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Old October 15th, 2006, 08:13 PM
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Hey guys, I'm Melissa! I just wanted to introduce myself to everyone. First off, I'm a big-time car girl. I really dig cars of all types, and especially drag racing.

I've worked for the NMRA & NMCA the past few years, and now I'm helping start a new video company called powerTV which broadcasts motorsport TV and video over the internet.

This looks like a pretty cool site. Just wanted to say hi!
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Old December 18th, 2007, 10:46 AM
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"Big-time car girl"? Yeah, right.

guerrilla marketing bust: PowerTV working for Holley, Comp Cams, SEMA, GM, and others
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Old December 18th, 2007, 11:26 AM
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Hi! Just so you know I am in fact a "big time car girl" - i own like 5 project cars. I am not part of a guerilla spam campaign and the man that is making these allegations is a total idiot with nothing better to do than launch unwarranted rants on large companies - I mean, he tried to sue SEMA! Come on!
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Old December 18th, 2007, 11:40 AM
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Angry Spammers are not welcome here !!!!!

If all this is true...it's just a matter of time before your banned for good.
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Old December 18th, 2007, 11:42 AM
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hmmmmmm..do we really want another Melissa in here
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While it does sound like the guy has a problem with big firms, and also seems to be promoting his own sites, it also seems like he told the truth about you.

IMO, the more cool car stuff the better.


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A massive guerrilla marketing forum spam campaign has been exposed. It looks like it spans more than 100 automotive forums, and involves some of the bigger names in the industry: Holley, Dynomax, Comp Cams, SEMA, GM, and others.

This will be covered on SpankMyMarketer.com (or a new designated site), but I wanted to break it here first.

It's being run by PowerTV. They're a new "internet TV" company, with much of the same advertiser-driven content we see in the mainstream hot rod TV shows. They're run by James Lawrence, an ex-Primedia guy. They operate the following hot rod and sport compact websites (among others): PowerTVonline.com, NMRATV.com, StreetLegalTV.com, LSXTV.com, PowerPerformanceTV.com, and SportCompact.tv .

They are using forums to push advertisements for Comp Cams, Holley, Dynomax, Turbonetics, SEMA, GM, and others. They film promotional videos for companies, and then advertise those videos by mass-spamming forums.

The main guerrilla marketer for PowerTV goes by the username of "Powermelissa" -- Melissa Lawrence, the host of many of the PowerTV promotional videos. By my understanding, she is the wife of James Lawrence, the CEO of PowerTV. I first noticed her on our forums, advertising for PowerTV. I asked her to stop (via PM and, later, a phone call). She agreed to not post again. Then, she posted more adverts on the forum. This happened at the same time that I got an email spam from someone else at PowerTV. Red flags. So, I investigated.

Melissa has been making the rounds of dozens (if not hundreds?) of automotive forums, copy-pasting promotional posts for her clients.

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First, Melissa introduces herself with a copy-pasted post that is nearly identical on all forums. Melissa identifies herself as a "big-time car girl", and indicates that she "really digs cars of all types, and especially drag racing". Once she plays the "girl" card, she's got her foot in the door. Here are direct links to a few (cough!) examples: 1320Drag.net, 1969Stang.com, 50Tech.com, AllFordMustangs.com, BStuff.com, CaliforniaFords.com, CaliforniaSpecial.com, CamaroV6.com, CarbdFord.com, DFWStangs.net, ElCaminoCentral.com, FordForum.com, GTOForum.com, GTPlanet.net, Hotrodders.com, KYFBodies.com, LincolnForums.com, LS1LT1.com, LVFbody.com, MCRParts.com, MFBA.com, MidSouthDragRacing.com, ModernEngineuity.com, ModularDepot.com, ModularFords.com, MonteCarloForum.com, Mustang.com, MustangEvolution.com, MustangForums.com, MustangHeaven.com, MustangMafia.com, MustangWorks.com, MyFord500.com, NewAgeGTO.com, PontiacPower.net, SCCoA.com, StangCrazy.com, STLMustangs.com, StreetCarChaos.net, StreetCarForums.com, SuperMotors.net, SVTSnake.com, TheChromePony.com, TheSamba.com, ThirdGen.org, ThunderBirdForum.com, TurboBuick.com, V8Buick.com, VintageThunderbirdClub.org, YarisWorld.com, YourCobalt.com, Z28.com.


After introducing herself, Melissa begins to subtly advertise the companies that have paid PowerTV, by copy-pasting PowerTV's video promotions onto numerous forums. For example, Dynomax pays PowerTV to do promotions for them. Melissa's Dynomax pitch starts out like this: "Did you guys hear about Dynomax's new event series?" Some examples of the Dynomax campaign: 50Tech.com, AllFordMustangs.com, ColoradoRacing.net, ForwardLook.net, GoDragRacing.com, GotStang.com, Mach1Mustang.com, MidSouthDragRacing.com, MODernENGINEuity.com, ModdedMustangs.com, ModularDepot.com, MoparChat.com, MoPowerStyle.com, MotownMuscle.com, Mustang-Forums.com, MustangEvolution.com, MustangForums.com, MustangHeaven.com, ProModifieds.com, RacingSouthwest.com, ShelbyForums.com, StangCrazy.com, StangSource.com, StreetCarForums.com, VADriven.com, VintageThunderbirdClub.org.


PowerTV also advertises SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association, who figured prominently in the failed Spank My Monkey promotion. This time, the mass-spam starts out like this: "It's the 40th Anniversary of the SEMA Show, and in 2006 the show is bigger and better than ever." A few examples: 2005Stang.com, 50Tech.com, AllFordMustangs.com, BadAssMustangs.com, BradBarnett.com, CA-Mustangs.com, Carbdford.com, DFWStangs.com, GotStang.com, Mach1Mustang.com, ModdedMustangs.com, MODernENGINEuity.com, ModularDepot.com, ModularFords.com, Mustang.com, MustangForums.com, Mustang-Forums.com, MustangEvolution.com, MustangHeaven.com, MustangWorks.com, Stangnet.com, StangSource.com.

There are plenty more. I need some more time to do research, and I'm sure others will have fun poking around too.
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Hi! Just so you know I am in fact a "big time car girl" - i own like 5 project cars. I am not part of a guerilla spam campaign and the man that is making these allegations is a total idiot with nothing better to do than launch unwarranted rants on large companies - I mean, he tried to sue SEMA! Come on!

Um lemme see ----->This Idiot (SinistrV6)you are referring to has a--->>>>
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And you joined when? Last year? with 4 posts? and the other board postings have the same intro? Cut and paste is kinda non personal

I think the prob is that Venders on any board pay for advertisment, just like when you take out an add in the paper or buy space on a billboard, and one might take offence if someone climbed up onto my rented billboard and duct taped a big sign saying hey guys go here and support us.

But this forum is for a small market and most big go fast companys have nothing to contribute to a TR

It takes money to make money, cough up some dough and
make check payable to SGRIM then come back with a more personal introduction to yourself and your fledgling enterprise.
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But this forum is for a small market and most big go fast companys have nothing to contribute to a TR
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Old December 18th, 2007, 12:35 PM
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LOL ya know BadTT ... We cant even go to autozone or advance and walkout with a damn fuel filter let alone think were gonna open up a jegs or summit catalog or some new site and go shopping...sheeze
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I'm assuming (and hoping) that the Jon Nguyen that is referenced in that link is not the same John Nguyen on this site. Username Eticket, the guy with the stage II car that was on pinks all out.

Anyone know for sure?
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Old December 18th, 2007, 01:16 PM
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Hard to say..The name Nguyen is like Smith in Vietnam.. very common
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Hey guys, I'm Melissa! I just wanted to introduce myself to everyone. First off, I'm a big-time car girl. I really dig cars of all types, and especially drag racing.

I've worked for the NMRA & NMCA the past few years, and now I'm helping start a new video company called powerTV which broadcasts motorsport TV and video over the Internet.

This looks like a pretty cool site. Just wanted to say hi!
Mellisa has contacted us several times about adding us to there Power TV list or whatever. It doesn't seem as it wouldn't benefit TR owners at all. I am not in this for the money that is why I haven't added it..... So again Melissa, No thanks..... Most of your ads have nothing for our cars Not knocking your deal its just not for us....

We are and have been for over a year trying to get a custom Video feed in place on T6P which would link through here TurboBuick as well for all our members to upload videos and share. It will have probably have an add at the beginning but it will be the banners from sponsors in our community. The ones that keep our cars running
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Hi! Just so you know I am in fact a "big time car girl" - i own like 5 project cars. I am not part of a guerilla spam campaign and the man that is making these allegations is a total idiot with nothing better to do than launch unwarranted rants on large companies - I mean, he tried to sue SEMA! Come on!
Unless Ur mustang has an LC2 in it, this is not the place for U. On the brite side U do have nice lips though!
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And another thing...

Ur claim "I own like 5 project cars" not buying it, the only person on this forum crazy enough to have 5 projects is the terrorist in Elburn. Speaking of Prasad anyone know how his Uranium enrichment experiments are going?
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Ur claim "I own like 5 project cars" not buying it, the only person on this forum crazy enough to have 5 projects is the terrorist in Elburn. Speaking of Prasad anyone know how his Uranium enrichment experiments are going?


Hey the last time I checked, my wife’s name was Miriam not “PowerMalicious”. I am not aware of her 5 projects either.unless she is rolling them out the back barn door. Hmmmmmm, do you think she is cheating on me? Man, that Ur-anus enrichment experiment is playing games with my mind. My septic tank is over flowing from all the enriched crap from ur-anus!!

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