musubi is delicious, email spam is not

The only spam I enjoy is in the form of musubi—a delectable Hawaiian treat made of rice, seared spam, and seaweed. I loathe email spam though. I’m sure you do, too.

Since I detest it so much, I wholeheartedly advocate that our Superstar community stay away from such a marketing-killing practice. A surefire way of promoting spam is to buy one of those prepackaged email lists off the internet, coupled with a poorly-planned email marketing campaign.

I’m not saying email is bad, but don’t fall for one of these internet schemes. It can cost you money as well as your reputation in the long-run.
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