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A friend writes:

I got the attached solicitation [see below], and Google found me your blog post on the topic. Thank you for quickly explaining what’s going on here!

As far as I can see, they’ve removed the mention of payment from this first contact message – so they’re learning!

But also they have enough past clients to be able to include some nice clips. Ah, the pathological results of making academics feel obliged to self-promote.

This time the email didn’t come from “Nick Bagnall,” it came from “Josh Carpanini.” Still spam. But, as I wrote last time, it’s better than mugging old ladies for spare change or selling Herbalife dealerships.

P.S. Here’s the solicitation:

From: Josh Carpanini
Date: Friday, June 5, 2015
Subject: International Innovation – Highlighting Impacts of Technology Research

Dear Dr **,

I hope this message finds you well.

I was hoping to speak with you at some point in the next few days about an upcoming Technology edition of International Innovation. I have come across some of your research and I am very interested to discuss with you the possibility of highlighting your work within the forthcoming July edition.

I would like to create an article about your work within our next edition; this would be similar in format to some of the attached example articles from previous editions. As you can see, the end result would be a piece looking at the wider implications and impact of your current research. . . .

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