

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