Is Innity spamming you also?

What kind of attitude is Innity showing? Let me show you proofs.

Back in 2007, they wrote to me. Malaysia is a very small country and the blogosphere is even smaller.

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So, that was mail # 1.

Then, they spammed me again in 2008 March.

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I gave them another reply, a very polite one that I am not interested.

Recently, I received another two mails. I have deleted one. But here’s the latest one. This is the FOURTH email.

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By now, I am of course pissed with the number of emails I get from the same company, different staffs. If Innity cannot maintain a database and track their emails, is that my problem?

So, I whack them with a curt reply :

Stop spamming my mailbox. I am not amused to get emails with just a Hi! This is the 3rd emails I get from Innity. Certainly your company does not want me to blog about how Innity spammed bloggers, do you?

Lilian

(note that it is the fourth and not third email as I forgot the email in 2007)

And this Raymond whoever he is, is obviously one staff who thinks we bloggers are beggars and are dying to get emails from Innity. He replied :

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If you had read the email you would notice that it was more than just a “hi’.

We have an upcoming campaign for a prominent baby food product and would like to explore the possibility of advertising on http://www.mymomsbest.com/.

Should you feel that you are already earning more than enough money from your portals, we will be more than inclined to withdraw.

Best regards,

Raymond Teoh

My dear Raymond,

What sort of attitude is this? Who the hell are you to rub it in me with, “Should you feel that you are already earning more than enough money from your portals, we will be more than inclined to withdraw.” ?

Let me tell you something. Firstly, what do you mean by withdraw? Withdraw what? I was never interested in your proposals. So, I have never accepted anything. What right do you have to say you want to withdraw?

Secondly, don’t use the money factor to snub me. In case you do not know, I have owned MyMomsBest website for almost six years already. I give FREE advertising to the work from home mothers. MyMomsBest is the only non-profit breastfeeding and parenting website in Malaysia that runs on my generosity. I give my time, my experience and my own money to it. So, take your miserable proposal and your over inflated ego and go play far-far.

Just you wait till I work on the SEO and you are going to regret shooting an email without thinking twice. I am a blogger but I am not a beggar. I make money the way I choose, not some beggars who pick up whatever crumbs from unknown advertising companies like Innity. Geddit?

For the bosses of Innity, let me tell you this. Malaysian blogosphere is very small, so do some homework and understand how we work before all your advertising companies get the idea that we bloggers owe you for our income. We do not suck asses, we don’t polish shoes.

Post Author: lilian

31 thoughts on “Is Innity spamming you also?

    Innity | The Obnoxious 5xmom

    (October 24, 2008 - 6:07 pm)

    […] just made a post about how Innity pissed […]

    suanie

    (October 24, 2008 - 6:16 pm)

    ever got spammed by youthmalaysia? i was pretty pissed, wrote to them a few times BEGGING for them to remove me… so now i’m giving them one last chance. i saved all the emails though ;)

    Robb

    (October 24, 2008 - 6:22 pm)

    yes! i kena damn a lot from youthmalaysia. 1 more time and I’m gonna blast them 99

    ahmike

    (October 24, 2008 - 6:24 pm)

    lol how dare raymond replied lilian, screw him…

    tom

    (October 24, 2008 - 6:39 pm)

    OMG!
    hahah.. me likey your reply!!
    Blogging is not all about money.. to me.!!
    Now, let the whole world know about Innity…

    lilian

    (October 24, 2008 - 6:46 pm)

    tom – I am working on SEO and by the time I finished, I hope to be #1 on the results. Muahaharrr…

    ahmike – Hehehe, padan mah. Talk like Innity can give me all the money in the world.

    robb – Youth Malaysia same company ah? I lodge a complaint through their website form and included the link to this post. If not hor, they think they all ‘tai-sai’. Never taste bloggers’ influence on the search results meh, hor?

    suanie – Mess with one blogger, mess with all. Hahaha.

    Yatz

    (October 24, 2008 - 7:01 pm)

    i’ve got some from youthmalaysia..sigh *shakes head*

    […] it a try! It has made me forget that I am pissed with Innity who spammed […]

    george

    (October 24, 2008 - 10:44 pm)

    i had recieved spam from youthmalaysia at georgemors@yahoo.com

    […] my post on the problems of getting too many mails from Innity, Shadowfox has commented in my post on Innity : Innity is the most fucking annoying advertisement […]

    JustJasmine

    (October 24, 2008 - 11:47 pm)

    I didn’t geddit – no spam for me, yay!

    Paul Tan

    (October 25, 2008 - 12:22 am)

    Does anyone remember the fiasco with Youth Malaysia where everyone’s email address was revealed because they sent out a mass mail using To instead of Bcc? Almost immediately after, internet marketing spam mails started coming in.

    Agnes Tan

    (October 25, 2008 - 12:45 am)

    Hantam all of these spammers…
    Wasting my online time

    The most they could think of is bloggers are hungry for their dollars. When they get spurned by bloggers they reply back with the arrogant letter that made bloggers begged them before.

    I had this nasty experience, I just shut them away with my silence.

    appleblogger

    (October 26, 2008 - 11:26 am)

    thats bad attitude. Did that guys think we are so easy like that??

    Robb

    (October 26, 2008 - 2:23 pm)

    hentam sama diorang! hahaha SEO ady

    BLOG OF FAMER

    (October 26, 2008 - 6:05 pm)

    wa, got this kind of company one meh? hmmm.. wat do u guys think if we can contact innity’s advertisers, and tell them the truth about innity. then i think it’s a better way to hantam this company kuat kuat~

    long live bloggers!

    hafreze

    (October 26, 2008 - 11:31 pm)

    well, still nuffnang is the best ads company in malaysia.

    pedagangIT

    (October 27, 2008 - 1:18 am)

    great info,

    Unlock iphone

    (October 27, 2008 - 12:29 pm)

    Great Article.Thanks for sharing.Keep posting like this wonderful post.

    nickelblue

    (October 27, 2008 - 2:54 pm)

    when U get a high profile on the local blogging scene, all the craps will start making a beeline to your site. That’s just my own observation on Malaysian blogs

    Jack

    (October 28, 2008 - 6:18 pm)

    I do feel that Innity is no brain for their attitute. But you mentioned that mymomsbest.com is non profit right, but i saw nuffnang,adsense and aStore place on your site, sound like not right too.

    lilian

    (October 28, 2008 - 8:12 pm)

    Jack – Eh, you think money fall from the sky ah? Who is going to pay for the hosting which includes the phpBB forum ah? You want to donate or not?

    Kuzco

    (October 29, 2008 - 1:32 am)

    I just dont understand the arrogance of some people.

    Boleh link sama lu? Walaupun blog trafik I tak banyak.

    nadia

    (October 30, 2008 - 10:14 am)

    Dear Lilian,
    I find you article very interesting. I inspire to be a blogger myself, but havent had the time and space yet..

    I like the fact that you are not making big-bucks from your site, and it is a semi-nonprofit. However, Don’t you think that the more money you can earn, the more you can develop your site and have more money to spend on promoting the site and reaching out to more mothers?

    Joshua

    (October 30, 2008 - 11:39 am)

    Wow… Maybe they are just overly aggressive. Not everyone does things the same way. I did some advertising with Innity for my company. But so far I think they have the best online advertising technology in Malaysia. But of course I think the last email is a bit rude tho.

    lilian

    (October 30, 2008 - 1:10 pm)

    nadia – Focussing on parenting stuffs is like eating dessert. You can only have so much and after that, they get urgggh…So, no, I am not interested in developing my parenting site because I can only listen to so much pregnancy and breastfeeding tales.

    Peter Phang

    (August 27, 2009 - 7:04 pm)

    Dear lilian and all,
    My name is Phang, I am one of the founders of Innity.

    From business point of view, I would like to apologize, if my staff member annoyed you with his ‘too aggressive’ email. I hope you can understand and trust me, the aggressiveness from my staff member, is neither a culture nor a guidance from the company.

    From personal point of view, I feel that, this is more like a communication issue from my staff member. Digital communication like email, chat etc, without physical encounter, always induce impatience and agressive dialogs to certain people.

    The staff member is no longer with Innity, I cannot reverse his actions. But even saying so, I am not here to defend the mistake or avoid the responsibility.

    I just hope to clarify this issue have nothing related to “Innity attitude towards Malaysian blogosphere”. We will ensure our team will provide better communication, coordination and support to all Malaysian blogosphere.

    Yours sincerely,
    Phang.
    Innity Corporation Berhad

    Peter Phang

    (August 28, 2009 - 12:00 am)

    Dear lilian and all,
    My name is Phang, I am one of the founders of Innity.

    From business point of view, I would like to apologize, if my staff member annoyed you with his ‘too aggressive’ email. I hope you can understand and trust me, the aggressiveness from my staff member, is neither culture nor guidance from the company.

    From personal point of view, I feel that, this is more like a communication issue from my staff member. Digital communication like email, chat etc, without physical encounter, always induce impatience and agressive dialogs to certain people.

    The staff member is no longer with Innity, I cannot reverse his actions. But even saying so, I am not here to defend the mistake or avoid the responsbility. I just hope to clarify this issue have nothing related to “Innity attitude towards Malaysian blogosphere”.
    We will ensure our team will provide better communication, coordination and support to all Malaysian blogosphere.

    Yours sincerely,
    Phang.
    Innity Corporation Berhad

    lilian

    (August 28, 2009 - 11:48 pm)

    Hi Peter – Thanks for the response. Glad to hear that you are aware of the matter and wish you all the best!

    bublers

    (September 16, 2009 - 12:10 am)

    I dont know bout u guys, this maybe a email spam complaint post.
    My 1st day with innity.com is far far far more better compare to nuffnang.

    bublers@bub.my

    Zainul

    (September 27, 2009 - 4:45 pm)

    Hi Lilian, first of all you are doing a great work through mymombest website and i understand that this is more of a passion for you rather than tool to make money. And you are very passionate about it.

    After reading all the mails from Innity to you over a period of time, i think that more problem is with management and how innity is runned. Because employee comes and go, but it is on management to set out rules for communication,tracking and updating database, because about 85% of the time the fault lays in the system, processes, structure, or practices of the organization. Only about 15% of the ricochets can be traced back to someone who didn’t care or wasn’t conscientious enough(Employee).

    As you have said correctly, they have got egoistic attitude over online media advertising. And even this letter from Mr. Phang(Founder of Innity) i personally think is too little and too late.

    If senior management of Innity truly wants to find the source of their organization’s declining levels, the best place to start is with a long and deep look in the mirror.

    Lilian please keep up your good work against spammers.

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