Motley Fool has an interesting analysis of American Greetings, the old-line greeting-card company that's making a valiant attempt at surviving the digital age. AG took a bold line and made its e-greeting business (http://www.americangreetings.com) a paid service, even though many of its competitors offered free online greeting cards.
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PS: I was frank with Matthew: he would starve rather than thrive if he advertised on my blog...
From: "Matthew Furlong"
To:
Subject: I visited http://amediadragon.blogspot.com/
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 17:02:09 -0800
Hi there,
I hope this email finds you well. I just visited your weblog, (http://amediadragon.blogspot.com/), and I find it very useful for our products and services. I am currently working on increasing our presence on the internet and I was hoping that you'd be interested in generating revenue from your site.
Here are some sample sites that we have adversiting.
(1)www.nimrodel.net - you can see our ads under Sponsors
(2)http://drollery.com - you can see our ads under Sponsors
I can pay you $20/month by putting 2 text links on your index or home page as our Advertiser. Please note that you have full control of your site on where to put the text links.
If you are interested in this offer, please respond back so I can send you the 2 text links that I would like to advertise on your site. Also, email your Paypal address so I can send you your first payment.
Best Wishes,
Matthew Furlong
