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Sometimes, you just have to smile. I noticed that there\u2019s a bit of a disagreement going on at the moment about the use of emails to advertise goods and services, and the definition of \u201cspam\u201d.<\/p>\nSometimes, you just have to smile. I noticed that there\u2019s a bit of a disagreement going on at the moment about the use of emails to advertise goods and services, and the definition of \u201cspam\u201d.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s an interesting one, because if I get an email from someone out of the blue, it\u2019s apparently \u201cspam\u201d if I don\u2019t want the service. But what if I do? What if the service was one I didn\u2019t know about? Is it \u201cspamming\u201d to tell people about it? To advertise?<\/p>\n
But that\u2019s not specifically my point. In the case I have in mind, one of the services being offered is a register of only Grade 5 and 6 instructors, with the argument that we\u2019ve got to push quality in the industry forwards<\/strong>. A couple of things, though:<\/p>\n So, where\u2019s this oxymoron at, then? Well, one of the other services on offer is a register intensive driving course providers<\/strong> throughout the UK!<\/p>\n Now, this is strictly my own opinion \u2013 and it\u2019s also right \u2013 but intensive training is designed absolutely and specifically to get people to pass<\/strong> the driving test in the shortest time possible. It isn\u2019t about \u201csafe driving for life\u201d. Even if someone offering it pretends not to be just doing it to get people through the test, the simple fact is that gaining driving experience requires time on the road, and signing up for an intensive course which allows you to go from absolute novice to driving a Ferrari (but probably an Audi) in less than a fortnight (usually a week) is hardly pushing quality in the industry forwards.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not criticising anyone\u2019s advertising or entrepreneurial moxie in any way. Nor do I see it as spam (like some others seem to do) \u2013 it\u2019s just simple advertising, and you can take it or leave it. It just seems odd to me that two totally conflicting variables are in the equation.<\/p>\n On a related note, a local Chinese restaurant has signs up outside advertising its Chinese New Year party, which appears to take place over two nights. They say:<\/p>\n Chinese Lion Dance + ABBA Tribute<\/font><\/p>\n Chinese Lion Dance + Elvis Tribute<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Not quite oxymorons. But nearly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sometimes, you just have to smile. I noticed that there\u2019s a bit of a disagreement going on at the moment about the use of emails to advertise goods and services, and the definition of \u201cspam\u201d. It\u2019s an interesting one, because if I get an email from someone out of the blue, it\u2019s apparently \u201cspam\u201d if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[80,102,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adi-related","category-general-related","category-training"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n
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