1 – Do Not Submit Your Ad on Digg / Reddit / Sphinn
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2 – Don’t Use Blackhat Methods or look forward to being a pariah. You WILL get caught sooner or later!
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3 – Don’t beg for diggs, stumbles, or sphinns. If it’s really good share it and if I like it, I’ll vote for it.
Rebecca Kelly : Please Stop Spamming Me
4 – Don’t send cookie-cutter link requests, interview requests, and any other emails. Take the time to personalize them, and make the connection.
How To Write a Link Request Title
5 – Don’t be an idiot at conferences. You paid an enourmous amount of money to learn something and network, and on the side makes some friends and have a good time. Don’t ruin it for other people.
Conference Douchebags
6 – Please for the love of god don’t scrape and spam. It’s just so annoying.
How to fight scrapers
7 – Just be a generally nice guy, respond to emails, make friends, and have fun. Thats the best part of this industry, most people like to have fun and aren’t too busy to take a moment to talk to you.
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