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title: "nell james and last.fm marketing"
date: 2006-10-09T11:50:08-04:00
url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2006/10/09/nell-james-and-lastfm-marketing/
author: Les Orchard
tags: [asides, music, nelljames, marketing]
---

# nell james and last.fm marketing

Not sure if this is a new trend, but I've gotten a few in-system messages on [last.fm][fm] from artists whose music I've listened to and gotten included in my charts / history.  The latest of these was from [Nell James][nj], whose original music and Yes covers I've [thoroughly enjoyed][en].  So, contrary to the bulk of marketing thrown at me, I actually welcomed the news that she's got an album out and thanked her for the heads up.  When it works like this, a personal message gladly received, "marketing" seems like a dirty word to apply.

[en]: http://del.icio.us/deusx/nelljames
[fm]: http://last.fm/user/deusx
[nj]: http://nelljames.com/music.html

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            <div class="content"><p>When we were organizing BarCampMilwaukee, I made a point of emailing specific people that I wanted there, and most of them really appreciated a personal invite from a real live human.</p></div>
            
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            <div class="content"><p>I have just had the same thing happen with Nigel Clark (http://www.last.fm/music/Nigel+Clark).</p></div>
            
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