As you know, we offer free tips booklets to clients and prospective clients, the first one being "34 Common Mistakes Law Firms Make With Their Websites (and how to avoid them)". You can download this booklet from our website, however it's protected by a form, it's what we call a "squeeze page" as we "squeeze" your name and address out of you.
Most people "play fair" and are happy to give up their contact details, however some do not and fill in what you can see below, which is a real one from earlier today. Now I personally don't mind getting the occasional "spy" coming to download something from our site if it means that we are not putting off other people by INSISTING on a valid email address so we can "email them a link" where they can do the download. Anyway, here's the spy's details :-
-----Original Message-----
From: bob@bob.com [mailto:bob@bob.com]
Sent: 28 November 2006 15:10
To: service@conscious.co.uk
Subject: WWW Form Submission
Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by
(bob@bob.com) on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 15:10:16
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name: Bob Bob
jobtitle: Manager Bob
company: Bobs Bob
telephone: 01555 555555
address: Bob House
Bobsville
Bobshire
BO8 8OB
Source: link
CLN: No
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Faking it in forms!