Not a big deal. I’m going to keep doing what works for the audience I target, and not worry about what people in different audiences think of it just because it’s not tailored to them. And I expect other bloggers will do the same. As long as motives are consistently transparent and facts are thorough and accurate, really, who cares?
Jenn Mattern´s last blog ..Freelance Writing Jobs – November 24, 2009

Btw, I don’t think you can control the nesting.

Just for the record, I didn’t do a press release calling out Demand. I put out a release announcing the change in freelance writing jobs on AFW, as well as the new writer team and collection of series launched on the site. So if you want to do one about this, it’s still wide open Anne.
Jenn Mattern´s last blog ..Freelance Writing Jobs – November 24, 2009

Announcing news is just that — announcing news. Hardly comparable to initiating a media / blog blitz to suck people in for cheap labor before you’re willing to release full details on a supposed perk.

No one here said marketing tactics were bad or that they should be avoided — simply not masked as something else.

So here’s some added transparency just in case posting a press release in and of itself isn’t obvious enough on the promotional front: I am an evil promoter who will stop at nothing to bring traffic to my blog (which doesn’t directly correspond to more income given the business model there of primarily selling my own products or thoroughly reviewed affiliate products to longer-time / regular readers and turning down all traffic and post-based sponsorship offers).

I will get that traffic by making changes tailored to my own target audience and announcing them publicly (when details are readily available) in the most monstrous way possible — a limited run press release on the Web with no direct media pursuit. Knock me down and stake me through the heart. The fate of the freelance world is in your hands.

Had I said in that release “Oh my GOD, this is major, major news and you’re going to be soooo thrilled and it’s the greatest thing for freelance writers since free Wi-fi,” only to end it with a fizzle but saying “that’s still okay… at least it’s something, and you can still take advantage as long as you’re willing to sign over full rights to some of your work to me on the cheap,” I would wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments. Context is a silly thing.
Jenn Mattern´s last blog ..Freelance Writing Jobs – November 24, 2009

And if I’d been thinking I might have done a press release on the whole controversy here – except it’s been like a slow wave and I’ve got a couple of other things going on in my life.