Dear Fellow Performers:

[epiphanomaly]

If you intend to bombard me with emails informing me of upcoming shows--information I never asked for--then please direct it to eyreheadi@aol.com instead of lulu@calamitylulu.com.

That way it goes to where all the other spam goes and my personal email remains spam-free, thus facilitating the point of my personal email, personal correspondance.

Comments

[epiphanomaly]

I'm not aware that you knew my email (not that it's a secret!) so that certainly wasn't targeted at you.

Posting about shows on livejournal, facebook, myspace, &c is expected, appropriate, and just plain good marketing.

Having a performer website where you post upcoming shows like Sparkly Lady mentioned is classy and professional.

Emailing everyone in your burlesque contacts with a list of your shows is rude and presumptious.

Amen & hallelujah

[sparklydevil]

Whatever happened to posting your shows on your personal performer domain, where people can find it if they want to find it?

("....what's a domain, grandma?")

Re: Amen & hallelujah

[epiphanomaly]

"So, that's like, you put the slash and then your twitter username, right?"

"If people aren't coming to my shows, it's only because they don't know *when* they are! I'd better officiously let them know my every appearance for the next year, and remind them again as they aproach..."

:sigh:

Maybe you could give a class, Esparkly, on Burlesque ettiquette, a continuation on your earlier post...

[brookswift]

isn't that what facebook events are for? maybe you can write up a spam filter for the show promos.

[epiphanomaly]

I have a whole seperate email account that I use in spam-inducing situations (ordering things online &c); my calamitylulu address would be virginal if it weren't for "upcoming shows" spam.

[brookswift]

I do a similar thing, and have similar problems, but since show announcement mass emailing tend to follow a pattern, I think it's possible to escape them. Fortunately for me, that sort of spam is still low enough that one or two show announcements a week doesn't bother me.

It's true though, it is rude to spam stuff like that through email that you can't opt out of (or sign up specifically for in the first place).

[reichmarshall]

A valiant attempt. You know it's going to do a bit of good, right?

Shhhh!

[epiphanomaly]

You just hush up and let Grandpa keep yelling at the television. I'll tire myself out and fall asleep in the recliner in 15 minutes.

[carnivillain]

I loathe it when I get added to lists after handing people my business card. No thank you: that email address is for contacting me if you want me to work for you.

I have, in the past, replied to these mass emailings to my business address with "Oh! Are you contacting me because you'd like to hire me for this show?"

A complex series of filters has evolved to allow me to no longer notice said emails without having to directly tell people to fuck off.

[epiphanomaly]

I am intrigued by these filters of which you speak.