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Some folks have received emails with the subject line Re: Hip Hop Press that contain advertisements for Duet Custom Designs at duetcustomdesigns.com.
Hip Hop Press did not ok that usage and, after contacting folks there, it should not be happening again.
Sorry about the off week. Everything received today will be posted tomorrow.
The ProHipHop News Center Offers Top Hip Hop, Art, Lifestyle, Business and Web 2.0 Blog & News Mixes with Portable Feeds and Customized, Grabbable Search Widgets
Raleigh, NC (Jan. 29, 2008) - ProHipHop, the web's core resource for hip hop marketing and business news, now offers a rich selection of blog and news sources for entertainment seekers and news junkies operating on the breaking edge of digital society. The newly launched ProHipHop News Center also provides a central location for those wanting to keep an eye on such characters!
The ProHipHop News Center presents news mixes from the top hip hop magazines, websites and blogs as well as related blends on themes ranging from sneakers & streetwear to entertainment marketing to the business of blogging.
Each news mix has a customized grabbable search widget of the originating sites and is available as an RSS feed or through multiple subscription options ranging from email to Skype.
Possible Uses for the ProHipHop News Center:
Scanning daily blog posts and news items for entertainment or information gathering.
Discovering world class blogs and news sources.
Gathering or subscribing to feeds and widgets for access elsewhere.
The creation of the ProHipHop News Center brings together lessons learned in such projects as the netweed Web Directory (netweed.com/directory) and World Cypher (worldcypher.com). It is intended to expand ProHipHop's news services beyond the daily blog posts at ProHipHop and related press releases at Hip Hop Press (hiphoppress.com) to offer a more complete news gathering and information service in one central location.
ProHipHop News Center:
http://www.prohiphop.com/news.html
To suggest sites for inclusion in the ProHipHop News Center:
http://www.prohiphop.com/comments.html
About ProHipHop:
ProHipHop (prohiphop.com) is a hip hop marketing and business news blog written by Clyde Smith. Launched in 2004 in San Francisco, ProHipHop is currently headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Press Contact:
Clyde Smith
clyde(at)prohiphop(dot)com
919-809-6401
You can now stalk Hip Hop Press and ProHipHop blog posts via Twitter:
twitter.com/hiphoppress
twitter.com/prohiphop
Because the service will only display 5 posts at a time, some Hip Hop Press posts will not show up during busy periods when I post a larger batch.
If you happen to check this out right away, you'll note that Hip Hop Press has no press releases yet. They'll start showing next time I post one. ProHipHop currently has a mix of PHH and HHP posts but the Hip Hop Press posts will no longer be included. So you can have one or both.
I'm currently using twitterfeed.com to make this happen.
My understanding is that the Twitter subscription option available when registering for Feedblitz newsletters results in my posts getting posted to your Twitter page, though that may involve the "your timeline" option vs. the "Direct" option.
So this provides another option for Twitter users that may better fit current use patterns. Or something like that!
If you prefer a daily email version:
Hip Hop Press Newsletter
ProHipHop Newsletter
Hip Hop Press will be back tomorrow.
You can now get full text Hip Hop Press in mobile friendly form at prohiphop.mobi which currently redirects to http://m.mofuse.com/phhmobi.
Partial ProHipHop and World Cypher feeds are also available.
I just want to thank everybody for the kind responses to my disruption announcement. I will hit you back soon if I haven't already.
Latest ProHipHop Project Out of Beta at WeeklyHipHopAlbums.com
Working Overtime, ProHipHop Joins the Custom Search Engine Craze
With World Cypher: Hip Hop Search Engine and Music Biz Search
(Raleigh, NC, 11-20-06) Weekly Hip Hop Albums has emerged from its not so stealthy launch as an ideal way to keep up with each week's new hip hop album releases. Each Sunday, a list of the week's new hip hop releases, along with the coolest album covers, is posted at the Weekly Hip Hop Albums weblog (weeklyhiphopalbums.com). Each Monday, newsletter subscribers receive the same complete weekly report with all the live links and album cover art in their email.
Though ProHipHop (prohiphop.com) has long produced an outstanding new hip hop releases report, Weekly Hip Hop Albums' addition of great album cover art and its availability as a separate weekly newsletter has already made it a popular item with early adopters.
Not content to stop there, ProHipHop has launched two new search engines built with Google's Custom Search Engine technology. World Cypher: Hip Hop Search Engine (worldcypher.com) features high quality hip hop sites within a broader search. Music Biz Search (musicbizsearch.com) searches only a select group of music industry websites and related resources.
About ProHipHop
ProHipHop is written by Clyde Smith and focuses on hip hop marketing and business news. ProHipHop is at the center of a growing network of hip hop business and culture websites that are leading the way in music industry web publishing.
ProHipHop - Marketing & Business News
http://www.prohiphop.com
Weekly Hip Hop Albums Blog
http://www.weeklyhiphopalbums.com
Weekly Hip Hop Albums Newsletter
http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=106378
World Cypher: Hip Hop Search Engine
http://www.worldcypher.com
Music Biz Search
http://www.musicbizsearch.com
Contact:
Clyde Smith
919-424-1208
clyde(at)prohiphop(dot)com
While the site itself is still under development, I'm happy to report the launch of Weekly Hip Hop Albums. Despite the generic name, I think it will be a nice way to take my weekly new hip hop album releases posts that I do at ProHipHop and at Hip Hop Logic and add the option of accessing it separately by blog or newsletter.
The blog's a little rough but the pieces are mostly in place. You'll notice that the current difference between my previous new albums posts and the new blog's format is the addition of more album cover graphics. Beyond that, I intend to keep all changes simple for folks who just want a weekly update of new albums.
Each week's new albums will be posted at Weekly Hip Hop Albums on Sundays and the free email newsletter will follow on Monday with Tuesday's new rap and hip hop album releases.
I've had some recent concerns about sp@m touting Goldmark Entertainment's stock (PINK SHEETS:GDKI) that some folks thought came from me, apparently because I reprinted two Goldmark press releases that ran on Business Wire.
Here's some of the backstory:
ProHipHop and Hip Hop Press Emails Being Spoofed
Instead of removing the press release pages entirely, I've left up slightly modified headlines with the pr text removed and replaced by my initial response:
As noted, I currently am not claiming that Goldmark is the source of this spam but I will no longer be posting Goldmark related press releases until I feel this matter is resolved in a manner that does not undermine my own business activities.
Furthermore, I cannot and do not give investment advice, all related statements should be taken for educational purposes only because education is my intent.
While I do intend to dig deeper into this matter, pending an upcoming minor announcement that I do not wish to currently discuss publically, I'm holding off on that particular topic.
Let me reiterate that I do not knowingly send sp@m and that I do everything I can to respond to even minor concerns because I take such issues extremely seriously.
Given my rather intense critiques of such practices, there's no way I could maintain my credibility without taking such an approach.
More soon but not right away. Fortunately, I'm guessing that you're not holding your collective breath over this one!
On a related note:
I've just discovered that some banner ads are appearing on Hip Hop Press that I did not intend to have appear on that site. It's actually due to my not understanding some things about how my current ad service works but I'm trying to stay on top of that and they should be gone soon.
I'm getting some accusatory emails from people who refuse to give me any useful information regarding their claims that I'm sp@mming with my stock offers and so forth. I don't issue stock. And spoofing return email addresses is incredibly easy. I'm not the problem and, so far, none of you are choosing to be part of the solution.
Please, if you want to stop sp@m, send me some information I can use. See if you can identify the ip address of the email that's being sent to you and I'll start working on the problem.
If folks who actually know something about the topic could give me a hand, I'd appreciate it. I don't need my brand destroyed by people who don't understand what's up with this junk.
UPDATE:
PROHIPHOP AND HIP HOP PRESS HAVE NO RELATIONSHIP WITH GOLDMARK OR ANY INTEREST IN ESTABLISHING SUCH A RELATIONSHIP
DUE TO ADDITIONAL REVELATIONS UNCOVERED SINCE THE BELOW COMMENTS WERE MADE, I AM NO LONGER REPRINTING GOLDMARK PRESS RELEASES AND WILL BE FOLLOWING UP TODAY'S POSTS WITH AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS ISSUE
I've now gotten two messages by people identifying their sp@m as touting Goldmark which I assume is a half-assed penny stock with no game and that's why you're seeing that particular kind of sp@m. Whatever else is going on, don't buy Goldmark because it's most likely a pump and dump scheme.
[Disclaimer: I do not and cannot give investment advice, any and all such statements should be taken for educational purposes only.]
If you're getting such emails and can toss one or two in a folder in case that allows us to build antisp@m evidence, I would greatly appreciate it. Guess I've finally found a worthy target for my obsessive/compulsive justice fetish! And the government is finally getting serious about prosecution so, it may take years, but we can put these guys in jail and see what they think about that.
RELATED:
FeedBlitz recently found out that Aol.com email users have been unsubscribing from many of their newsletters using the Sp@m button rather than the easy unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email. Thanks for the "help"!
On AOL Newsletter Deliverability
I have recently been the "beneficiary" of a Goldmark (PINK SHEETS:GDKI) related sp@m campaign and many have thought I was involved because I had reprinted recent press releases.
Hip Hop Press and ProHipHop have no relationship or interest in developing a relationship with Goldmark.
Since I currently have no evidence that this campaign was conducted on their behalf, since it could have been initiated by criminals running a pump and dump scheme, I cannot point the finger directly at them.
Furthermore, I cannot and do not give investment advice.
However, if you invest in stocks sometimes known as "penny stocks", though they cost more than pennies these days, take this as an educational reminder that unless you can fully evaluate such stocks, it's better to stay away.
Unfortunately, the nature of such sp@m campaigns and their possible effects on the ProHipHop and Hip Hop Press brand requires me to initiate a ban on all coverage of Goldmark unless I see serious evidence from an unpaid, highly respected, third party that they are directing their resources to stop such activity.
Please direct further concerns directly to Clyde Smith at clyde(at)prohiphop(dot)com
Thank you.
Heads up to Aol.com email users. All our newsletters have suddenly been bouncing back from Aol.com, even from longtime subscribers. I've notified FeedBlitz, since that means that either they or us are getting blocked.
Feedblitz is good about this stuff but, if it requires action on their part, don't forget that they're dealing with one of the historically least helpful of Internet companies, so cut them some slack [and us by extension!].
Look, if you need a good free email account, I still highly recommend Yahoo's free service. I've been happier with them than anybody and I don't make any money from telling you that.
Update From Feedblitz:
AOL Deliverability
First, false alarm on posting today. Since I said I would, I wanted to do a follow-up and also let people know where I'm coming from more generally, cause I appreciate your interest.
I've posted some updates to the press release and news submission guidelines for Hip Hop Press and ProHipHop.. Please take them seriously.
I should also let people know that, even when I'm ruffling feathers, I truly appreciate your interest in sending me press releases and news. While I can do quite a bit by simply aggregating what's coming over the news wires, knowing you find my service worth submitting your releases to is a form of positive feedback all its own.
Having done street promotions in the late 80s and early 90s and Internet promotions in this century, I have deep respect for the hard work folks are putting in, especially those who face huge obstacles with small resources.
I truly could not do this project without you.
On that note, let's keep building!
Hip Hop Press currently keeps up with user activity as a group. That means that Hip Hop Press does not track or keep records of individual users.
Hip Hop Press avoids working with overly intrusive advertisers. However, for individual advertiser's privacy policies, please see their websites.
If you have additional concerns or questions, please write:
hiphoppress@netweed.com
Hip Hop Trade Blog ProHipHop Now Covers the Marketing of Hip Hop and the Use of Hip Hop in Marketing
April 19, Raleigh, NC - ProHipHop relaunches this week at prohiphop.com with a focus on hip hop marketing from the marketing of hip hop to the use of hip hop in marketing.
As a trade blog, ProHipHop offers news, analysis and special features related to hip hop marketing. In addition, popular features developed for ProHipHop during its hip hop business days will continue, such as weekly updates of new Hip Hop Album releases and the MySpace featured artist series.
"Focusing on marketing allows ProHipHop to examine hip hop's impact in business and in culture. Hip hop has provided new forms of marketing, such as street teams and mixtapes, and is a musical and cultural force on which marketers are eager to draw," states Clyde Smith, author of ProHipHop.
ProHipHop welcomes tips, photos and responses related to ad campaigns involving hip hop. Marketing professionals open to being interviewed by email regarding particular hip hop ad campaigns are also invited to contact:
clyde(at)prohiphop(dot)com
The relaunch of ProHipHop follows the move by Hip Hop Press, the free hip hop press release posting service, to its own domain at hiphoppress.com. Hip Hop Press was originally created in order to provide a reference source for ProHipHop posts and has grown into a useful and popular service in its own right.
Submit press releases and related promotional material to:
hiphoppress(at)netweed(dot)com
ProHipHop is written by Clyde Smith, PhD and was launched in November, 2004 in San Francisco. Hip Hop Press followed in April, 2005 and was originally hosted at netweed.com. Clyde Smith and all related digital projects relocated to Raleigh, NC in January, 2006.
ProHipHop - http://www.prohiphop.com
ProHipHop@MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/hiphopbiz
Hip Hop Press - http://www.hiphoppress.com
Contact:
Clyde Smith
clyde(at)prohiphop(dot)com
919-424-1208
