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If you’re genuinely interested in a conversation, I think that’s different. If you’re reaching out to someone who you admire/‘know’, that’s you making an effort at a genuine human connection.

What I get are emails that say ‘I would love to write articles for your audience, please respond if you would like to see a sample.’ My site clearly doesn’t publish 3rd party articles. And if you were that keen, just send me the damned sample.

You’re okay.



I get those exact same article spam emails. I always wonder what the angle is there, whether they are farming SEO juice or what the deal is.


I've always assumed that they charge you for publishing.




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