World Exclusive: I Almost Apologised

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My recent post and email was certainly not the sort of thing you expect to see whilst sitting down to eat your lunch.

I got this email from a reader of the site:

“Man… First my GoogleTalk jumps out with a message “Your Website is a Piece of Shit and So is Your Face!”. I get SHOCKED, then look at the sender and go like, “Oh, it’s Dean”. :)
Keep it up, you’ve been kinda quiet last few weeks.
Best regards to you and Elena (and the puppy:)..”

It got me thinking… regular readers will know that my style is to push boundaries, and is all tongue-in-cheek, but it would be naive of me to presume that all of my readers and email subscribers fully get that.

So I was considering writing an apology regarding the title of my last post/email.

I thought to myself, “my readers are not going to get it, I have stooped too low this time”.

But then I checked my stats, and was shocked to see this:

brape

It seems my readers had been researching the term “Brape“. So now I no longer feel the need to apology, it is clear to me that you guys are even more twisted than I am! ;-)

On a serious note though, if you are just getting back up off the floor after falling off your chair, I do apologise, part of finding boundaries is to go beyond them from time to time. Thanks for understanding.

Have a good weekend.

Dean

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4 COMMENTS

  • Nick

    No apology required Dean.

    There are so many marketing people who are up their own arse and are boring, that stuff like this makes a refreshing change.

    Not everyone will get it, but you have never been a person aiming to please everyone.

    I enjoyed it.

    Nick

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  • http://kieran.in Kieran Allen

    Dean, i’m subscribed and the subjects of your emails shock me so much that i read them ;)

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  • http://deanhunt.com Dean Hunt

    Kieran,

    It has been one of my most successful emails to date. In terms of open rates and lack of unsubscribers. Possibly THE best ever.

    That said, I wasn’t fully comfortable with it, so I edited.

    Dean

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  • http://carlocab.com Kidblogger :: Carl Ocab

    Your email subjects is a golden swipe file! In fact, I like how you make your titles. Don’t apologize!

    You’re the only person (so far) that sends newsletter messages so personal that I won’t notice the difference of emails only for me and for your subscribers.

    Keep it up!

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