The colloquy of Kathryn Johnson

Someone forwarded a spammer's email to Spamnesty, which replied to the email, pretending to be a person called Kathryn Johnson and starting a conversation.

This is that conversation.


Spammer

  • Subject: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: Nov. 30, 2016, 8:59 p.m.

Hello,

I am Kiran. I just came across Webworks and loved what you are creating.

I wanted to share a free resource we created: a list of 130+ startup
directories to a promote a startup <https://goo.gl/XtJ1jO>.

It has few key metrics like brief description, traffic opportunity and cost
of submission.

Hope you find it useful to promote Webworks.

Kind Regards
Kiran K
Promotehour <https://goo.gl/NZ8vdW

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: Nov. 30, 2016, 8:59 p.m.

Hi,
Great, thanks. Could we have a short call to discuss the specifics? What are your contact details? Also, what is your pricing model like?

Kathryn Johnson
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spammer

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: Dec. 1, 2016, 6:36 p.m.

Hello Kathryn,
Sure! May I know your time zone, so I can suggest few slots that might
work? Jit Salunke, cofounder will take the call.
You can also check our pricing plans here: promotehour.com/pricing.html

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: Dec. 1, 2016, 7:51 p.m.

Hello,
Fantastic, thank you. We're interested in proceeding with this pretty much immediately. What are next steps for you?

Kathryn Johnson
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spammer

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: Dec. 2, 2016, 10:41 a.m.

That's great. To get started quickly, you can sign up here:
promotehour.com/pricing.html and fill up a questionnaire which takes around
15mins.

Once we have the info, we will work on the press release as well as email
pitch with an interesting angle. Then we are ready to do the outreach.

Do let me know if you have any questions.

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: Dec. 2, 2016, 9:05 p.m.

Hello,
That sounds great. What sort of volumes are we looking at? What can you reasonably provide, and what turnaround times are we expecting? We're a pretty agile organization and would like to expedite delivery on this.

Kathryn Johnson
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spammer

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: Dec. 4, 2016, 2:43 p.m.

Hello Kathryn,
We guarantee at least one good coverage from our efforts. Clients do see
2-3 stories on an average. In worst case if we can't deliver coverage, we
refund 50% of the plan price. Having said that, there is also a chance
journalists keeping a note of startup and writing about it later.

Campaign takes around 1-2 weeks.

Hope I answered your questions. Happy to answer any questions.

Look forward to see you signup.

Kiran

On Dec 3, 2016 2:36 AM, "Kathryn Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello,
That sounds great. What sort of volumes are we looking at? What can you
reasonably provide, and what turnaround times are we expecting? We're a
pretty agile organization and would like to expedite delivery on this.

Kathryn Johnson
CEO, MNesty, LLC

On 02/12/2016 10:41 AM, Kiran K wrote:
> That's great. To get started quickly, you can sign up here:
> promotehour.com/pricing.html and fill up a questionnaire which takes
around
> 15mins.
>
> Once we have the info, we will work on the press release as well as email
> pitch with an interesting angle. Then we are ready to do the outreach.
>
> Do let me know if you have any questions.

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: Dec. 4, 2016, 10:46 p.m.

Hi,
I'm just waiting to hear back from the board. Could you perhaps offer some discount, to sway them?

Kathryn Johnson
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spammer

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: Dec. 5, 2016, 1:11 a.m.

Hello Kathryn,
I could offer a discount $40 on PRO and $60 on Grand plan.
You can just signup here: promotehour.com/pricing.html and we will refuns
the respective discount.

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: Dec. 5, 2016, 4:21 a.m.

Hello,
That sounds like a fantastic offering, can you give me a bit more information on it?

Kathryn Johnson
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spammer

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: Dec. 5, 2016, 5:53 a.m.

Hello Kathryn,

May I know what information you need?

You can find the plan details here: promotehour.com/pricing.html

PRO plan which costs $399 will cost you $359 after the discount.
And GRAND plan which costs $599 will cost $539 after the discount.

Once you sign up with the full amount, we will issue a partial refund of
the discount amount.

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: Dec. 5, 2016, 8:20 a.m.

Hello,
Fantastic, thank you. We're interested in proceeding with this pretty much immediately. What are next steps for you?

Kathryn Johnson
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spammer

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: Dec. 5, 2016, 8:56 a.m.

Hello Kathryn,
Just saw an email from you. So did you decide to sign up?

Spammer

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: Dec. 5, 2016, 7:25 p.m.

Hey Kathryn,
Let me know if you have any update for me.

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: Dec. 5, 2016, 7:35 p.m.

Hello,
That sounds great. What sort of volumes are we looking at? What can you reasonably provide, and what turnaround times are we expecting? We're a pretty agile organization and would like to expedite delivery on this.

Kathryn Johnson
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spammer

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: April 18, 2017, 8:31 a.m.

Hey Kathryn,

Hope you and Webworks are doing awesome!

I wanted to quickly update you about few changes we did at Promotehour, and
launch offer with 25% discount.

1. We now support submissions on 100 Startup Directories under our
Submission Plan at just $99.
2. Our Guaranteed Coverage plan comes with 75% Money-back guarantee.

You can check more details here: https://promotehour.com/pricing.html

Here is a coupon code: LAUNCH25 valid till 25th April.

Happy to answer any questions you may have.

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: April 18, 2017, 12:39 p.m.

Hello,
Sounds great to me. Do you have some hard information about this that I can share with the board?

Kathryn Johnson
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spammer

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: April 18, 2017, 3:41 p.m.

Hello Kathryn,
Thanks for coming back. Sorry but may I know what do you mean by hard
information?
You can find few case studies & results: promotehour.com/growth-plans.html
Happy to answer any questions you may have.

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: April 18, 2017, 5:45 p.m.

Hi,
I shared this with the board, and they're all very interested. Could you give me some contact details for further discussion? Also, do you share some information about your company's finances? The board wants to ensure that any company we do business with is financially solvent.

Kathryn Johnson
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spammer

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: April 18, 2017, 7:19 p.m.

Hello Kathryn,
We can do a Skype if that's comfortable.
Not sure about providing finances as the service requires you to just pay
once and we guarantee refund.
So you can be rest assured on that side.
To get started you can sign up here: Promotehour.com/pricing.html

PS: the coupon code is valid till 25th of this Month.

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: April 19, 2017, 5:41 a.m.

Hello,
That sounds great, could you give us a small example of what this would look like for us? It would be great if you could customize the example to our business a bit.

Kathryn Johnson
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spammer

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: April 19, 2017, 8:10 a.m.

Sure! can you share the link of the product you would like to use our
service? Is it webworks or Mnesty?

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: April 19, 2017, 2:21 p.m.

Hello,
Sounds great to me. Do you have some hard information about this that I can share with the board?

Kathryn Johnson
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spammer

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: April 19, 2017, 5:09 p.m.

Is it mnesty.com or something else?

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: 130+ Startup Directories to Promote Webworks!
  • On: April 20, 2017, 2:14 a.m.

Hi,
I shared this with the board, and they're all very interested. Could you give me some contact details for further discussion? Also, do you share some information about your company's finances? The board wants to ensure that any company we do business with is financially solvent.

Kathryn Johnson
CEO, MNesty, LLC