More Fun With Pitches

Wow, it’s been a banner week for pitches!

I got a great pitch this week – it was personalized, it was targeted, and it was brief, and to the point.  If I wanted to review the product, I just had to click a link and fill out a “quick form” to have the product sent to me.  Assuming it was a simple form asking for my address, I clicked over.

The “quick form” was 20 questions.  Some of them were reasonable, like name, address, town, phone number.

The rest?  Wow.  An agreement to sign the blog with integrity pledge.  An agreement to disclose that the product was free.  An agreement to let the company know if there’s any problem with the product before posting anything negative.  An agreement that the disclosure is on the front page of the blog and will be listed on the post.  An agreement that I’ll change the post if I post anything considered “untrue”.  An agreement to complete a review within 30 days and to email the company the link.  An agreement to post about the company’s Facebook page, Twitter URL, Facebook quiz, and newsletter.  An agreement to be added to the company’s newsletter.

Seriously?

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