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Dear John Doe, A marketing f-up

November 30, 2011 by 4 Comments

I normally don’t get my panties in a bunch from all the daily non-personalized emails. I mean, I actually understand how busy people are, because, HEY, I am busy too! Obviously-mass-marketed emails are necessity for businesses, I get it… no biggy, I won’t hold it against you… except this time.

This one I just had to share…

Really? Fill in MY name and forget to take out “Dear John Doe,”

That’s bad.

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Very bad.

Should I email back and say, wrong email? Sorry this isn’t John Doe’s email address?

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    Silke says:
    November 30, 2011 at 10:44 am

    I bet the person was multi-tasking and probably noticed it after he or she hit the send button. Oh well, we all make mistakes sometimes.
    It’s just a form letter, so forget it and move on.

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    Rachel R. says:
    December 2, 2011 at 9:53 am

    I know I have templates I use for pitch letters, and once I noticed that I forgot to change out one of the sponsor’s names (still got the review though!). I was so embarrassed and I had already sent it. I think it’s funny that they use John Doe in there :)

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      Karissa says:
      December 2, 2011 at 12:51 pm

      Wouldn’t it almost be better if they changed the John Doe to like… Katie or something so then it would look like a ‘better’ accident! (I know I’ve done similar too with pitches… but I installed the “UNDO” button in gmail… highly recommend!!)

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