September 1, 2008 · 9:15 am
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Tip #17: Failmerge

“Dear Dan ,” = Fail. Unless my name is Dan. It isn’t.

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4 responses to “Tip #17: Failmerge”

  1. Marin
    September 1, 2008 at 10:12 am

    Misspelling the name is also a no-no

    Reply
  2. Aaron
    September 3, 2008 at 8:37 am

    Another take on this is when you don’t get things lined up right and the email goes out, “Dear [Editor],”…

    …I hate it when that happens.

    Reply
  3. Adam Zand
    September 23, 2008 at 10:08 am

    Does anyone still use a mail merge for pitching? How quaint and such a waste

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  4. Private Beach
    March 20, 2009 at 2:08 am

    It helps if you know the guy’s name to start with. I had to email someone I’d never met yesterday. His company’s website spelled his name one way and his email address spelled it another way! (The latter was correct.)

    Reply

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